The Next Social Contract
May 17, 2007Ray BosharaReid CramerMay 17, 2007The initial round of presidential primary debates leaves no doubt that the presidential horserace has already broken from the gates. While some may lament...
View ArticleHealth Care, Toyota Style
June 15, 2007Tom EmswilerJune 15, 2007Paul Levy, CEO of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston and author of the taboo-busting Running a Hospital blog, wrote recently about a dilemma he faced...
View ArticleA Rank Exercise
June 22, 2007Sara Mead Andrew J. Rotherham,co-director, Education Sector and member, Virginia Board of Education June 22, 2007Until a few years ago, America’s elementary and secondary schools generally...
View ArticleHow to Hit the Trifecta
July 25, 2007Adam CarassoMaya MacGuineasJuly 25, 2007Rising insecurity in the oil producing regions of the world along with rising carbon levels in the atmosphere are pushing Congress to update our...
View ArticleBuilding a Better Presidential Election
September 8, 2007Steven HillSeptember 8, 2007California is used to power grabs, as are other states of electoral significance, like Ohio and Florida. All three states have seen partisan attempts at...
View ArticleTeach Your Children About Interfaith
October 15, 2007David GrayOctober 15, 2007One of the great fears that parents and church leaders have about their youth engaging in interfaith dialog is that they will lose their connection to their...
View ArticleSustaining an Infrastructure for Success
October 17, 2007Samuel SherradenOctober 17, 2007In the wake of infrastructure related tragedies that struck Minnesota and New Orleans, political leaders have demonstrated once again that they do not...
View ArticleWhy Tuesday Won't be So Super
February 2, 2008Steven HillFebruary 2, 2008 With Super Duper Tuesday looming on Feb. 5, the presidential horse race is about to move into its mid-game. At the end of this process, we may end up with...
View ArticleNew America Foundation in Newsweek, WashingtonPost.com | 'The Emerging...
June 23, 2008 One of the remarkable things about the gathering at USIP [United States Institute of Peace] was the diversity of stakeholders represented. Here’s a snapshot: Think tanks - including the...
View ArticleObama vs. the Washington Establishment | WashingtonPost.com
March 2, 2009"'He's going to get it from all sides,' said Maya MacGuineas, president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, a Washington budget watchdog group." The New York Times warns of...
View ArticleTV's Not the Big Bad Wolf | WashingtonPost.com
March 5, 2009"This study is really good news for parents," says Lisa Guernsey, the author of "Into the Minds of Babes: How Screen Time Affects Children From Birth to Age 5.""It’s a study about how much...
View ArticleObama Annnounces Proposed Cuts to Federal Budget | WashingtonPost.com
May 7, 2009 The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget's Marc Goldwein takes your questions about the proposed federal budget cuts announced earlier today...Original article
View ArticleSurviving Obama (Oct 14) | Washington Post
October 14, 2009 Every Wednesday, Reihan Salam examines the ideological struggle for the future of American conservatism and how to revitalize the Republican party. ...
View ArticleAfter Obama | Washington Post
October 21, 2009 Every Wednesday, Reihan Salam examines the ideological struggle for the future of American conservatism and how to revitalize the Republican party. ...
View ArticleA Nutrition Box for Internet service? | Washington Post
October 29, 2009New America Foundation has proposed a Nutrition Fact box for broadband. Instead of calories, carbs and fiber, the broadband box would break down data on ...
View ArticleIf Bedtime Is Book Time, Let's Make Morning Time for Math
November 6, 2009Lisa GuernseyNovember 6, 2009 Bedtime = book time. Parents know that equation by heart, or at least they're supposed to. The drill goes like this: Just before the goodnight kiss, we...
View ArticleElectoral Excitement, All Over Again
November 8, 2009Ted WidmerNovember 8, 2009 Not too long ago, I predicted that a solid recent history of the 2008 election (Richard Wolffe's "Renegade") was likely to be the final word until President...
View ArticleThe Worst Idea of the Decade: Compassionate Conservatism
December 21, 2009Reihan SalamDecember 21, 2009Compassionate conservatism won George W. Bush the White House in 2000, a year Democrats should have taken in a landslide. But over the next eight years, it...
View ArticleGov.-on-Gov. violence | Washington Post (blog)
December 23, 2009Joe Mathews over at the Daily Beast has a piece worth reading about the former Alaska governor's smackdown with current California Gov. ...Feed: In the News ItemsOriginal article
View ArticleEd Policies Ignore Science on How/When Kids Learn
August 2, 2010Lisa GuernseyAugust 2, 2010Our education system starts at age 5, pays little attention to children’s development and achievement until third grade, and is strewn with remedial programs to...
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