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Balancing the Budget Office: Republicans and Democrats are settling the score on the CBO.
In today’s game of politics, it’s hard to keep score — especially for the Congressional Budget Office (CBO). Although it is tasked with...
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May 1, 20156 min read


Field of Schemes: If they build it, we all pay.
Fenway Park, Wrigley Field, Lambeau Field: These stadiums — and the teams that occupy them — are shimmering icons in the pantheon of...
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May 1, 20154 min read


Rebuilding America: How to get transportation infrastructure back on track
American infrastructure is in trouble. Years of neglect have left many roads, sewers and dams in questionable condition, posing...
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May 1, 20155 min read


International Gridlock: The State of Uber Worldwide
Less than a year ago, Uber made headlines for massive funding increases and rapid, city-a-day global expansion. The company, which...
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Apr 5, 20154 min read


Smoke and Mirrors
NBA Commissioner Adam Silver and Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker have a lot in common. Both are in positions of power and have a...
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Mar 27, 20157 min read


The Revolving Door For Women In STEM
According to the National Science Foundation, women earn 57 percent of all bachelor’s degrees in the United States and “about half of all...
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Mar 23, 20155 min read


When Supplements Kill: Vitamins and the FDA
Somewhere on almost every bottle of vitamin C or echinacea is the sentence: “This statement has not been evaluated by the FDA. This...
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Mar 21, 20155 min read


At Last: The Big Push for Immigration Reform
At long last, the Obama administration is making a decisive move on immigration reform. On November 20, 2014, the president announced...
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Mar 21, 20157 min read


The More You GMO
In a nation where 75 percent of processed food contains genetically modified organisms (GMOs), Vermont reignited an already contentious...
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Mar 12, 20156 min read


A Mayor and a Modem
The amazing thing about the dollar menu in a New York City McDonald’s is not that one can buy a meal for a dollar, but that free WiFi...
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Mar 12, 20154 min read


What is the Best Way to Provide a Social Safety Net?
The Positives of Private Philanthropy Story by Benjamin Koatz Across the country, private organizations aren’t waiting for big government...
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Mar 12, 20156 min read


License to Bill
Nevada requires emergency medical technicians to complete 26 days of training before obtaining a license — a pretty standard state...
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Mar 12, 20156 min read


Dr. Safelove
We cannot afford to lose another decade,” warned the chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change in April 2014, explaining...
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Mar 12, 20154 min read


The Fifth Domain: Cyber-Metaphors and Apocalyptic Rhetoric
On Friday, February 15, 2015, President Obama signed an executive order creating the Cyber Threat Intelligence Integration Center...
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Mar 10, 20156 min read


Technical Foul: Obama, a Split GOP and Stadium Financing
President Barack Obama recently unveiled his nearly $4 trillion budget, and it immediately made waves. As the unabashedly liberal wish...
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Feb 20, 20154 min read


Organized Labor’s Fight for Survival
On January 26, the Supreme Court received a petition to hear Friedrichs vs. California Teacher’s Association. Although the case is yet to...
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Feb 14, 20156 min read


A Toothless SEC Takes on Wall Street?
A farewell party was thrown for James Kidney in March of this year to celebrate a lengthy career for the Securities and Exchange...
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Dec 27, 201416 min read


Everything’s (Not) Amazing And Nobody’s Happy
By many accounts, 2014 was a year of unprecedented economic growth. In the second quarter of this year the GDP grew by 4.6 percent, in...
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Dec 23, 20145 min read


Profiting From Terrorism: Futures Markets and World Events
“Unbelievably stupid,” is how one senator referred to the program designed in the aftermath of 9/11 to completely revamp our intelligence...
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Dec 9, 20145 min read


An Uncharitable Truth
‘‘Here’s how to tell if your company is a philanthropic hypocrite,” the Guardian’s Suzanne McGee fumed in early October, following news...
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Dec 3, 201411 min read
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