Miller-McCune - Smart Journalism. Real Solutions. » John Mecklin http://www.miller-mccune.com Nationally Acclaimed Politics, Science and Culture Coverage Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:00:36 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1Nationally Acclaimed Politics, Science and Culture Coverage Miller-McCune - Smart Journalism. Real Solutions. no Nationally Acclaimed Politics, Science and Culture Coverage Miller-McCune - Smart Journalism. Real Solutions. » John Mecklin http://www.miller-mccune.com/wp-content/plugins/powerpress/rss_default.jpghttp://www.miller-mccune.com Santa Barbara, CA ‘State of Minds’ Puts Research in the Spotlighthttp://www.miller-mccune.com/media/state-of-minds-puts-research-in-the-spotlight-29855/ http://www.miller-mccune.com/media/state-of-minds-puts-research-in-the-spotlight-29855/#comments Wed, 20 Apr 2011 11:00:19 +0000 John Mecklin http://www.miller-mccune.com/?p=29855 "State of Minds" scours the University of California for important research and then does something special: It makes it interesting.

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]]> http://www.miller-mccune.com/media/state-of-minds-puts-research-in-the-spotlight-29855/feed/ 0 Foreign Aid for a Frugal Agehttp://www.miller-mccune.com/politics/foreign-aid-for-a-frugal-age-27788/ http://www.miller-mccune.com/politics/foreign-aid-for-a-frugal-age-27788/#comments Wed, 23 Feb 2011 13:00:38 +0000 John Mecklin http://www.miller-mccune.com/?p=27788 There are international development programs that actually do help the world's poorest people. Dean Karlan can show you the proof.

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]]> http://www.miller-mccune.com/politics/foreign-aid-for-a-frugal-age-27788/feed/ 0 The Magic of Re-reinventing Governmenthttp://www.miller-mccune.com/politics/the-magic-of-re-reinventing-government-25962/ http://www.miller-mccune.com/politics/the-magic-of-re-reinventing-government-25962/#comments Wed, 15 Dec 2010 13:00:00 +0000 John Mecklin http://www.miller-mccune.com/?p=25962 Before the ideological war over entitlement reform begins, Congress should look to the ways technology can reduce the cost of government. All trillion of them.

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]]> http://www.miller-mccune.com/politics/the-magic-of-re-reinventing-government-25962/feed/ 0 The Gadget in the Gray Flannel Suithttp://www.miller-mccune.com/media/the-gadget-in-the-gray-flannel-suit-23582/ http://www.miller-mccune.com/media/the-gadget-in-the-gray-flannel-suit-23582/#comments Wed, 13 Oct 2010 12:00:08 +0000 John Mecklin http://www.miller-mccune.com/?p=23582 Generation S and the coming humanization of the digital revolution.

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]]> http://www.miller-mccune.com/media/the-gadget-in-the-gray-flannel-suit-23582/feed/ 0 Desert of Fearhttp://www.miller-mccune.com/politics/desert-of-fear-19871/ http://www.miller-mccune.com/politics/desert-of-fear-19871/#comments Tue, 27 Jul 2010 10:00:07 +0000 John Mecklin http://www.miller-mccune.com/?p=19871 John Dougherty, a journalist who helped make John McCain one of the Keating Five, is running a long-shot campaign to replace McCain as U.S. senator. Along the way, both will have to deal with the immigration monster under every Arizona bed.

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]]> http://www.miller-mccune.com/politics/desert-of-fear-19871/feed/ 0 Counterinsurgency Training by ‘Virtual Human’http://www.miller-mccune.com/media/counterinsurgency-training-by-virtual-human-16498/ http://www.miller-mccune.com/media/counterinsurgency-training-by-virtual-human-16498/#comments Wed, 16 Jun 2010 12:00:25 +0000 John Mecklin http://www.miller-mccune.com/?p=16498 Using artificial intelligence and the graphics techniques behind "Avatar," a USC institute creates “virtual humans” and interactive immersions that train American soldiers to win hearts and minds in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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]]> http://www.miller-mccune.com/media/counterinsurgency-training-by-virtual-human-16498/feed/ 1 Knowledge-Based Journalism Is Not an Oxymoronhttp://www.miller-mccune.com/media/knowledge-based-journalism-is-not-an-oxymoron-11431/ http://www.miller-mccune.com/media/knowledge-based-journalism-is-not-an-oxymoron-11431/#comments Wed, 14 Apr 2010 16:25:53 +0000 John Mecklin http://www.miller-mccune.com/?p=11431 The blandly titled Journalist's Resource sits on the Web, ready — with a little help from Harvard's Kennedy School — to throw substantive story ideas onto reporters' desks.

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]]> http://www.miller-mccune.com/media/knowledge-based-journalism-is-not-an-oxymoron-11431/feed/ 4 Can California Redistricting Reform Change Congress?http://www.miller-mccune.com/politics/can-california-redistricting-reform-change-congress-8568/ http://www.miller-mccune.com/politics/can-california-redistricting-reform-change-congress-8568/#comments Fri, 19 Feb 2010 12:00:53 +0000 John Mecklin http://www.miller-mccune.com/?p=8568 An extraordinary, nonpartisan experiment in redistricting on the left coast.

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]]> http://www.miller-mccune.com/politics/can-california-redistricting-reform-change-congress-8568/feed/ 3 The Nine of 2009http://www.miller-mccune.com/uncategorized/the-nine-of-2009-6859/ http://www.miller-mccune.com/uncategorized/the-nine-of-2009-6859/#comments Fri, 01 Jan 2010 12:00:23 +0000 John Mecklin http://blog.miller-mccune.com.s72010.gridserver.com/?p=6859 Full cliché ahead! At least this year-end list connects to good journalism.

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]]> http://www.miller-mccune.com/uncategorized/the-nine-of-2009-6859/feed/ 0 Adventures in Capitolismhttp://www.miller-mccune.com/politics/adventures-in-capitolism-6544/ http://www.miller-mccune.com/politics/adventures-in-capitolism-6544/#comments Wed, 16 Dec 2009 12:00:53 +0000 John Mecklin http://blog.miller-mccune.com.s72010.gridserver.com/?p=6544 Federal plans for a green economic revolution need more discipline — and a long-term partnership with the venture capitalists who know startup winners from losers.

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]]> http://www.miller-mccune.com/politics/adventures-in-capitolism-6544/feed/ 4 Learning to Play the HARPhttp://www.miller-mccune.com/business-economics/learning-to-play-the-harp-3391/ http://www.miller-mccune.com/business-economics/learning-to-play-the-harp-3391/#comments Wed, 21 Oct 2009 12:00:00 +0000 John Mecklin http://blog.miller-mccune.com.s72010.gridserver.com/2009/10/21/learning-to-play-the-harp/ The Obama administration has a mortgage refinancing program that needs some tuning.

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]]> http://www.miller-mccune.com/business-economics/learning-to-play-the-harp-3391/feed/ 0 The Change I Almost Couldn’t Believe Inhttp://www.miller-mccune.com/politics/the-change-i-almost-couldnt-believe-in-3536/ http://www.miller-mccune.com/politics/the-change-i-almost-couldnt-believe-in-3536/#comments Wed, 12 Aug 2009 20:00:00 +0000 John Mecklin http://blog.miller-mccune.com.s72010.gridserver.com/2009/08/12/the-change-i-almost-couldnt-believe-in/ If the politicians in a sharp-elbowed place like Houston can work across party lines, why can't yours?

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]]> http://www.miller-mccune.com/politics/the-change-i-almost-couldnt-believe-in-3536/feed/ 1 The Science of Good Governmenthttp://www.miller-mccune.com/politics/the-science-of-good-government-3627/ http://www.miller-mccune.com/politics/the-science-of-good-government-3627/#comments Mon, 22 Jun 2009 19:00:00 +0000 John Mecklin http://blog.miller-mccune.com.s72010.gridserver.com/2009/06/22/the-science-of-good-government/ The Obama administration talks a lot about making policy based on evidence rather than politics. A basic question remains unanswered: Which evidence?

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]]> http://www.miller-mccune.com/politics/the-science-of-good-government-3627/feed/ 0 But You Already Knew Thishttp://www.miller-mccune.com/blogs/mediator/but-you-already-knew-this-3760/ http://www.miller-mccune.com/blogs/mediator/but-you-already-knew-this-3760/#comments Fri, 01 May 2009 17:29:00 +0000 John Mecklin http://blog.miller-mccune.com.s72010.gridserver.com/2009/05/01/but-you-already-knew-this/ With all due humility — or at least some humility — we're happy to announce that Library Journal has named Miller-McCune one of its 10 best new magazines of 2008.

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