Miller-McCune - Smart Journalism. Real Solutions. » September 2008 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. » September 2008 http://www.miller-mccune.com/wp-content/plugins/powerpress/rss_default.jpghttp://www.miller-mccune.com/category/magazines/2008-09-01/ Santa Barbara, CA The Watchdogs of Academiahttp://www.miller-mccune.com/politics/the-watchdogs-of-academia-4282/ http://www.miller-mccune.com/politics/the-watchdogs-of-academia-4282/#comments Sun, 31 Aug 2008 22:00:00 +0000 John Mecklin http://blog.miller-mccune.com.s72010.gridserver.com/2008/08/31/the-watchdogs-of-academia/ A call on the professorial classes to help check abuses of governmental power. And to start confronting the Alberto Gonzaleses of the world — before they wreak havoc.

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]]> http://www.miller-mccune.com/politics/pardon-me-4283/feed/ 0 Wonks of the World, Unite!http://www.miller-mccune.com/business-economics/wonks-of-the-world-unite-4284/ http://www.miller-mccune.com/business-economics/wonks-of-the-world-unite-4284/#comments Sun, 31 Aug 2008 22:00:00 +0000 Tom Jacobs http://blog.miller-mccune.com.s72010.gridserver.com/2008/08/31/wonks-of-the-world-unite/ For your Labor Day weekend reading pleasure, we have crafted summaries of recent research papers focusing on unions, strikes and the attitudes of workers. Collectively a bargain, they come to you fresh off the Miller-McCune factory floor.

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]]> http://www.miller-mccune.com/business-economics/wonks-of-the-world-unite-4284/feed/ 0 The Danger of Fat-Thinkhttp://www.miller-mccune.com/health/the-danger-of-fat-think-4285/ http://www.miller-mccune.com/health/the-danger-of-fat-think-4285/#comments Sun, 31 Aug 2008 22:00:00 +0000 Valerie Brown http://blog.miller-mccune.com.s72010.gridserver.com/2008/08/31/the-danger-of-fat-think/ Believing you're fat may be more emotionally damaging than actually being obese.

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]]> http://www.miller-mccune.com/health/the-danger-of-fat-think-4285/feed/ 0 Dream Memohttp://www.miller-mccune.com/politics/dream-memo-4295/ http://www.miller-mccune.com/politics/dream-memo-4295/#comments Fri, 29 Aug 2008 22:00:00 +0000 Martin Sullivan http://blog.miller-mccune.com.s72010.gridserver.com/2008/08/29/dream-memo/ The climate change memorandum we can only hope for.

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]]> http://www.miller-mccune.com/politics/dream-memo-4295/feed/ 0 The Catch-22 of Welfare to Workhttp://www.miller-mccune.com/business-economics/the-catch-22-of-welfare-to-work-4301/ http://www.miller-mccune.com/business-economics/the-catch-22-of-welfare-to-work-4301/#comments Wed, 27 Aug 2008 22:00:00 +0000 Anne B. Shlay http://blog.miller-mccune.com.s72010.gridserver.com/2008/08/27/the-catch-22-of-welfare-to-work/ The government provides billions of dollars in child care subsidies to help move welfare recipients into the work force. Here's the catch: To get the subsidies, people transitioning off welfare need to have a job already.

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]]> http://www.miller-mccune.com/business-economics/the-catch-22-of-welfare-to-work-4301/feed/ 0 The Inconvenient Alliancehttp://www.miller-mccune.com/politics/the-inconvenient-alliance-4304/ http://www.miller-mccune.com/politics/the-inconvenient-alliance-4304/#comments Wed, 27 Aug 2008 00:10:00 +0000 Matt Palmquist http://blog.miller-mccune.com.s72010.gridserver.com/2008/08/26/the-inconvenient-alliance/ Looking at the complex U.S.-Saudi relationship in a time of terrorism, rising oil prices and climate change.

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]]> http://www.miller-mccune.com/politics/the-inconvenient-alliance-4304/feed/ 0 AARP, Meet STDhttp://www.miller-mccune.com/health/aarp-meet-std-4306/ http://www.miller-mccune.com/health/aarp-meet-std-4306/#comments Wed, 27 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0000 Tom Jacobs http://blog.miller-mccune.com.s72010.gridserver.com/2008/08/26/aarp-meet-std/ Studies show the over-50 demographic needs AIDS education.

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]]> http://www.miller-mccune.com/health/aarp-meet-std-4306/feed/ 0 Boom Without Endhttp://www.miller-mccune.com/culture-society/boom-without-end-4307/ http://www.miller-mccune.com/culture-society/boom-without-end-4307/#comments Tue, 26 Aug 2008 23:00:00 +0000 Sara Barbour http://blog.miller-mccune.com.s72010.gridserver.com/2008/08/26/boom-without-end/ Hey, man, this baby boomer retirement thing ain't that big a deal. OK?

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]]> http://www.miller-mccune.com/culture-society/boom-without-end-4307/feed/ 0 Tribes of the 21st Centuryhttp://www.miller-mccune.com/media/tribes-of-the-21st-century-4309/ http://www.miller-mccune.com/media/tribes-of-the-21st-century-4309/#comments Wed, 27 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0000 Matt Palmquist http://blog.miller-mccune.com.s72010.gridserver.com/2008/08/26/tribes-of-the-21st-century/ An essay collection makes the case that, in the digital age, community is more a matter of ideas than of geography. Even if the idea is a Nigerian e-mail scam.

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]]> http://www.miller-mccune.com/media/tribes-of-the-21st-century-4309/feed/ 0 Death by Pink Sliphttp://www.miller-mccune.com/health/death-by-pink-slip-4308/ http://www.miller-mccune.com/health/death-by-pink-slip-4308/#comments Wed, 27 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0000 Tom Jacobs http://blog.miller-mccune.com.s72010.gridserver.com/2008/08/26/death-by-pink-slip/ A film on a health care system that impoverishes and kills people, just because they lose their jobs.

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]]> http://www.miller-mccune.com/health/death-by-pink-slip-4308/feed/ 0 Putting Corporations on the Carbon Scalehttp://www.miller-mccune.com/business-economics/putting-corporations-on-the-carbon-scale-4321/ http://www.miller-mccune.com/business-economics/putting-corporations-on-the-carbon-scale-4321/#comments Thu, 21 Aug 2008 22:00:00 +0000 Matt Jenkins http://blog.miller-mccune.com.s72010.gridserver.com/2008/08/21/putting-corporations-on-the-carbon-scale/ Mike Wallace helps climate-savvy investors determine whether companies will prosper or shrivel as carbon dioxide regulation becomes reality.

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]]> http://www.miller-mccune.com/business-economics/putting-corporations-on-the-carbon-scale-4321/feed/ 0 Burning Down the House to Keep Warmhttp://www.miller-mccune.com/science-environment/burning-down-the-house-to-keep-warm-4329/ http://www.miller-mccune.com/science-environment/burning-down-the-house-to-keep-warm-4329/#comments Tue, 19 Aug 2008 21:00:00 +0000 Hal Herring http://blog.miller-mccune.com.s72010.gridserver.com/2008/08/19/burning-down-the-house-to-keep-warm/ Only a fool would support expanded domestic exploration — offshore or elsewhere — under the Bush administration's dysfunctional energy policies. Here's how those policies need to change for America to responsibly find the energy it needs.

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]]> http://www.miller-mccune.com/science-environment/burning-down-the-house-to-keep-warm-4329/feed/ 1 Derailing the Boondogglehttp://www.miller-mccune.com/business-economics/derailing-the-boondoggle-4334/ http://www.miller-mccune.com/business-economics/derailing-the-boondoggle-4334/#comments Mon, 18 Aug 2008 21:00:00 +0000 Ryan Blitstein http://blog.miller-mccune.com.s72010.gridserver.com/2008/08/18/derailing-the-boondoggle/ A Danish professor promotes a cure for billion-dollar cost overruns in government megaprojects: Use past boondoggles as a baseline.

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]]> http://www.miller-mccune.com/business-economics/derailing-the-boondoggle-4334/feed/ 1 Bill of Goods: The World’s Biggest Boondoggleshttp://www.miller-mccune.com/business-economics/bill-of-goods-the-world-s-biggest-boondoggles-4335/ http://www.miller-mccune.com/business-economics/bill-of-goods-the-world-s-biggest-boondoggles-4335/#comments Mon, 18 Aug 2008 22:00:00 +0000 Ryan Blitstein http://blog.miller-mccune.com.s72010.gridserver.com/2008/08/18/bill-of-goods-the-worlds-biggest-boondoggles/ As seen in our main story on a cure for billion-dollar cost overruns, here's a look at some infamous public works projects and what went wrong.

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