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Obama's New Push for Preschool for At-risk Children | Christian Science Monitor

Cecille Isidro — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:26:00 -0500

But the big investments haven't necessarily been done within a meaningful framework, says Sara Mead, a senior research fellow at the New America Foundation ...

China Confronts Global Warming Dilemma

Erin Drankoski — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:27:00 -0500

China awoke to climate change with a storm. It was late January 2008, a time when people across the country were busily gathering recipes, stocking fireworks, and preparing to welcome relatives to celebrate the Lunar New Year. But suddenly, severe ice storms brought much of the nation to a standstill. For two weeks, fierce winds, sleet, and snow downed power lines, shuttered businesses, and razed more than 200,000 homes across southern and central China.

Turn America into a Nation of Savers

Erin Drankoski — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:26:00 -0500

In pursuit of an economic recovery, President Obama has argued that we must transition from an "era of borrow-and-spend to one where we save and invest." It is an appealing concept, especially as the disappearance of surplus assets and historic levels of debt helped transform a garden-variety business cycle recession into a historic collapse.

But how does the saving and investing square with high levels of government borrowing and spending to stimulate the economy, protect those thrown out of work, and prop up consumer demand?

The Vatican's Cynical Gesture to Episcopalians

Erin Drankoski — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:10:00 -0500

The depth of cynicism behind the Vatican's invitation last month to right-wing Episcopalians "to enter full communion with the Catholic Church while preserving elements of the distinctive Anglican spiritual and liturgical patrimony" is best understood through one of Rome's most high-profile converts, a certain John Henry Newman.

Ahmed Wali Karzai and the CIA: America's Conundrum in Afghanistan | Christian Science Monitor

Cecille Isidro — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:41:00 -0400

It goes on to quote analyst Peter Bergen, testifying to Congress: "We need not fewer warlords, but more warlords" to prosecute a successful counterterrorism ...

Pakistan Army against Taliban: What are the Waziristan goals? | Christian Science Monitor

Cecille Isidro — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 08:20:00 -0400

... argues Sameer Lalwani, author of a new report for the New America Foundation that examines the Army's capabilities to carry out counterinsurgency. ...

Tea Party Insurgency Marches into Key States | Christian Science Monitor

Cecille Isidro — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 15:52:00 -0400

... become smaller and more ideologically extreme,” says Peter Beinart, a senior fellow at the liberal New America Foundation and a Daily Beast columnist. ...

Some Illegal Immigrants to Be Held in Old Hotels, Nursing Homes | Christian Science Monitor

Cecille Isidro — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 18:54:00 -0400

... the detained immigrants ... suggests that rounding up all illegal immigrants is not at all feasible," says Tomas Jimenez of the New America Foundation. ...

Did Obama's Stimulus Plan Work? | Christian Science Monitor

Cecille Isidro — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 10:20:00 -0400

... says Anne Vorce, an economist at the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, a bipartisan Washington group pushing for taming the budget deficit. ...

Schwarzenegger Leads Governor's Summit on Global Warming | Christian Science Monitor

Cecille Isidro — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 19:52:00 -0400

More than 30 US states have followed the California example with climate action plans, and “even more are copying it,” said Terry Tamminen, former secretary ...