Tuesday, January 31, 2012

FLORIDA PRIMARY RESULTS

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27.8% reporting

Mitt Romney
439,323 48.1%

Newt Gingrich
272,379 29.9%

Rick Santorum
111,884 12.3%

Ron Paul
60,656 6.6%

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Jared Bernstein: Inequality, the Middle Class, and Growth

Senior Fellow, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities

The trickle-down, deregulatory agenda presumes that the economic growth chain starts at the top of the wealth scale and "trickles down" to those at the middle and the bottom of that scale. Problem is, that hasn't worked. As more income, wealth, and power is concentrated at the top of the income scale, narrow coalitions form to influence policy decisions in ways less likely to promote overall, or middle-class, well-being, and more likely to favor those with disproportionate power and resources. In the current economics debate, we clearly see these dynamics playing out again and again. It's now time to start thinking about new economic models to replace the old, worn out ones.

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Going All in For All Youth

Jon Bon Jovi and Michael Kempner, 1/31/12

Although the latest jobs report shows progress, only 45 percent of youth between the ages of 16-24 were employed at the end of August according to the U.S. Department of Labor. Clearly, we need to change that.

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When it Comes to Cloud Computing, It's Deja Vu All Over Again

Lauren States, 01.31.2012
Vice President, CTO Cloud Computing, IBM
Almost a decade later, I feel like we're having this conversation all over again with cloud computing. Does cloud computing truly matter?
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Culture

Fear Factor: The Religious Right's Problem With Women

Dr. Peggy Drexler, 1/31/12

Author, 'Our Fathers Ourselves. Daughters, Fathers, And The Changing American Family'

What is it about women that the men of deeply conservative religions find so threatening? What runs so deep that it justifies traumatizing an innocent eight-year-old like Naama Margolese in Beit Shemesh?

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Green

From Antarctica to Bangladesh: The Story of Rising Seas

Al Gore, 1/31/12

Chairman, Current TV

Here in Antarctica, it's easy to feel isolated from the rest of the world. But as I look at this exquisite continent buried deep under the ice, it's troubling to think about what will happen as this ice melts ever more rapidly.

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Books

Strategic Vision

Zbigniew Brzezinski, 1/30/12

Professor of American Foreign Policy

The world is now interactive and interdependent. It is also, for the first time, a world in which the problems of human survival have begun to overshadow more traditional international conflicts.

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Moviefone

The Resistible Rise of the Mockumentary

Rider Strong, 1/31/12

Actor; Filmmaker

Hypnotized by the cost and convenience of the form, I'm afraid Hollywood -- and in response, audiences -- are forgetting that an emphasis on setting and character is precisely the point of the mockumentary. It is, in fact, the only point.

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Impact

Reflections From Davos

Timothy P. Shriver, 1/31/12

Chairman of Special Olympics

While the big shots may be paralyzed by political dysfunction, the rest of the world is witnessing one of the most creative and entrepreneurial generations in history.

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Comedy

The Mad Men Experiment: Does Boozing Lead to Funnier Ads?

Peter McGraw and Joel Warner, 1/31/12

The Humor Code

Can alcohol fuel humor creation? To investigate, we cooked up a little experiment involving advertising creatives, a funny marketing campaign and alcohol -- with an emphasis on the alcohol.

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Canada

How to Honour the Victims of "Honour Killings"

Ayaan Hirsi Ali, 1/31/12

Founder, AHA Foundation

The verdict in the Shafia case exemplifies the ability of Western legal systems to provide justice to victims of honour killings. If anything positive can come from the Shafia verdict, let it be that law enforcement throughout North America takes the time to educate themselves about honour violence.

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Tech

Apple's Ethical Blindness

William K. Black, 1/31/12

Assoc. Professor, Univ. of Missouri, Kansas City; Sr. regulator during S&L debacle

Apple and its Western counterparts have driven the creation of an Asian network of fraudulent firms that has distorted international trade, hollowed out U.S. manufacturing, and created a bizarre hybrid: quasi-communist crony capitalism.

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Politics

The Buffett Romney Rule

Andrew Fieldhouse, 1/31/12

Federal Budget Policy Analyst, Economic Policy Institute

The most fitting way to fulfill the Romney Rule would be once again equalizing the tax treatment of capital income and work income, and correspondingly physical capital and human capital.

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Parents

Santorum and the Politics of Parenting

Lisa Belkin, 1/31/12

Senior Columnist on Life/Work/Family, Huffington Post

Never has a presidential candidate lived so searing a parenting tale while he campaigns. In that way, the former Pennsylvania senator's life is both a very singular and personal story, and also a very public window into the kinds of private choices families find themselves making across the country every day.

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World

What Do We Expect From the Muslim Brotherhood and the Salafists?

Alaa Al Aswany, 1/31/12

Bestselling novelist in the Arab world

Either your understanding of religion drives you to insist on the right thing and to defend the rights of those who are wronged, or it makes you see your opponents as atheists, degenerates and mercenaries undeserving of rights.

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Business

Three Years Ago, Fairness Prevailed

Lilly Ledbetter, 1/30/12

Fair pay advocate

I had to wait more than 10 years before I knew I was being discriminated against. Within a week and a half after Obama was inaugurated, he signed his name to the law that bears mine -- the very first one he enacted.

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Business

Tweet and Be Damned

John Bates, 1/31/12

Chief Technology Officer, Progress Software

Are emotionally laden Twitter messages able to provide reliable bellwethers for market sentiment?

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Culture

Music: Spread This Rumer -- 2012's Best New Artist Is Here

Michael Giltz, 1/31/12

Freelance writer

The US is finally catching up with Rumer, a critical and commercial success all over the world.

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Why an Independent Presidential Candidate Can Succeed in 2012

Andrew S. Doctoroff, 1/31/12

Former journalist; Detroit lawyer

Our two-party system is buckling under the weight of its dysfunction. Exhausted by partisan gridlock, Americans are finally ready to embrace a centrist, pragmatic, independent candidate free from the demands of special interests and ideologues.

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Politics

The Three Words That Will Cost Mitt Romney the Election

Keli Goff, 1/30/12

Author, Commentator and Contributing Editor, TheLoop21.com

Amidst the temporary distraction of words like "Tiffany's account" and "open marriage" there will likely be three words that we will all remember after the 2012 presidential campaign is long over.

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America Ain't Got Talent

Evan Shapiro, 1/31/12

President, IFC

The more "talent" shows we get each season, the less "talented" is each slate of competitors forced upon our screens, airwaves and eardrums. We are spreading our talent too thinly across too many shows and it's doing long-lasting damage to the genre.

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Science

Heed the Robot

Seth Shostak, 1/31/12

Senior Astronomer, SETI Institute

If robots have tear ducts, they'll be giving them a good workout this week. Dick Tufeld, the voice of one of television's most famous robots, has died at the age of 85.

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Religion

Ask Pastor Paul: Can I Offer Words From My Pagan Tradition at My Christian Mother's Memorial Service?

Paul Brandeis Raushenbush, 1/31/12

Senior Religion Editor for the Huffington Post

Is the purpose of the funeral to respect the harmony of the majority or to allow each individual to grieve in the manner that best fits them?

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Green

Scared of Science

D. R. Tucker, 1/31/12

Freelance writer; operator, The Urban Right blog

The Wall Street Journal has been pushing climate change "skepticism" for decades, so this latest editorial was nothing new. What made the piece funny was how lazy the arguments for inaction were.

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Healthy Living

New Cure for Chronic Disease Discovered

Mark Hyman, MD, 1/31/12

Practicing physician

I realized we had to decentralize health care and put patients and communities at the center of the solution empowering them to create health, not simply treat disease. I realized that if you were sick, the best place to create health might not be the doctor or clinic but your own community.

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World

"The Revolution Will Spread Throughout the Muslim World - and Beyond"

Elisabeth Braw, 1/31/12

Senior Reporter, Metro International

People call him "The Godfather of the new Islamist Middle East." Rachid Ghannouchi, whose Ennahdha party won Tunisia's first free elections last November, does indeed spearhead the post-Arab Spring Middle East.

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Sports

The Pro Bowl Problem

Andrew Brandt, 1/31/12

President, The National Football Post

After what can be charitably called some lackluster effort at the Pro Bowl Sunday night, I thought I'd outline a few issues surrounding the game, a game many think should not even be played.

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