America’s Coming Manufacturing Revolution – Atlantic Mobile
America’s Coming Manufacturing Revolution – Atlantic Mobile http://m.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2014/04/americas-coming-manufacturing-revolution/360931/ America’s Coming Manufacturing Revolution Robots weld Ford Mustangs in Michigan. (Reuters/Rebecca Cook RC) Hardly a day goes by without an article predicting, lamenting, or celebrating America’s decline. The turmoil in Crimea and Syria, the polarized and frequently gridlocked U.S. political system, the deepening income and wealth inequalities […]more…
Running Out of Time
By THE EDITORIAL BOARDAPRIL 20, 2014 Next year, in December, delegates from more than 190 nations will gather in Paris to take another shot at completing a new global treaty on climate change. This will be the 21st Conference of the Parties under United Nations auspices since the first summit meeting in Rio de Janeiro […]more…
Los Angeles aims to make Obamacare universal in more than just name | Money | The Guardian
Los Angeles aims to make Obamacare universal in more than just name | Money | The Guardian http://www.theguardian.com/money/2014/apr/20/los-angeles-obamacare-immigration-universal-healthcare Los Angeles aims to make Obamacare universal in more than just name On a sunny weekday morning just east of downtown Los Angeles, a crowd of about 75 people rallied outside the LA County/USC Medical Center. They […]more…
Robert Reich (Antitrust in the New Gilded Age)
Robert Reich (Antitrust in the New Gilded Age) http://robertreich.org/post/82938136466 Antitrust in the New Gilded Age We’re in a new gilded age of wealth and power similar to the first gilded age when the nation’s antitrust laws were enacted. Those laws should prevent or bust up concentrations of economic power that not only harm consumers but […]more…
More Good News on Obamacare, Just When Democrats Need It – Businessweek
More Good News on Obamacare, Just When Democrats Need It – Businessweek http://mobile.businessweek.com/articles/2014-04-14/more-good-news-on-obamacare-just-when-democrats-need-it More Good News on Obamacare, Just When Democrats Need It – Businessweek More Good News on Obamacare, Just When Democrats Need It By Joshua Green April 14, 2014 2:59 PM EDT Today the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office released its latest Obamacare report […]more…
He Tells the Clintons How to Lose a Little – NYTimes.com
He Tells the Clintons How to Lose a Little – NYTimes.com http://mobile.nytimes.com/2014/04/13/fashion/dr-mark-hyman-clintons-health.html?_r=0&referrer= He Tells the Clintons How to Lose a Little Nine years ago, on their 30th wedding anniversary, Hillary Rodham Clinton gave her husband a gift she hoped would ensure many more years together: Dr. Mark Hyman. Dr. Hyman was charged with helping the […]more…
Climate Change Adjustments Must Be Fast And Major, U.N. Panel Says : The Two-Way : NPR
Climate Change Adjustments Must Be Fast And Major, U.N. Panel Says : The Two-Way : NPR http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2014/04/13/302541260/climate-change-adjustments-must-be-fast-and-large-u-n-panel-says Climate Change Adjustments Must Be Fast And Major, U.N. Panel Says i John MacDougall/AFP/Getty Images A new report from the United Nations’ panel on climate change says major action is needed, and fast, if policy makers want to […]more…
Government often has 10 agencies doing one job
Government often has 10 agencies doing one job http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2014/04/08/billions-spent-on-duplicate-federal-programs/7435221/ Government often has 10 agencies doing one job WASHINGTON — A new government report on duplication and fragmentation in federal programs can read like a book of “screw-in-a-light-bulb” jokes. It takes 10 different offices at the Department of Health and Human Services to run programs addressing […]more…
George Bush’s paintings: this is the art of Forrest Gump | World | The Guardian
George Bush’s paintings: this is the art of Forrest Gump | World | The Guardian http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/apr/04/george-bush-paintings George Bush’s paintings: this is the art of Forrest Gump George W Bush has found that magic recipe for public redemption that eludes Tony Blair. Don’t waste time on globetrotting missions and elder-statesman opinions that do nothing to appease […]more…
RecommendedSorry, Hippies: The Haight Boasts Most Single Millionaires”
If you’re looking to marry a millionaire, you’ve apparently come to the right neighborhood. SF Magazine reports on a new study by consulting firm WealthEngine that ranked San Francisco neighborhoods according to their quantity of unmarried resident millionaires. Of 24 neighborhoods, which ranked as number one? The Haight, oddly. Here are the top five: 1. Haight: 283 (226 men, 57 women)2. […]more…