Hacker 'Weev' Sentenced To 41 Months In Jail For Ipad Hack | Christian...
March 19, 2013Both Auernheimer and Mr. Swartz were charged under the terms of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, which Mr. Couts calls "absurdly vague and outdated" and professor and journalist Tim Wu...
View ArticleDoes It Matter Who Runs U.S. Drone Program? Pentagon Could Supplant CIA |...
March 20, 2013“Whether transparency increases really depends on who at the DoD [Department of Defense] the program goes to,” says Jennifer Rowland, program associate with the National Security Studies...
View ArticleWhat's Needed For Preschool to Pay Off? Two Studies Offer Insights |...
March 29, 2013New Jersey also has focused on improving K-3 education. That’s “really important for making sure the gains that are made in preschool programs are sustained all the way up,” says Laura...
View ArticleBoston Marathon Bombings: What Could The Motives Have Been? | Christian...
April 15, 2013National security analyst Peter Bergen said on CNN that the attack could be the work of “right-wing extremists.” For the so-called “patriot” groups, anything from tax day to the heated...
View ArticleTwo Arrested In Al Qaeda Us-Canada Train Plot – Directed From Iran |...
April 22, 2013As Peter Bergen, wrote for CNN last month, "According to US documents and officials, in addition to [Suleiman] Abu Ghaith, other of bin Laden's inner circle who ended up in Iran include...
View ArticleDivided EU Lets Syrian Arms Ban Lapse. What Will It Change? | Yahoo! News
May 28, 2013Daniel Levy, the director of the Middle East and North Africa Program at the European Council on Foreign Relations in London, says that the priority should not be on the arms question, but...
View ArticleCan Books Make U.S. Better People ? | Christian Science Monitor
June 4, 2013“In fact I suspect it is worse than that; advocates of the view that literature educates and civilizes don't overrate the evidence – they don't even think that evidence comes into it.” In...
View ArticleWhy Obama Chose Woman With No CIA Experience for No. 2 CIA Job | Christian...
June 13, 2013Forget about the women angle, or the lawyer piece, or, for that matter, Haines's lack of agency experience, says Philip Mudd, former deputy director of the CIA's Counterterrorist Center....
View ArticleObama, on Bus Tour, to Unveil New Strategy to Curb College Costs| Christian...
August 23, 2013 “Part of the reason the federal government hasn’t been able to do anything is less a technical issue than a political one,” says Amy Latinen, deputy director for higher education at the...
View ArticleColleges with the Best Value? New Rankings Upend Conventional Wisdom. |...
August 27, 2013This is a measure "that ought to be of great interest to the vast majority of students going to college but not going to the Ivy League," says Kevin Carey, director of the New America...
View ArticleFervor for Syrian Intervention Cools in Britain And France | Christian...
August 29, 2013But since then, first under former President Nicolas Sarkozy and now with President François Hollande, France has tilted toward intervention, says Daniel Levy, the director for the...
View ArticleCameron Foiled on Syria Vote as Iraq's Legacy Looms over Britain | Christian...
August 30, 2013Daniel Levy, the director for the Middle East and North Africa program at the European Council on Foreign Relations who has criticized Cameron for acting hastily on Syria, says that he...
View ArticleNew College Rankings Are Out. Are They Part of the Problem? | Christian...
September 11, 2013 “They’re not asking the right questions. They’re not asking questions about value and real value. They’re focused much more on inputs like wealth and prestige and who they exclude,”...
View ArticleFiction Versus Nonfiction: Which is Better? | Christian Science Monitor
October 22, 2013... are the stuff of literature are also vigorous exercise for the brain, propelling us inside the heads of fictional characters and even, studies suggest, increasing our real-life...
View ArticleIn Light of NSA Spying, Brazil May Take a Step Back from World Wide Web |...
November 12, 2013Now the most pressing response is making its way through Brazil's Congress. New legislation would require Brazilian's personal data to be stored within the country, which would force...
View ArticlePlan To Revamp Preschools Hits Congress, But Price Tag Is Big | Christian...
November 13, 2013... helping them to increase access to low- and moderate-income 4-year-olds first, and eventually 3-year-olds, and helping to beef up quality,” says Laura Bornfreund, a senior policy...
View ArticleDo Tablets Teach? Parents See Mobile Devices As Underachievers, Study Finds....
January 24, 2014But Lisa Guernsey, director of the New America Foundation's Early Education Initiative and author of a book about screen time and young children, says the report is a good first step –...
View ArticleObama, Touting A College Education, Urges Seniors: Fill Out Financial Aid...
March 7, 2014We need to get more students into college with financial aid packages that allow them to complete college,” says Clare McCann, a policy analyst at the nonprofit think tank New America, in...
View ArticleState College Tuition Skyrocketed During Recession, Study Finds
May 1, 2014When times are good, you don't see them lowering tuition,” says Amy Laitinen, deputy director for higher education at the New America Foundation. “Over the past few decades, we've really...
View ArticleKurdish oil tanker off Texas coast ... huh? | Christian Science Monitor
July 31, 2014Steve LeVine of Quartz reported on July 24 that the State Department has decided to stop actively fighting the sale of Kurdish oil. Instead, US officials would pursue “passive policy...
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