Should Uncle Sam Attend For-Profit Schools?
Problems with student loans revolving around for-profit universities draw moves to reform the federal footprint.
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We Fight for the Oil We Need to Fight for the Oil
Merely protecting America's fossil fuel lifeline adds a heap to the greenhouse gases that petroleum ultimately contributes.
The Government, Google and Lady Gaga
In Googling "search" and "gross national product," the government intervention homepage doesn't show up — so far.
The Oil-Soaked Are Least Likely to Favor Regulation
Fear of unemployment leads places blighted by oil or coal to hold on all the tighter to those industries.
New Role-Playing Game: You vs. the National Debt
An online game that tasks players with reining in government spending suggests the public is more willing to make hard choices than they get credit for.
C’mon, Peek Inside Elena Kagan’s Inbox
Genuine access to pertinent — if mundane — public documents celebrates a milestone, as Elena Kagan’s Clinton-era e-mails are made easily readable by the public.
Mandatory Voting As a Cure for Extreme Partisanship?
If every adult American had to vote, perhaps the extremists on both ends of the spectrum could be shushed out by the silent majority.
Nominees Not as Slippery as We Think
A look at U.S. Supreme Court nominees' actual answers during their Senate grilling finds the perception that they're getting cagier isn't actually true.
Tomorrow’s GI Joe May Be Too Fat to Fight
A generation of couch potatoes may be perfect to fight the next PlayStation war, but the Pentagon wants to know who will do the actual rough stuff on the ground.
Don’t Mistake the Messenger for the News Media
One observer suggests that efforts to rescue American journalism are generally more efforts to rescue American journalism companies.