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“We as a nation are television watchers. Not only do we learn about politics by watching television, but we are television watchers; who we are as humans is in part […]
I hope the New York Times will do a follow-up story on Friday's "G.I.’s in Iraq Hope to Heal Sacred Walls." The story — like an NPR broadcast in 2007 […]
Of course he does. And West’s passion for the things he loves is uniquely infectious. When he tells us what he thinks—about anything, from the history of jazz to Obama’s […]
The House of Representatives has passed legislation declaring Miles Davis’ Kind of Blue album to be a masterpiece.
The Hubble Space Telescope has captured new images of a nebula in our galactic neighborhood just in time for the holidays.
In an effort to publicize a marginalized community, India has held its first ever transsexual beauty pageant.
Radiohead’s front man attended the Copenhagen Climate Change Conference and has posted his observations on the band’s website.
The biographer of the late Edward Kennedy says that the senator would have supported the healthcare bill currently before the Senate.
The final two Democratic holdouts have been brought on board by eliminating the public option and making pork barrel promises.
Iran’s most senior dissident cleric who accused the government of being a dictatorship died today after 25 years under house arrest.
The number of executions in the U.S. has dropped for the seventh straight year while more defendants are exonerated by DNA evidence.
The East Coast snow storm has authorities scrambling to free up resources to save Christmas (shopping).
States are unable to investigate fraudulent federal stimulus spending due to layoffs in auditor and legal offices caused by the recession.
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Glenn Hubbard also rejects proposals to audit the Federal Reserve, and to put a cap on the size of large financial institutions.
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The Columbia Business School dean to President Obama: "Focus on getting that long-term deficit down."
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The Fed should stick to monetary policy, says Glenn Hubbard, dean of Columbia Business School.
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Glenn Hubbard has a bold idea: it’s called the new Marshall Plan.
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How will institutions change their curriculum post-crisis? Columbia Business School’s dean, Glenn Hubbard, believes the key is to teach broad leadership skills.
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A conversation with the dean of Columbia Business School.
Imagine you’re a citizen who cares a whole lot about stopping climate change. When it became clear that a hugely important climate conference would take place in Copenhagen in December […]