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Are you looking for new and innovative ways to integrate austerity into your new recession-conscious lifestyle? Boil your dental floss and use it again and again. Accessorize with hand-me-downs. Ride […]
In Boston.com’s Boston Real Estate Now blog today, Rona Fischman attempts to calm the jitters of nervous renters. “Take note,” she writes, “you may be in the right place for […]
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Eric Foner on the appeal of those on the fringe.
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The author says it is in our best interest to be well-acquainted with our history and outlines a few ways to achieve this in our schools.
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The author enumerates the problems that plague the US but sees much opportunity for correcting them.
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The author describes an insatiable autodidact.
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The author mentions how the race question was never quite solved.
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The author characterizes Lincoln as a president who was unafraid to suspend some basic rights for the betterment of the union
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It was “social opportunity,” not religion, which drove Lincoln, according to the author.
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The author maps Lincoln’s trajectory over his career on the slavery issue.
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The author shares how he went about writing Lincoln’s narrative.
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The author speaks about the nation’s sixteenth president and his ongoing contemporary appeal.
Fortune magazine today reminds us of the importance of social science to the new global economy. “These days the tech landscape is an unpredictable jumble,” writes Fortune’s Jon Fortt. “Consumers […]
Last week, Big Think uploaded a new interview with Clayton Christensen, the Harvard Business School “disruptive innovation” evangelizer. Now Adam Singer on the Future Buzz website, lists a few ways […]
In addition to legalized marijuana, the world’s largest tulip industry, and an insanely high quality of life, the Netherlands can also count some of the world’s happiest children according to […]
According to their website, this new grassroots anti-stimulus activist club, which is currently the most googled item on Google, is “a coalition of citizens and organizations concerned about the recent […]
Gmail’s hiccup this morning that wiped out the world’s most popular email program for millions of users across the United Kingdom and the rest of Europe for four long hours […]
Over the last few weeks, the economy may have a turned a corner. After several years in which public confidence has greatly exceeded any reasonable level based on underlying economic […]
No Bank Nationalization! No!
Clay Christensen, Harvard Business School professor, global business guru, and Big Think expert chats on Education Week tomorrow on the merits of “dispruptive innovation.“ Christensen has turned education reform on […]