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- Scientific Proof for the "Broken Windows" Theory
- Since the late 1980s, cities have bought heavily into the "broken windows" theory: the notion that an unkempt, disorderly environment breeds crime. Leaders ...
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- The Curse of Corporate Sponsorship
- Unlike my colleague Chris Swope, I still am uncomfortable with the whole trend of corporate naming rights -- naming stadiums and high school hallways after ...
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- Daily City's Hometown Pride
- Daily City was featured in Life magazine in the 1950s as a classic postwar suburb (see image).
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- Napolitano's Successor?
- I put up a very quick sketch on our other blog of Jan Brewer, the Arizona secretary of state who would fill Janet Napolitano';s ...
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- Waxman Beats Dingell
- Henry Waxman, a California Democrat, has ousted John Dingell as chairman of the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee. This has repercussions for state ...
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- Public university cuts, a surefire way to cut income
- Among economists, one of the most talked about books of the past year has been The Race Between Education and Technology . This blandly named, data-rich ...
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- The Unhealthiest Town in America
- According to the CDC, Huntington, W.Va., is the unhealthiest town in the nation: Nearly half the adults in Huntington's five-county metropolitan area are ...
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- Weingarten Willing to Talk
- The election of Randi Weingarten as president of the American Federation of Teachers this past summer signaled a greater willingness from that union to accept that new ideas and education "reforms" are inevitable.
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- Georgia's Looking for Some Frog-Speakers. (That's not a French joke.)
- If your frog-calling skills are a little rusty, better brush up! The state of Georgia is looking for some help: Wildlife biologists need volunteers for ...
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- City Skylines and the 'End of Night'
- New York City's gilttering night skyline is an iconic symbol of the city. But it's also becoming a thing of the past, as ...
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