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• Lincoln and the Dirty Business of Politics
• Posted By: Mark Funkhouser |   January 16, 2013
• Appealing to rightness and reason is rarely enough to achieve big things. Politics requires dealing with human beings, and human beings are flawed.
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• Michelle Rhee, Education and the Inputs-Outcomes Trap
• Posted By: Mark Funkhouser |   January 10, 2013
• Her rankings of states' education policies look at things from the wrong direction. It's a discussion we do need to have, but first we need to tone down the rhetoric.
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• The Political Future of a Browning America
• Posted By: Mark Funkhouser |   January 7, 2013
• People of color now account for most of the country's population growth. That has profound implications for the way elections are won and the nation is governed.
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• Can a 'Millennial Mayor' Turn a Factory Town Around?
• Posted By: Mark Funkhouser |   January 3, 2013
• Things are beginning to look up for Fitchburg, Mass., under Lisa Wong's leadership. It hasn't been easy.
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• A Fraudster's Nightmare Called 'Bubba'
• Posted By: Mark Funkhouser |   December 20, 2012
• Tennessee's Arthur Hayes has had a major impact on the world of government auditing. Don't get him started on "gray areas."
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• Childhood Obesity and the Medicaid Squeeze
• Posted By: Mark Funkhouser |   December 13, 2012
• We're beginning to turn this serious health problem around. That is very good news for efforts to get our health-care costs under control.
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• Community Health and the Competition for Jobs
• Posted By: Mark Funkhouser |   December 10, 2012
• Community health is about more than quality of life. Increasingly, companies are basing their location decisions on the availability of a healthy workforce.
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• Barking Dogs and the Potluck Model of Government
• Posted By: Mark Funkhouser |   December 6, 2012
• A city in California is working to move beyond the customer-service approach to government and engage citizens as problem-solvers.
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• Houston's Mayor and the Imperative to Compete
• Posted By: Mark Funkhouser |   December 3, 2012
• For Annise Parker, competing globally is about a lot more than delivering services efficiently.
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• The Need for Data with Meaning
• Posted By: Mark Funkhouser |   November 29, 2012
• Community-indicator projects are popping up all over. They are serving an important function for regions that must compete on a global scale.
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