Nov 03, 2009 15 Comments Business Getting Clients to Embrace Fresh Ideas The internet is full of brand new proof of concepts and ideas just waiting to be implemented on exciting new projects. Actually getting the approval to use these features is another story entirely. Some of the most interesting…

This story first appeared on the TomDispatch website. Memo to the CIA: You may not be prepared for time-travel, but welcome to 2025 anyway! Your rooms may be a little small, your ability to demand…

Let's say you're a congressperson or "tea party" leader looking to champion deficit reduction -- a cause 38 percent of Americans tell pollsters they support. And let's say you're deciding whether to b

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Here's the latest bold new idea for reconciling the costs of national defense with the need to avoid adding to federal deficits or raising taxes. A bipartisan coalition of "New Democrats" and moderate

Miles Davis Miles Davis' Kind of Blue , which was released 50 years ago today, is a nearly unique thing in music or any other creative realm: a huge hit—the best-selling jazz album of all time— and th

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Oct 6, 2009 How To Draft A Freelance Contract About The Author Rob Bowen is a staff writer for Web Hosting Geeks , a longtime freelance designer, and burgeoning videographer and filmmaker whose creati

When George W. Bush first ran for president, he faulted Al Gore for being part of "the administration ... in charge" as gas prices went "steadily upward," and he called on Bill Clinton to "jawbone OPE

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Not to brag about it, but my husband and I have adopted a radical new green lifestyle. We've shrunk our living space, cut our energy bills in half and dramatically reduced our carbon footprint. These days, we walk everywhere. We shop at the (organic) grocery store and bring our food back in a bundle…

The path of President Obama’s health care reform thus far has been very bumpy and full of sharp, unexpected turns. But this week, the path may have gotten a bit smoother and a bit clearer. First, the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office yesterday ruled that the Senate health care plan–commonly…

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A team of researchers has found that Hummer owners say their vehicle choice is strongly related to their personal morals. Of course, those morals are guns, guts and gas guzzlers. According to an artic

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Watching the torturous turns of the healthcare debate in the Senate is mind-numbing, even for the most savvy policy wonks, let alone for members of the public. Each side in this debate has its own set

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In his forthcoming collection, Red Star Over Russia: A Visual History of the Soviet Union from the Revolution to the Death of Stalin, David King unearths otherwise lost Soviet images . From advertisem

Rats fed a high-fat diet show a stark reduction in their physical endurance and a decline in their cognitive ability after just nine days, a study by Oxford University researchers has shown. The resea

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Joel Osteen at Lakewood Church In times of record-high foreclosures and Treasury Department scrambling to shore up loan-refinancing initiatives, the Prosperity Gospel can sound as if it comes from pre