Coming Full Circle

It is truly sad to see Americans holding Corporate America to higher standards of transparency and accountability than their own government. Acts such as Sarbanes-Oxley passed in 2002 greatly increased the civil and criminal penalties for executives who knowingly lie (or fail to properly disclose relevant information) to their shareholders. Yet, the current [...]

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From the BBC:
Some 10,000 US researchers have signed a statement protesting about political interference in the scientific process.
The statement, which includes the backing of 52 Nobel Laureates, demands a restoration of scientific integrity in government policy.
According to the American Union of Concerned Scientists, data is being misrepresented for political reasons.
This makes [...]

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Tomorrow is November 7th 2006, a critical day in the American political landscape. Millions of Americans across the nation will go to their respective voting sites and decide the new balance of power in Congress. Due to the possibility that Democrats might take back both the Senate and the House from the Republicans, [...]

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It’s always interesting to see what the rest of the world is willing to do for things that are often taken for granted in the United States.  If you ever think about dropping out of school, look at what these teens are willing to do just to get into one!
Faking Attacks in Order to Graduate
Correspondent [...]

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Kids who are turned off by math often say they don’t enjoy it, they aren’t good at it and they see little point in it. Who knew that could be a formula for success?
The nations with the best scores have the least happy, least confident math students, says a study by the [...]

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