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Bestselling books the week of 3/1/12, according to IndieBound*
What's selling best in independent bookstores across America.
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Bestselling books the week of 2/9/12, according to IndieBound*
What's selling best in independent bookstores across America.
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How culture and politics collided over a Chick-fil-A sandwich
Two days after thousands lined up at Chick-fil-A restaurants to stand in solidarity with its CEO, Dan Cathy, gay activists plan 'kiss-ins' outside its outlets to confront what they see as antigay bigotry. Today, brand solidarity crosses from economics into culture, even politics.
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Readers Write: How to eliminate tax breaks (and the deficit); Wake up, 99 percent
Letters to the Editor for the July 30, 2012 weekly print issue: Look at effective tax rates, cap deductions, put an expiration date on tax breaks; With the US meritocracy now based on nepotism and cronyism, the '99 percent' had better wake up and demand better.
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The Monitor's View: Feeling poor? Wealthy? Here's a reason why.
More studies probe gaps between people, especially in income. This trend only reinforces a self-image based on stereotypes and relative comparisons. Isn't identity anchored first in the absolutes of life?
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Opinion: What Obama and Romney aren't talking about: America's class divide
I am the proud son of a hardworking milkman. I also have a PhD from Yale. Therein lies a story of class mobility, an issue that is crucial for America's future and that ought to be part of the presidential campaign. Yet neither Barack Obama nor Mitt Romney will address class head on.
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Bestselling books the week of 3/1/12, according to IndieBound*
What's selling best in independent bookstores across America.
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Going Solo
Eric Klinenberg's thought-provoking new book charts the singletons who are too often misunderstood by policymakers and our culture.
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Interracial marriage rate doubles in 30 years: how US attitudes have changed
About 15 percent of all new marriages in the US in 2010 were between spouses of different race or ethnicity, according to a Pew Center report. In 1980 it was 6.7 percent.
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America's big wealth gap: Is it good, bad, or irrelevant?
The gap between rich and poor is at its widest since the Roaring '20s. Obama complains that it's unfair, but a growing chorus of economists and sociologists say it's worse than that.
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Global News Blog Good Reads: China's next leader comes to Washington, as US enters a funk
Lots of talk of America's decline but few suggested solutions as Chinese vice president Xi Jinping visits Washington this week.
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Bestselling books the week of 2/9/12, according to IndieBound*
What's selling best in independent bookstores across America.
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Chapter & Verse 'Coming Apart': Charles Murray sees an America divided, but not by race
'Coming Apart' by Charles Murray is being called an important book. But is it a good one?
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US voters are ready to 'throw the bums out' on Election Day. But who are the bums?
Hostility to incumbents is strong this fall. Animus against the 'elite' may be stronger.
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Opinion: Rethink the value of college
In a world where a degree no longer means a job, we need to prepare students for challenges ahead.
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