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Six points where Mitt Romney and his economic advisers are mostly wrong
Mitt Romney’s economic plan is largely based on a whitepaper written by several “heavyweight” economists. The problem is, it's riddled with fundamental flaws. Here are six points where Mitt Romney and his economic advisers are mostly wrong about what ails the American economy and how to fix it.
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Cuban Missile Crisis: the 3 most surprising things you didn't know
Fifty years ago, the Cuban Missile Crisis brought the United States and the Soviet Union within a hair’s breadth of nuclear war. Here are three things that many Americans don’t know about what historians routinely call “the most dangerous moment in human history.”
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T. S. Eliot: 10 quotes on his birthday
Here are 10 quotes by the 20th-century literary giant T. S. Eliot.
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Top 5 bullying myths
We all know that bullying is wrong but you may know even less about bullying than you originally thought. Monitor correspondent Stephanie Hanes debunks 5 popular misconceptions.
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Jodi Picoult quiz: How well do you know her books?
Are you a Jodi Picoult fan? Take this quiz and find out how well you know her books.
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The Circle Bastiat
'Fiscal cliff': Cut the spending – and the melodramaThe 'fiscal cliff' is the crisis that didn't need to be, if the Bush tax cuts had been made permanent and Keynesian influence hadn't spread.
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Love impels progress
A Christian Science perspective.
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Modern Parenthood
Parental leave global comparison: US still among least generousParental leave policies that guarantee new moms leave with income are available in 169 countries – the US is not among them, showed a study by Harvard and McGill Universities.
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The Monitor's View: The NRA call for armed guards in schools
The NRA's call for gun-carrying guards in schools shows it joins with other Americans in caring even more about children after the Sandy Hook shootings. But history also shows violence declines when children are taught how to counter violence by means other than violence – such as caring for others.
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Jim Boeheim joins college basketball’s exclusive 900-wins fraternity
In his 37th season at Syracuse, Jim Boeheim now looks to overtake Bobby Knight (902 wins) on the list of all-time winningest coaches. Jim Boeheim is also chasing Duke’s Mike Krzyzewski, who currently has 936 wins.
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Stir It Up!
The rise of independent cheesemakersArtisanal cheesemakers represent a new version of an old American dream: people making living doing what they want, where they want, on their own land. An MIT anthropologist looks inside the growing world of do-it-yourself American cheesemakers.
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Elementary school shooting: What gun control laws might US voters support? (+video)
An elementary school shooting spree in Connecticut, in which 20 children were killed, could focus attention on gun control laws. Polls show Americans are open to limited forms of gun control.
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Secret shuttle launch: US military's X-37B to spy on Middle East?
Secret shuttle launch goes off without a hitch Tuesday. But what is the secret mission of X-37B? The robotic, military shuttle spent seven months in space during its last mission. It could be spying on terrorists, speculates one scientist.
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Is Japan losing its cool?
Manga, anime, J-pop – once it was all about Japan. But the country's efforts to channel its 'cool' as part of a global soft power strategy may need a revamp amid intense competition from Korea.
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Chapter & Verse
Writer David Nasaw discusses the turbulent life of Joseph P. KennedyFrom his role as a father to powerful politicians to his job as a movie industry mogul, Nasaw says that 'unlike other outsiders who fight to get inside... once [Kennedy] gets inside, he refuses to play by the rules.'
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Modern Parenthood
Parenting roundup: Kate Middleton's pregnancy, puppies for rent, and moreKate Middleton's pregnant, and was it bullying when two Nevada teens beat up a special needs student?
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Price of a vacation on the moon? $1.5 billion.
The company is aiming for a first launch before the end of the decade and then up 15 or 20 launches total.
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Opinion: GOP should moderate social platform to win over fiscally conservative youth
Though President Obama won the youth vote, John Boehner and fellow Republicans' message of fiscal responsibility could appeal to younger voters. The GOP needs to recognize that its platform on social issues drastically undercuts its potential fiscal-conservative appeal with my generation.
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Why five states will give their students 300 more hours at school
Colorado, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York, and Tennessee will take part in a new pilot program intended to boost student achievement and make US schools more competitive on a global level.
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Difference Maker
Ellen Calmus helps Mexican families cope with cross-border challengesThe Corner Project assists families with relatives in the US, ensuring, for example, that children of migrant workers born in the US are able to register for school or other services in Mexico.
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Growing wealth concentration threatens to end American opportunity as we know it
The American creed of equal opportunity is in danger of becoming Hollywood fiction. Wealth concentration, manufacturing's demise, and technology eliminating jobs are destroying upward mobility. We must invest in education, training, and R&D. We must also pay for it.
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The Monitor's View: Makings of a real Thanksgiving? Hospitality to strangers.
Opening one's home at Thanksgiving to those less fortunate evokes the spirit of that first feast of gratitude between Pilgrims and Indians – a shared table of different peoples.
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Gen. John Allen: How top US commander got caught up in Petraeus scandal (+video)
Gen. John Allen, the top US commander in Afghanistan, is now the subject of an FBI investigation for alleged "inappropriate communications" with Jill Kelley, a married socialite in Florida. Gen. John Allen denies any wrongdoing.
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Is the death of newspapers the end of good citizenship?
The death of newspapers – by cutbacks, outright disappearance, or morphing into lean websites – means a reduction of watchdog reporting and less local information. Some say it has caused a drop in civic participation. Is it a blow to good citizenship?
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On Veterans Day, the greatest wound for many is loss of purpose
Capt. Kyle Snook, a third-generation soldier, only wanted to be a platoon leader – a dream shattered by a roadside bomb in Kandahar. Now, he's trying to find meaning after the Army.
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General Petraeus affair raises deep personal and public questions
CIA Director David Petraeus has resigned over an extra-marital affair, reportedly with his biographer. How did the FBI learn that his personal e-mail account had been hacked? What happens to the spy agency now, under fire for its handling of the terrorist attack at Benghazi?
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As 'fiscal cliff' looms, stock markets shudder at economic 'uncertainty'
Tuesday's election has stirred stock markets' concerns about the economy, with the Dow Jones falling 2 percent Wednesday. The reason: Washington appears poised for gridlock – again.
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Youth vote not as fired up as in 2008. Could that trip up Obama?
Voters under 30 gave President Obama his margin of victory in at least three states in 2008. In a close race, he'll need the youth vote on Nov. 6 more than ever. But it's not clear he'll get it in the numbers he needs.
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Could New Hampshire hold the key? Romney and Obama take no chances.
Both Obama and Romney are squeezing in last-minute visits to New Hampshire this weekend, and their campaigns are running at full speed. And all for 4 electoral votes.
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Six points where Mitt Romney and his economic advisers are mostly wrong
Mitt Romney’s economic plan is largely based on a whitepaper written by several “heavyweight” economists. The problem is, it's riddled with fundamental flaws. Here are six points where Mitt Romney and his economic advisers are mostly wrong about what ails the American economy and how to fix it.
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