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Trump Infrastructure

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December 19, 2017 Arthur Lieber ACA/Obamacare, Budget, Government, Infrastructure, Republican Brain, Trump Leave a comment

The House has passed a tax bill that is disproportionately kind to the wealthy; the Senate is about to do the same and then

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Infrastructure: They’re clear-cutting my back yard, and why I’m okay with that

September 23, 2015 Gloria Shur Bilchik Corporations, Government, Infrastructure Leave a comment

This week, NIMBY [“not in my back yard”] became LIMBY [“literally in my back yard”] when bucket trucks, backhoes, stump grinders, wood chippers and

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Jackson, Mississippi rising

June 10, 2014 Madonna Gauding Corporations, Economy, Employment, Good government, Infrastructure One comment

Six years after the 2008 economic meltdown, the overwhelming majority of people in the U.S. and the E.U are still struggling. Most people know

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Solar (Freakin’) Roadways!

May 29, 2014 Madonna Gauding Environment, Ideas, Infrastructure Leave a comment

Global warming and its effect on climate change is real, and it’s frightening. While our political and corporate classes are joined at the hip and still

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NYC: 1st-class city, 3rd-class infrastructure, and what it means for the rest of us

April 25, 2013 Renee Shur Cities, Consumer issues, Energy, Environment, Infrastructure, Public safety, Taxes, Transportation Leave a comment

America’s failure to invest in its infrastructure is a national disgrace. I think most of us can agree on that. But it’s very hard

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Humility and Power

July 9, 2012 Arthur Lieber Economy, Employment, Energy, Environment, Infrastructure, Obama, States, Transportation Leave a comment

It must be difficult to hold a significant (or perhaps even an insignificant) position of power and conduct oneself with modesty. A lack of

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F.A.S.T. stimulus plan: Fix schools, put people back to work

August 31, 2011 Gloria Shur Bilchik Economy, Education, Employment, Good government, Infrastructure, Youth issues One comment

America could put hundreds of thousands of people back to work by implementing a proposed stimulus program called F.A.S.T. The acronym stands for “Fix

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Boston’s “Fast 14” slowed my vacation, but it’s too cool to gripe about

August 10, 2011 Gloria Shur Bilchik Infrastructure 2 comments

In August 2010, gaping holes opened up in 14 bridges along 4.5 miles of I-93 in Medford, Massachusetts, a crucial commuter corridor for the

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Internet blockades: coming soon to a country near you!

February 8, 2011 Bobbi Clemons Politics, Technology Leave a comment

You’ve heard about the chaos in Egypt. Ordinary citizens got tired of their oppressive ruler and took to the streets. There are tanks in

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Joseph Stiglitz’s creative ideas for fixing the economy

July 19, 2010 Madonna Gauding Economy, Financial reform, Infrastructure, War One comment

Nobel Prize winning economist and Columbia University professor Joseph Stiglitz has some good ideas about what we should do to get out of the

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