An excerpt from Chuck Todd's "The Stranger" | MSNBC

An excerpt from Chuck Todd's "The Stranger" | MSNBC



Only months before, Obama had accepted his party’s nomination by proclaiming that “the change we need doesn’t come from Washington. Change comes to Washington.” He’d meant it — but perhaps not, it seemed, in the way his acolytes had imagined, since the only change apparent to them was him.

The Economic Benefits of Closing Educational Achievement Gaps | Center for American Progress

The Economic Benefits of Closing Educational Achievement Gaps | Center for American Progress



If the United States were able to close the educational achievement gaps between native-born white children and black and Hispanic children, the U.S. economy would be 5.8 percent—or nearly $2.3 trillion—larger in 2050. The cumulative increase in GDP from 2014 to 2050 would amount to $20.4 trillion, or an average of $551 billion per year. Thus, even very large public investments that close achievement gaps would pay for themselves in the form of economic growth by 2050.

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Help fight Ebola. For every $1 you give, Google will give $2. Donate now 

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2471922,00.asp



This is mighty damn impressive Google, KUDOS

Makers and Breakers - NYTimes.com

Makers and Breakers - NYTimes.com



This is a great time to be a maker, an innovator, a starter-upper. Thanks to the Internet, you can raise capital, sell goods or services and discover collaborators and customers globally more easily than ever. This is a great time to make things. But it is also a great time to break things, thanks to the Internet. If you want to break something or someone, or break into somewhere that is encrypted, and collaborate with other bad guys, you can recruit and operate today with less money, greater ease and greater reach than ever before. This is a great time to be a breaker. That’s why the balance of power between makers and breakers will shape our world every bit as much as the one between America, Russia and China.

Elizabeth Warren: It’s time to work on America’s agenda - The Washington Post

Elizabeth Warren: It’s time to work on America’s agenda - The Washington Post



It’s not about big government or small government. It’s not the size of government that worries people; rather it’s deep-down concern over who government works for. People are ready to work, ready to do their part, ready to fight for their futures and their kids’ futures, but they see a government that bows and scrapes for big corporations, big banks, big oil companies and big political donors — and they know this government does not work for them.

Democrats’ 2014 defeat is worse than it was in 2010 - The Washington Post

Democrats’ 2014 defeat is worse than it was in 2010 - The Washington Post

Yet Democrats and Obama can’t simply blame defeat on an inevitable falloff in their midterm vote. They failed to give the faithful enough reason to cast a ballot.

Chicago Manufacturing Council

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For the last thirty years, Manufacturing Renaissance (MR) (501c3) has worked towards building economically, socially and environmentally sustainable communities in a variety of ways.  A strong economy is at the heart of such communities and our mission is to rediscover, redefine, and rebuild manufacturing in the knowledge economy.  Our work is rooted in deep comprehensive research and understanding of international best practices. 

Rauner gets early lesson in protocol from Boss Madigan - Chicago Tribune

Rauner gets early lesson in protocol from Boss Madigan - Chicago Tribune

Elected officials are taken at their word, until they don't have one. And then it's over.