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A Guide to Presidential Bestsellers

It's pretty much a given that President George W. Bush's Decision Points will hit The New York Times best-seller list. Presidents' gracing the list is now as expected as writing a memoir in the first place. In fact, every president since Lyndon B. Johnson has written a memoir, and every first lady since Lady Bird Johnson -- except Pat Nixon -- has penned her own story too. We pitted recent political couples against one another to let book buyers declare winners. Better get writing, Michelle.READ»

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Letter From the Editor: Design With a Purpose

The first time I went to the White House I was in grade school. This was back in the 1970s, when my family was in Washington, D.C., on vacation, and public tours were easy to arrange. My next visit, two decades later, was as a ...READ»

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How Energy Innovations Could Be Hijacked by Foreign Investors

Secretary of Energy Steve Chu warns that the private sector lags on adopting DOE-funded research.READ»

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Top 10 Politico Tech Blunders, From the Internets to the Google

When it comes to technology, politicians can't stop making gaffes.READ»

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Peak Oil Provocateur Matthew Simmons Passes Away

Matthew Simmons, perhaps peak oil's most unlikely advocate, passed away today from a heart attack at age 67. READ»

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DOE's $1 Billion Clean Coal Project Mutates Once Again

The FutureGen clean coal project just won't die. The nearly decade-old project has been killed, reborn, and reshaped so many times that we almost forgot it was still around. But it is--albeit in a less ambitious form.READ»

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BIO International Convention

Policy wonks and science wizards unite at this year's big biotech-industry conference in Chicago, where more than 15,000 attendees talk biofuels, health innovation, and superpowered agriculture with former presidents George W. Bush ...READ»

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How America's Top Military Officer Uses Business to Boost National Security

Admiral Mike Mullen says the sea was his business. Now, as America's top military officer, he's reshaping strategy for a world in which economics and security are intertwined.READ»

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Melissa Hathaway, Cybersecurity Expert

Melissa Hathaway is one of the country's foremost cybersecurity experts, having worked under both Presidents Bush (43) and Obama in executive-level positions.READ»

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Oil Companies--Some Run by Former Bush Officials--Make a Risky Move Into Kurdistan

In their haste to tap Kurdish reserves, dozens of oil companies -- several fronted by former Bush officials -- have undercut U.S. policy and fanned sectarian tensions in Iraq. They may also lose a fortune.READ»

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Infographic of the Day: Does Being Old Really Make You a Republican?

Do our politics really vary wildly, as we progress from being scrappy, iconoclast teens to grumpy grandparents?READ»

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Infographic of the Day: Obama Says "I Inherited This Mess" With a Chart [WITH WAR OF THE INFOGRAPHICS UPDATE!]

A chart marking the first anniversary of the stimulus package makes a case for the Obama administration's effectiveness at saving jobs. READ»

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The Roth IRA Conversion - What You Should Know

One of the hottest topics in the tax world today deals with conversions.  I’m not talking about changing religions, although some will argue that given the economic conditions today, more people are praying than ever ...READ»

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Is Technology Making Us Idiots?

In his insightful 2008 article in the Atlantic, Nicolas Carr asks, "Is Google Making Us Stupid?" He goes on to explore how new technology has altered our reading habits and, more unsettlingly, how we process information and think. It is a cerebral piece that meets the high intellectual standards we expect of that august magazine. I, however, would like to bring his lofty discussion of the impact of new technology on our lives down to the muckier level of human dysfunction. I would suggest that not only is the latest technology making us stupider, but it is also making us just plain idiots! READ»

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Infographics of the Day: Obama's 2011 Budget, Cut Three Ways

Three major newspapers take a crack at visualizing Obama's new budget.READ»

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Obama to Kill Moonshot, Make the Space Race a More Private Affair

All pointers say that in the next budget from the Obama government, NASA's moonshot Constellation program will be axed. It's not necessarily the end of the dream, though: The plan is to involve private space companies much ...READ»

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Osama bin Laden: An Unlikely Ally for Climate Change Eco-Warriors?

Chalk this one up under the "Whhaaat?!" category: Osama bin Laden has just dropped one of his infamous video tapes on Al Jazeera. And amid the usual rhetoric is an absolute gem--he blames the U.S. for climate change.Let's get one ...READ»

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Ask Dan: Think Different

Dear Dan, I'm frustrated. My firm just paid for a market-research study and one of the findings was that the customers in our market can barely tell my firm apart from any of our rivals. It's humbling because we've always prided ...READ»

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Why Can't Poetry Be an Organizing Tool? Why Cant' the Arts Play a Big Role in Politics?

I live just outside Northampton, Massachusetts. About ten years ago, Northampton established the position of City Poet Laureate, with a two-year term. Until two years ago, the post was mostly ceremonial. The official poet would ...READ»

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Happy Crazy Holiday Package Mailing Day!

Historically Dec. 15 is the busiest day of the year for FedEx, the day they ship more packages in 24 hours than during any other day of the year. This is slightly surprising in a couple of respects: 1. It shows that ...READ»

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Twitter Abracadabras Weasley Whereabouts Clock Into Reality

Oh Harry Potter, you may be the stuff of fantasy for kids everywhere but you're not real. Which is why Twitter is more awesome: It's really real, and someone's just used it to make a version of the Weasley family's locator clock. If ...READ»

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AT&T Gets Annoyed by Net Neutrality, Opera Mobile Gets Squashed by China

"If it bothers you that the China government does it, it should bother you when your cable company does it." - White House Deputy Chief Technology Officer, Internet Policy, Andrew McLaughlinREAD»

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What Do Presidential Libraries Say About Their Namesakes' Legacies?

Laura Bush revealed Robert A.M. Stern's design for the George Bush presidential library this week. Our approval rating (low), plus the architectural legacies of six of his presidential predecessors.READ»

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Party is over for the U.S. when Beijing says it is!-Robin Trehan

How the U.S. is Dependent on China-Robin Trehan READ»