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Federal innovation a matter of perspective
The federal government has an innovation problem — or does it? The answer depends on whom you ask. Federal employees surveyed over the past three years have had a declining view of government innovation. But that doesn't mean Uncle Sam doesn't...Tags: Science and Technology, National Security, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Government, Space Programs
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'The Butler' puts a new spin on LBJ, says Liev Schreiber
The new trailer for Lee Daniels’ “The Butler” shows an up-from-his-bootstraps man moving, Zelig-like, through U.S. presidential history, demonstrating how “one man overcame his past.” But for at least one of the actors...Tags: Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire (movie), The Weinstein Company, Goon (movie), Justice and Rights, Oprah Winfrey
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Obama's 2nd-term blues?
Was President Barack Obama really joking at Saturday's White House Correspondents' Association dinner? Or was he showing, as I suspect, early signs of the second-term blues? It's fashionable for critics — especially if they didn't get invited...
Tags: Interior Policy, Gun Control, U.S. Congress, Personal Weapon Control, Entertainment
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At George W. Bush library, five presidents meet in harmony
DALLAS — The five men who have held the title of president gathered to celebrate the dedication of George W. Bush's presidential library at Southern Methodist University on Thursday, a rare reunion that focused on praising his achievements and...
Tags: Tony Blair, Jan Brewer, Philosophy, State of the Union Address, Hillary Clinton
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How the welfare state has grown — and sapped America's economy and culture
"I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them." — Thomas Jefferson My recent column on the challenges associated with the Social...
Tags: Interior Policy, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Washington, DC, Poverty, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
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Presidential alumni an elite (and small) club
At the dedication Thursday of the George W. Bush Presidential Center, President Barack Obama appeared with all four living ex-presidents — George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, George H.W. Bush and Jimmy Carter. That raised a question: What is the record...Tags: Ulysses S. Grant, Martin van Buren, Theodore Roosevelt, Bill Clinton, John Adams
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Bush library should be nonpartisan
— In 2007, I had the privilege of becoming the first director of the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum. My job was to move Nixon's presidential materials from the Washington, D.C., area, where they had been kept as federal property...
Tags: Iraq War (2003-2011), Washington, DC, Iraq, Museums, Republican Party
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'Right wing' doesn't equal 'terrorist'
"If history were to repeat itself," warned President Franklin D. Roosevelt in his 1944 State of the Union address, "and we were to return to the so-called normalcy of the 1920s, then it is certain that even though we shall have conquered our enemies on...Tags: Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Political Systems, Michael Bloomberg, Paul Ryan, State of the Union Address
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Ferdinand Nadherny, executive recruiter, 1926-2013
Ferdinand Nadherny helped create anti-poverty programs as a member of President Lyndon B. Johnson's administration and later started a Chicago office of the executive search firm Russell Reynolds Associates. Mr. Nadherny had a hand in a number of high-...
Tags: Business Enterprises, IBM, Northwestern University, Poverty, Social Issues
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With new presidential library, George W. Bush back in public eye
WASHINGTON — President Obama, the four living ex-presidents and thousands of others head to Dallas on Thursday for the dedication of the George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum. The challenge facing library officials will be to keep the...
Tags: NBC (tv network), Museums, University of Pittsburgh, Television Industry, Gerald Ford
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Rand Paul gets schooled at Howard
Rand Paul did just fine at Howard University, thank you very much. Or at least, that's how he remembers it. Paul, GOP senator from Kentucky, told the Christian Science Monitor on Wednesday that his recent visit to Howard didn't go so bad at all. He said...
Tags: Minority Groups, Justice and Rights, Rachel Maddow, Elections, Students
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Bryan Cranston to play LBJ in play by Robert Schenkkan
Bryan Cranston is going from playing a meth dealer on AMC's "Breaking Bad" to playing President Lyndon B. Johnson in a new stage production of a work by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Robert Schenkkan. "All The Way" will open the new season at...
Tags: Pulitzer Prize Awards, Breaking Bad (tv program), Entertainment Events, Martin Luther King Jr., Bryan Cranston
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