Jobs, Jobs, Jobs
With a focus on job creation, Obama could spare himself the strain and distraction of a re-election campaign. Just saying.
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With a focus on job creation, Obama could spare himself the strain and distraction of a re-election campaign. Just saying.
Each dot represents 25 people. The key is excluded to test your wit; but I was surprised to discover such clear divides in LA's unspoken boundaries... especially vis-a-vis the (slightly) more diversified map of Orange County.
There are only three things you can be sure of: death, taxes, and that I'll take interest in the yearly infographic that wears the name of the first two. New to the 2011 edition detailing the Federal budget comes a handy comparison across the previous decade... fiscally-minded humanoids (read: anyone who can't print their own money) should take note of the discrepancy hovering in the lower-right corner: an 8% increase in revenues against a 53% increase in expenditures.
This is a scary, indefensible and completely bipartisan SNAFU.
But nearly every young American needs to learn more than most are learning today, both for the sake of their own prospects and on behalf of the nation's competitiveness in a shrinking, dog-eat-dog world. Yes, it will disrupt everything from school-bus schedules to family vacations. Yes, it will carry some costs, at least until we eke offsetting savings from the technology-in-education revolution. But even Aristotle might conclude that this is a price worth paying.
This is an inevitable conclusion for the American education system -- a system which is failing not just students, but the future dominance of America's innovation economy.
