College as We've Known it Will Soon Die (And Should)
September 19, 2012 The Federal Government Should Adapt the Principles of 150 Years Ago to a New Age Kevin CareySeptember 19, 2012To understand how public universities reached their present state of...
View ArticleThe Miracle of Everything Anywhere Anytime
October 2, 2012 Let's stop moping for a moment to remember what infoscarcity felt like Andrés MartinezOctober 2, 2012I must have been 12 or 13 when my father suggested I go downtown with him to get...
View ArticleSomeone Get Columbus a Better Publicist
October 8, 2012 His reputation hasn’t been this bad since the 1490s—and we have the textbooks to prove it. Rebecca ShaferOctober 8, 2012During my three years as a teacher at low-income schools in...
View ArticleEnough About the Middle East Already
October 26, 2012 For years, Washington has obsessed over a single volatile piece of the globe. Enough is enough. Andrés MartinezOctober 26, 2012The United States has lost its bearings in the world. Our...
View ArticleThe Assurance of Chemists
November 5, 2012 Are Gut Instincts Obsolete in Political Campaigns? Konstantin KakaesNovember 5, 2012About a month ago, I received a letter from Mitt Romney’s campaign addressing me as “one of...
View ArticleWhy Election Day In Ohio Depressed the Hell Out of Me
November 7, 2012 We’ve got the mechanics of democracy down fine—but we’re losing the spirit. Joe MathewsNovember 7, 2012I just spent Election Eve and Election Day in the ultimate swing state and the...
View ArticleWhere Karl Rove Was Right
November 9, 2012 Republicans Will Suffer For Leaving Latino Voters Out of the Big Tent. But the GOP Defeat Had To Do With More Than Just Immigration Policy. Gregory RodriguezNovember 9, 2012Give Karl...
View ArticleNation of Amateurs
November 9, 2012 Trust might be the only thing keeping America's rickety electoral system working -- and that's not a bad thing. Andrés MartinezNovember 9, 2012Twenty-four hours after Mitt Romney’s...
View ArticleWe’re Going To Fall Off a Cliff!!!!
December 10, 2012 So why aren't people outside of D.C. terribly worried? Andrés MartinezDecember 10, 2012Have you stocked up on extra food and water? Have a flashlight and plenty of spare batteries?...
View ArticleShould You See This Gruesome Image?
December 11, 2012 Thoughts of a war-zone photographer on using the lens for good. Louie PaluDecember 11, 2012Last March, responding to news of a killing, I found myself walking in the darkness at a...
View ArticleShould Jerry Brown Just Ignore His Cancer?
January 2, 2013 Governor’s choice of radiation therapy could cause more harm than doing nothing at all. Shannon BrownleeJanuary 2, 2013As California’s oldest governor, Jerry Brown has gone out of his...
View ArticleIt’s Chinatown, Son, and I Love It
January 11, 2013 Finding French dips and community on the Gold Line. Joe MathewsJanuary 11, 2013It should have been a quiet, forgettable Tuesday night at home. That’s all I wanted it to be. My wife was...
View ArticleThank You, Hollywood, For the Bumbling Spies
January 14, 2013 Depicting the fallability of intelligence enables us to deal with reality. Jennifer RowlandJanuary 14, 2013First, the bad news. That debonair, whip-smart, multilingual,...
View ArticleHappy Internet Freedom Day
January 18, 2013 A year ago today, SOPA went from meaning soup in Spanish to meaning we all care about our right to information. Marvin AmmoriJanuary 18, 2013One year ago, in the aftermath of the...
View ArticleHearts All Atwitter, if Only on Twitter
January 30, 2013 These Days, Virtual Relationships Like Manti Te’o’s Are Not All That Crazy Christine RosenJanuary 30, 2013“What I went through was real. You know, the feelings, the pain, the...
View ArticleWhy California IT Keeps Crashing
March 27, 2013 Governments waste hundreds of millions. The fix lies in working with other states. Alissa BlackMarch 27, 2013URL:...
View Article‘Leaning In’ to the F-Word
March 11, 2013 I’m with Sheryl Sandberg. Let’s make feminism less scary—and less hairy. Brigid SchulteMarch 11, 2013URL:...
View ArticleIt’s Retirement Security, Not Social Security
April 9, 2013Joshua FreedmanJustin KingApril 9, 2013URL: http://www.zocalopublicsquare.org/2013/04/09/its-retirement-security-not-social-security/ideas/up-for-discussion/
View ArticleDon’t Hate Jerry Brown For Making You Save
May 7, 2013Aleta SpragueMay 7, 2013URL: http://www.zocalopublicsquare.org/2013/05/07/dont-hate-jerry-brown-for-making-you-save/ideas/nexus/#.UYkERaFahX4.twitter
View ArticleAn Open (Of Course) Letter to My Friend, the NSA
June 12, 2013Cyrus NematiJune 12, 2013URL: www.zocalopublicsquare.org/2013/06/12/an-open-of-course-letter-to-my-friend-the-nsa/ideas/nexus/
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