February 2012
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Giving up the gifts: Indiana legislators try to...
Ralph Foley and John Day wanted to help the state of Indiana even after their careers were over. And so, as they both entered their final terms in the Indiana House of Representatives, Foley (R-Martinsville), and Day (D-Indianapolis) co-sponsored a bill that would prohibit lobbyists’ gifts to individual legislators.
“We thought our parting gift would be to cut off the gifts,” Foley said.
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What if smear ads were illegal?
Posted by Guest Poster, Marcy Maslov on February 09, 2012
It’s January 22, around 7:30 am and my alarm has just awakened me to the sound of a political ad on the radio. The Arizona primaries are a little more than a month away. Based on what I just heard, it’s going to be a long month and a nasty year of smear ads and attacks on character. The worst of it is nobody is going to be honest...
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The State Department’s Techie Exchange Program For... →
journalofajournalist:
GEEK EXCHANGE!!! This amazing program I wrote about for FastCo.Exist will bring 25 lucky teenage girls from Middle Eastern states with an interest in programming and robotics for a 1-month crash course in Silicon Valley… all for free.
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Watchamerica-abroad-media:
UN warns that one third of North Korean children under the age of five are chronically malnourished
“Experts say North Korea’s hunger crisis has its roots in years of farm mismanagement as well as slumping aid and trade amid the fallout of Pyongyang’s nuclear and missile programs. Fears that aid could be diverted to feed North Korea’s million-strong army have also made...
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