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2:00 – 4:30 p.m. National Press Club Washington, D.C. MIKE ARMACOST (President, Brookings Institution): It’s a great pleasure to welcome you on behalf of the Brookings Institution and, of course, the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life. In recent years a new dialogue has started on what congregations’ proper roles are in lifting up […]
The change in the news agenda is even more dramatic if one looks at what has become an increasingly important segment of network television, morning news. In June of 2001, network morning news programs had become, in significant part, a way of selling things, often lifestyle products, books, movies, TV shows, cookbooks, products for the […]
Introduction and Summary The terrorist attacks and the war in Afghanistan have created a new internationalist sentiment among the public. There is much more support for a multilateral foreign policy than before Sept.11, with roughly six-in-ten (59%) now saying that the interests of allies should be taken into account by U.S. policymakers. By about a […]
Introduction Nashville’s business community has been active, if not wildly successful, in attempting to catch the wave of dot.com riches in the New Economy. Nashville’s economy is service oriented, with health care and country music being the region’s dominant and highest profile business sectors.[10.numoffset=”10″ The major technology employer in the area is Dell Computers, which […]
Introduction Austin has experienced a high-tech boom in the past ten to fifteen years that has transformed a university and state government town into one of the country’s most dynamic technological environments. Leading the boom has been electronics manufacturing, primarily semiconductors. Firms such as IBM, Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), and Motorola all have large semiconductor […]
By Andrew Tyndall One might think local and network news together would provide viewers with a full plate, a well-rounded hour of local, national and international news plus sports, weather and traffic. As comprehensive as this hour of news is designed to be, the latest study by the Project for Excellence in Journalism reveals that […]
Introduction Cleveland, though not known as a hotbed of Internet activity, is taking some innovative approaches to using the Internet for economic and social purposes. Most prominently, the city is using approximately $3 million in revenue from cable fees to subsidize Internet access and computer training through community development corporations (CDCs). A number of CDCs […]
Hard Times and Hard Policies During the Cold War, public debate over foreign policy focused on the confrontation with the Soviet Union. There was widespread support for the strategy of containment-disagreements were essentially over tactics. After the collapse of the Soviet Union and the display of overwhelming American military power in the Persian Gulf War, […]
National Press Club Washington, D.C. A discussion with: Jean Bethke Elshtain, Professor, University of Chicago and Co-chair, Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life Professor Elshtain is a political philosopher whose task has been to show the connections between our political and our ethical convictions. Her works include Augustine and the Limits of Politics and […]
Introduction Every day people go online to get information about a medical condition or symptom, fill a prescription, get an insurance quote, participate in a chat room, or fill out a health assessment. All of these activities involve the exchange of information with or without the consent of the individual, and with or without their […]