articles from July 2009

A Simple Proposal To Make Supreme Court Appointments More Fair

With the current debate over the latest nomination for U.S. Supreme Court justice, the topic of term limits for justices has made its way back into the headlines - with proposals for a 15, 18 or 20 year term to...

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Will "Gen Next" make idealism cool again?

New data released by Pew shows members of "Gen Next" (also known as "Gen Y") becoming more liberal politically, more interested in the political process, and having more confidence in elected officials than in previous years. Using what Pew calls...

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Another Opportunity for Mall Advertising

With the tough economy, we've seen some new approaches to advertising. Everyone is trying to reach more people for less money and using storefronts at the mall is proving to be an effective way to do just that. While we...

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Sotomayor's "Cursed" Seat

As Sonia Sotomayor glides towards confirmation to the Supreme Court, a fascinating graphic from Nick Summers in this week's Newsweek highlights the history of each of the nine seats on the top court. As the Newsweek chart shows, there have...

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Online Viewership of Jackson Memorial High, But Not A Sign of TV's Demise

The New York Times reported this week that, according to internal data, there were about 12.5 million online video streams served of Tuesday's Michael Jackson memorial service, just among CNN.com, MSNBC.com and Yahoo! alone. And ">as a post on 24/7...

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