rethinkchronicles » public policy http://www.rethinkchronicles.com A guide through the rapidly developing Rethink Revolution Sat, 12 Jun 2010 19:08:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 CEO angst revealed http://www.rethinkchronicles.com/2009/12/18/ceo-angst-revealed/ http://www.rethinkchronicles.com/2009/12/18/ceo-angst-revealed/#comments Fri, 18 Dec 2009 14:55:08 +0000 Editor http://www.rethinkchronicles.com/?p=825 Chief Executive Magazine asked a cross-section of of CEOs to write about their outlook for the coming year. Editor J.P. Donlon said he was struck by their twin concerns about rising government spending and increasing taxes and regulations, as well as the effect both would have on what they regard as a fragile economic recovery.

Donlon observed, [...]

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CEO angst revealed

]]> http://www.rethinkchronicles.com/2009/12/18/ceo-angst-revealed/feed/ 0 Congressman urges Office of Technology Assessment http://www.rethinkchronicles.com/2009/04/29/congressman-urges-office-of-technology-assessment/ http://www.rethinkchronicles.com/2009/04/29/congressman-urges-office-of-technology-assessment/#comments Wed, 29 Apr 2009 20:40:53 +0000 Editor http://www.rethinkchronicles.com/?p=538 When Congress eliminated funding for The Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) nineteen years ago it was described as Congress giving itself a lobotomy. Very few members of Congress are trained in science and consequently avoid the subject. One Congressman with serious science bona fides is urging that something like the OTA be reinstituted. Representative [...]

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Congressman urges Office of Technology Assessment

]]> http://www.rethinkchronicles.com/2009/04/29/congressman-urges-office-of-technology-assessment/feed/ 0 The debate about global warming gets nasty http://www.rethinkchronicles.com/2009/03/12/the-debate-about-global-warming-gets-nasty/ http://www.rethinkchronicles.com/2009/03/12/the-debate-about-global-warming-gets-nasty/#comments Thu, 12 Mar 2009 11:29:57 +0000 Editor http://www.rethinknews.rethinkchronicles.com/?p=151 Dueling experts on the subject of global warming, or climate change if you prefer, bring to mind Will Rogers oft-quoted riposte, ?It ain?t so much the things we don?t know that get us in trouble. It?s the things we know that ain?t so.?

The decibel level has been rising about the global warming hypothesis.

The squabbling [...]

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The debate about global warming gets nasty

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