Cass Sunstein on making government simpler, not smaller
As head of the White House office that deals with government regulation under President Obama, Cass Sunstein pushed for fewer rules and lower costs. His new book lays out a path for simpler, if not smaller, government going forward.
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Why we still can't vote online, and why that may be a good thing
Monday, October 15, 2012 - 21:45 Scott Olson/Getty Images Residents vote at a polling place on the campus of the University of Northern Iowa on September 28, 2012 in Cedar Falls, Iowa. There is a genre of tech stories that begin "If we can put a man on the moon..." Today we complete that phrase with the words: "why can't we vote for president from our home computers?" Some people think that the convenience of clicking Romney or Obama the same way you buy a song on iTunes could radically increase voter participation. So just what's stopping online voting? Tech news site The Verge took a close look at the reasons it's not yet a reality, with some interesting results, and I suggest you read the full story . Thomas Houston is an editor who worked on the piece. He told us that one of the problems is simply a lack of enthusiasm; when it comes to getting a working online voting system up and running, where there's a political will, there's a political way. But do you hear people out clamoring ...
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Japan carmakers to cut China production
Monday, October 8, 2012 - 06:06 PETER PARKS/AFP/GettyImages A Toyota car is seen parked along a street in Shanghai on September 26, 2012. Japanese auto giants Nissan and Toyota are planning to cut production in China because demand for Japanese cars has been hit by the recent diplomatic disagreement over disputed islands. Japan's carmakers are reporting a huge drop in sales in China, and it's not about China's slowing growth. Anti-Japan protests in China are such an issue, Toyota and Nissan have both cut back on Chinese production. Purchasing habits are emotional. So emotional scenes like this resonate: A woman screams in anguish, her husband has just been paralyzed by an attacker wielding a bicycle lock at an anti-Japanese protest in the city of Xi'an. His crime? He was driving a Toyota. The video of this attack spread like wildfire in China before the government took it down, but the message is clear for the Chinese: buy Japanese cars at your own risk. So where will Chinese car consumers ...
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Japan carmakers to cut China production
Monday, October 8, 2012 - 06:06 PETER PARKS/AFP/GettyImages A Toyota car is seen parked along a street in Shanghai on September 26, 2012. Japanese auto giants Nissan and Toyota are planning to cut production in China because demand for Japanese cars has been hit by the recent diplomatic disagreement over disputed islands. Japan's carmakers are reporting a huge drop in sales in China, and it's not about China's slowing growth. Anti-Japan protests in China are such an issue, Toyota and Nissan have both cut back on Chinese production. Purchasing habits are emotional. So emotional scenes like this resonate: A woman screams in anguish, her husband has just been paralyzed by an attacker wielding a bicycle lock at an anti-Japanese protest in the city of Xi'an. His crime? He was driving a Toyota. The video of this attack spread like wildfire in China before the government took it down, but the message is clear for the Chinese: buy Japanese cars at your own risk. So where will Chinese car consumers ...
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In Ohio, lots of pro-coal ads, not so many miners
Tuesday, October 9, 2012 - 02:35 Justin Sullivan/Getty Images A coal miner looks on as Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney speaks during a campaign rally at the American Energy Corportation. One of the campaign issues grabbing attention in Ohio is the future of the coal industry. Romney has ads; Obama has ads. But, there’s a funny thing about all the focus on Ohio coal miners in this year’s presidential election. Based on the attention, you might think we were talking about a whole lot of people. We’re not. In Ohio, “there are about 2,700 active coal miners as of the latest government data, which is 2010,” says Phil Smith with the United Mine Workers of America . “I would expect that number to be about the same, maybe less than it was in 2010.” The National Mining Association estimates less than one percent of Ohio’s GDP comes from coal mining. So why all the attention? Two words: swing state. Candidates need every vote they ...
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