Sometimes it’s tough to tell when you’re being misled.
Take this (barely) edited exchange Tuesday between Rep. Ken Calvert, R-Calif., and Navy Secretary Ray Mabus at a hearing into the Navy’s proposed 2014 budget before …
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“This Is Where Daddy Works…”
Fort Hood families check out Dad’s office at a 1st Cavalry Division’s family day May 5 on the Texas post.
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Lost in Transcription…
Even with Battleland’s huge staff, we can’t get to all the important national-security confabs that happen every day in the nation’s capital. So we’re forced to assign our staff to skim transcripts of the gallimaufry that …
“You don't just become a nuclear-weapons designer overnight…I actually took a tour of the Twitter site about three weeks ago. I'm in the Bay Area and it is a different universe, I will say. You know, we are never going to offer our people free lunches, and we're never going to be able to offer, you know, or a massage room, which is what they had.”
— Penrose "Parney" Albright, director of the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, explaining to Congress earlier this week some of the challenges associated with keeping his highly-skilled workers satisfied. “We still,” he added, “remain a destination for the very best and brightest in this country.”
The Challenge of Proving Fetal Homicide in the Cleveland Kidnapping Case
The fate of accused kidnapper Ariel Castro will probably not hinge on whether he is charged with terminating his victim’s pregnancies
We’re Doing a Lousy Job of Getting Poor Kids to College
For low-income students in the United States, the college math is bleak: only one-third of kids from families at or below the poverty line attend college, and even fewer graduate.
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Clothes Call: Camouflaged Spending
Joe and Jane American don’t buy warships, satellites, tanks and jet fighters. But they do purchase clothes to wear in a variety of colors and patterns.
That’s what makes Thursday’s story in the Washington Post on the …
Millennials: The Next Greatest Generation?
You might think they’re entitled, lazy and over-confident. You’d be right—but you’d also be wrong
Quiz: How Millennial Are You?
Age isn’t the only thing that makes you millennial—habits do too. Find out how truly millennial you are here
Poll: Who’s the Most Influential Millennial?
Of the 80 million Americans dubbed “millennials,” born roughly between 1980 and 2000, who will we still be talking about when the next generation comes of age? Voting for the most influential millennial poll is now closed. Click …
Income Inequality: It’s Not Just for Older People Anymore
20-somethings are on more even financial footing than the rest of the population, but that equality is slipping
Watch Joel Stein Live Like a Millennial For a Day
We asked Joel Stein, the author of this week’s cover story on millennials, to live like a young American for a single day.
I’m Not on Facebook and I Don’t Regret It—Yet
I have inexplicably made it to my 30s without poking, posting, commenting, friending or planning a single thing on Facebook. And I’m still here. I’m still standing. I am the 7%, and it has not been easy.