Oakland Drowning in Social Justice

Debra Saunders, San Fran Chronicle
Occupy Oakland has scheduled a general strike throughout the California city for Wednesday. What does that mean? "No work. No school. Occupy everywhere," the group's website explains. "Shut down the city."And: "All banks and corporations should close down for the day or we will march on them.""Blockade everything."Occupy Oakland activists have not only free speech rights but also the power to stomp on other people's rights.Oakland Mayor Jean Quan -- a committed left-winger -- at first welcomed the protests. But with rats, vigilantism and too...

Source: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2011/11/01/oakland_drowning_in_social_justice_111899.html

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Entrepreneurship Lessons For The Academic-Minded

A new program is teaching university researchers how to make their promising new technologies a reality. They're mentored by entrepreneurs who help them rethink their strategy, and are told to treat everything they think they know about business as nothing more than a hypothesis.

Source: http://www.npr.org/2011/10/31/141702806/entrepreneurship-lessons-for-the-academic-minded?ft=1&f=1007

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In Redistricting, Where Do 50 Million Latinos Fit?

As states across the U.S. are redrawing their district lines to account for changing populations, some groups, like the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, are pushing for majority-Latino districts. MALDEF says such districts will boost Latinos' political power, but others say it'll bring limited influence. Host Michel Martin speaks with MALDEF President Thomas Saenz and Center for Equal Opportunity Chair Linda Chavez.

Source: http://www.npr.org/2011/11/02/141931700/in-redistricting-where-do-50-million-latinos-fit?ft=1&f=1014

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