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  • ‘Where Do We Get Such Men?’

    ‘Where Do We Get Such Men?’0

    In The Bridges At Toko-ri, the film based on James Michener’s novel about carrier pilots in the Korean War, Admiral George Tarrant watches as his pilots take off from the pitching deck to engage the enemy and asks, “Where do we get such men?” His question was relevant then and remains relevant today. Where do

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  • Smart Ways to Make College Cheaper and Better

    Smart Ways to Make College Cheaper and Better0

    Distinguished professor emeritus of economics at Ohio University Richard Vedder’s new book “Restoring the Promise,” published by the Independent Institute based in Oakland, California, is about the crisis in higher education. He summarizes the three major problems faced by America’s colleges and universities. First, our universities “are vastly too expensive, often costing twice as much

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  • Underemployment: The American Economy’s Biggest Underreported Story

    Underemployment: The American Economy’s Biggest Underreported Story0

    Both economists and the media constantly monitor the unemployment rate. And for good reason. It says a lot about the health of the economy.   But it isn’t the only significant one. The underemployment rate provides a different, but very important, look into the labor market. Underemployed is defined as an individual with a college degree

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