Poll: Struggling white voters pick Romney
(Jae C. Hong / AP)
In election dominated by the flagging economy, President Obama trails Mitt Romney on several measures among white voters buffeted by job losses.
On Faith
Obama and Romney offer differing views of God
With Occupy protests this weekend at the G-8 and NATO summits, it’s clear President Obama and Mitt Romney view God and inequality differently.
‘A nation of Osteens and Obamas’
Can we overcome the very American temptation to make God in our own image?
In North Carolina after Amendment One, ‘Let the wild rumpus start’
After voters approve Amendment One, the gay grandson of Oral Roberts says the Bible is not clear on gay marriage.
Does Mona Eltahawy’s approach hurt women?
Most Arab women see no contradiction between the faith they cherish and the rights they deserve.
Higher Education
Reynolds saved U-Va. nearly $1 billion
The university’s vice president Yoke San Reynolds taught the university how to borrow more cheaply and save more wisely.
A lesson in sticktoitiveness — an amusing commencement speech
Here’s the highly amusing commencement speech that award-winning director Garry Marshall delivered at Lafayette College, explaining the importance of sticking to something you believe in no matter what the obstacles. In Marshall’s case, obstacles included being fired once by a pupplet.
Cliches for the Class of 2012
A commencement speech that could be given to any Class of 2012, anywhere--using cherry-picked quotes from real speeches.
Which foods are healthful or harmful for your diet?
Registered dietician Katherine Tallmadge on how to have a balanced, healthy diet.
Which foods are healthful or harmful for your diet?
Registered dietician Katherine Tallmadge on how to have a balanced, healthy diet.
DC Water can’t rely on ratepayers to fund tunnels, study says
DC Water’s quest to build new tunnels as part of a federally mandated plan to reduce sewage overflows might be at risk if the agency relies solely on ratepayers to pay for it, a new study says.
National Education
How ed policy is hurting early childhood education
A coalition of early childhood experts are speaking out about their growing concerns that new federal education policy is harming early childhood education and care.
A lesson in sticktoitiveness — an amusing commencement speech
Here’s the highly amusing commencement speech that award-winning director Garry Marshall delivered at Lafayette College, explaining the importance of sticking to something you believe in no matter what the obstacles. In Marshall’s case, obstacles included being fired once by a pupplet.
Ravitch: What is NCTQ? (and why you should know)
Education historian Diane Ravitch explains what NCTQ is and why anybody who cares about public education should know what it is and what it is up to.
Innovations
TED, Gatsby and the week in innovation
There was a siren song, the death of a buzzword and the secret to immortality.
First video taken with Google glasses
Google has debuted the first video taken with its new set of eyewear from its Project Glass project.
SpaceX makes history
Live | For the first time, a private spacecraft has been attached to the international space station.
On Leadership
The five worst mistakes I made as a new grad
I’m talking about the avoidable missteps made by myself and many other millennials I know when we left college and entered the working world.
Inspiring graduation quotes 2012
Highlights from this year’s notable commencement speakers.
How to be a bad boss
GALLERY | Readers share what makes employees miserable.
The Rolodex that redefined power
You’ve probably never heard of Pattie Sellers. But Warren Buffett has. And Oprah Winfrey.
Mr. Schmidt goes to Washington
Google’s chairman and former CEO reflects on his first time testifying before Congress, and what Washington does and doesn’t understand about Silicon Valley.
National Blogs & Columns
Vivek Wadhwa
Peter Thiel’s siren song
COLUMN | Peter Thiel made his argument against college on CBS 60 Minutes on Sunday. He’s still wrong.
In the Loop
Joe Davidson
Not everyone is comfortable reporting unethical behavior, survey indicates
COLUMN | About 45 percent of Secret Service workers would fear reprisal, and that’s too high.
The Federal Eye
TSP discloses hacking of accounts
Social Security numbers, other key personal information of more than 120,000 participants in the Thrift Savings Plan were accessed.
The Checkup by Jennifer Huget and Rob Stein
Is that right? POM protects against disease?
Is it okay for POM Wonderful to say its pomegranate juice protects against heart disease and prostate cancer and remedies erectile dysfunction?
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Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
The 2012 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony takes place in Cleveland.
Santa’s Big Brown helper
You’ve got to be moving at double time or better if you’re driving Cyber Friday for UPS.
Critics target cost of Guard troops on border
President Obama’s decision last year to send 1,200 National Guard troops to U.S.-Mexico border may have been smart politics, but a growing number of skeptics say the deployment is an expensive and inefficient mission.
The Occupy movement’s art
As the online gallery at occuprint.org reveals, the Occupy movement has more than a few skilled graphic designers in its informal ranks.
Wizards’ Wall eager to play
After learning firsthand during the lockout about the business of basketball, John Wall is ready to get back on the court and have some fun.
Gathering meteorites and congressional foes
For the 35th year, the U.S. is gathering space rocks from the wind-hammered icefields of Antarctica, a program attacked as wasteful by Sens. John McCain and Tom Coburn.
Special Reports
Faces of the Fallen
Service members who have died in Operation Iraqi Freedom, Operation Enduring Freedom.
Civil War 150
News and views from the Washington Post about the 150th anniversary of the American Civil War.
Outlook’s 5 myths
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