http://www.deseretnews.com/home/ John Florez en-us Copyright 2013, Deseret News Publishing Company Thu, 23 May 2013 00:00:01 MDT Thu, 23 May 2013 05:15:03 MDT Newspapers http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765629926/Involve-the-poor-in-solving-poverty.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765629926/Involve-the-poor-in-solving-poverty.html The war on poverty was lost because we hired professional soldiers to fight, but never involved the civilians, the poor, in... Sat, 18 May 2013 00:00:00 MDT http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765629301/Bureaucracies-perpetuate-poverty.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765629301/Bureaucracies-perpetuate-poverty.html Fighting poverty is a growth industry that perpetuates the cycle of poverty. We have created a vast network of specialized... Sat, 11 May 2013 00:00:00 MDT http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765628707/Empower-citizens-change-education.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765628707/Empower-citizens-change-education.html Want to change education? Deregulate it and involve "digital natives," as Marc Prensky labeled them — the under 30... Sat, 04 May 2013 00:00:00 MDT http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765628081/Immigration-is-a-test-of-leadership.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765628081/Immigration-is-a-test-of-leadership.html "Anyone who accomplishes anything of significance has more confidence than the facts would justify. It is something that... Sat, 27 Apr 2013 00:00:00 MDT http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765627468/Jobs-education-becoming-unlinked.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765627468/Jobs-education-becoming-unlinked.html Just as the steam engine gave rise to the industrial revolution, so is technology now driving the digital revolution. Both... Sat, 20 Apr 2013 00:00:00 MDT http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765626762/Productivity-job-growth-de-coupled.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765626762/Productivity-job-growth-de-coupled.html The link between rising productivity, growing jobs and higher living standards has de-coupled, according to MIT Center for... Sat, 13 Apr 2013 00:00:00 MDT http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765626161/Are-we-losing-our-sense-of-morals.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765626161/Are-we-losing-our-sense-of-morals.html "By a moral sense I mean an intuitive or directly felt belief about how one ought to act when one is free to act voluntarily... Sat, 06 Apr 2013 00:00:00 MDT http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765625703/Treat-education-as-we-treat-business.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765625703/Treat-education-as-we-treat-business.html All employers want to have a business environment that is free of conflict and a stable regulatory environment they can count... Sat, 30 Mar 2013 00:00:00 MDT http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865576454/Its-the-invisible-baggage-that-prevents-learning.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865576454/Its-the-invisible-baggage-that-prevents-learning.html We want all children to come to school ready to learn, but what about those that are not? What about those that come to... Fri, 22 Mar 2013 09:57:00 MDT http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765624683/Make-decisions-for-the-public-good.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765624683/Make-decisions-for-the-public-good.html It's where lawmakers put our money that says much about their priorities and principles. Sat, 16 Mar 2013 00:00:00 MDT