http://www.deseretnews.com/home/ John Florez en-us Copyright 2013, Deseret News Publishing Company Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:00:01 MDT Wed, 19 Jun 2013 07:29:36 MDT Newspapers http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765632134/Show-leadership-on-immigration.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765632134/Show-leadership-on-immigration.html "Leaders have a significant role in creating the state of mind that is the society. They can serve as symbols of the moral... Sat, 15 Jun 2013 00:00:00 MDT http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765631622/City-Council-wants-us-to-pay-the-tab.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765631622/City-Council-wants-us-to-pay-the-tab.html At their Salt Lake City Council swearing-in ceremony in 2011, all three council members came in vowing they were going to... Sat, 08 Jun 2013 00:00:00 MDT http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765631045/Learn-creativity-by-watching-kids.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765631045/Learn-creativity-by-watching-kids.html When Mae Jemison, the first black woman astronaut, who also has a long list of degrees, spoke at a National Association for... Sat, 01 Jun 2013 00:00:00 MDT http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765630502/Government-a-big-vending-machine.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765630502/Government-a-big-vending-machine.html "Government is like a vending machine. You put in money, and you get out goods and services," according to Donald Kettl,... Sat, 25 May 2013 00:00:00 MDT 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