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    Apr 21, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  1. Nobel Prize winner Gary Becker advocates paying parents for student performance

    Nobel Prize winner <strong>Gary Becker </strong>could never win an election in this town.
    Nobel Prize winner Gary Becker could never win an election in this town. In a 30-minute speech Thursday to The Chicago Council on Global Affairs, the 82-year-old University of Chicago economist proposed that keeping "the American dream alive" would...

    Tags: Social Security, Colleges and Universities, Academic Progress, Melissa Harris, Harvard University

    2. Apr 14, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  2. Tom Pritzker woos big names for U. of C.'s big data

    University of Chicago computer scientist <strong>Ian Foster</strong> pressed the clicker and up popped a map of the most sophisticated fiber-optic networks in the world.
    University of Chicago computer scientist Ian Foster pressed the clicker and up popped a map of the most sophisticated fiber-optic networks in the world. On that map, at least, Chicago appeared to be the center of everything, a crossroads of...

    Tags: Colleges and Universities, Rahm Emanuel, Economy, Business and Finance, Drugs and Medicines, Melissa Harris

    3. Mar 17, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  3. What we learned in Iraq

    Ten years ago this week, Americans were about to be introduced to a strange new concept, as they awaited the U.S. war to bring regime change in Iraq. Coined by American military officers, it encapsulated a situation in which everything went right until everything went wrong. The term was "catastrophic success."
    Ten years ago this week, Americans were about to be introduced to a strange new concept, as they awaited the U.S. war to bring regime change in Iraq. Coined by American military officers, it encapsulated a situation in which everything went right until...

    Tags: Vietnam War (1955-1975), Dick Cheney, Iraq War (2003-2011), Iraq, Barack Obama

    4. Feb 14, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  4. Harris: U.S. ambassador to NATO Ivo Daalder to head Chicago Council on Global Affairs

    <strong>Ivo Daalder</strong>, U.S. ambassador to NATO and a national security expert, will become president of The Chicago Council on Global Affairs effective July 1.
    Ivo Daalder, U.S. ambassador to NATO and a national security expert, will become president of The Chicago Council on Global Affairs effective July 1. Daalder, 52, is succeeding Marshall Bouton, who served in the post for 12 years. "As a thought...

    Tags: Merchandise Mart, Brookings Institution, NATO, Google Inc., Business

    5. Dec 7, 2012 | Chicago Tribune

  5. 'Santa's mosque'

    Change of Subject
    Under the above subject heading my former colleague Richard Longworth, now a Senior Fellow at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, writes in an email: I was struck by the festive Christmas illumination now lighting the dome of the top......
    6. Oct 29, 2012 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  6. Head of Clean Energy Trust working to change world

    Amy Francetic was at a child's birthday party in 2004 when she decided it was time to leave Silicon Valley.
    Tribune staff reporter
    Amy Francetic was at a child's birthday party in 2004 when she decided it was time to leave Silicon Valley.    "I was sitting there listening to 6-year-olds talk about IPOs and whose house was bigger and how much a wedding dress cost," she said.    By...

    Tags: Colleges and Universities, Scientific Invention, Argonne National Laboratory, Air Transportation Industry, Interior Policy

    7. Oct 16, 2012 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  7. Survey paints picture of war-weary America

    The addition of foreign policy questions to the mix in Tuesday's presidential debate gives Mitt Romney a chance to convince voters that his views of world affairs align with their own, but a recent authoritative survey of public attitudes illustrates what a challenge that might be.
    The addition of foreign policy questions to the mix in Tuesday's presidential debate gives Mitt Romney a chance to convince voters that his views of world affairs align with their own, but a recent authoritative survey of public attitudes illustrates what...

    Tags: Politics, Iraq War (2003-2011), Parties and Movements, Barack Obama, Terrorism

    8. Oct 8, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  8. More Americans want to cut aid to Egypt after embassy attack

    World Now
    Nearly three out of four Americans surveyed think the United States should reduce its aid to Egypt or cut it off entirely after angry protesters pulled down the American flag at its Cairo embassy last month. The Program on International Policy Attitudes...
    9. Oct 1, 2012 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  9. Grant Thornton CEO spreading word about firm's Chicago roots

    He was born in England, spent a significant part of his career in Asia and cut his American corporate teeth in Dallas. But Stephen Chipman, now into his third year as chief executive of Grant Thornton LLP, is thinking a lot about Chicago.
    Special to the Tribune
    He was born in England, spent a significant part of his career in Asia and cut his American corporate teeth in Dallas. But Stephen Chipman, now into his third year as chief executive of Grant Thornton LLP, is thinking a lot about Chicago.   ...

    Tags: DeKalb, Business, Economy, Business and Finance, Finance, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

    10. Jul 19, 2012 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  10. War everywhere but on the campaign trail

    Here's an important fact you haven't heard much about in the presidential campaign: The armed forces of the United States are at war in at least four countries, and that number could increase any day.
    Here's an important fact you haven't heard much about in the presidential campaign: The armed forces of the United States are at war in at least four countries, and that number could increase any day. About 87,000 Americans are still fighting in...

    Tags: Armed Forces, Parties and Movements, Politics, Afghanistan, Barack Obama

    11. May 28, 2012 |Story| WGNTV-LTV

  11. February 10: Author - Gideon Rachman Talks About His Book, Zero-Sum Future: American Power in an Age of Anxiety

    Gideon Rachman
    WGN News
    Gideon Rachman Event: Tonight 5:45 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. Chicago Council on Global Affairs Palmer House Hilton Hotel 17 East Monroe Street Chicago To purchase a copy of the book: Zero-Sum Future: American Power in an Age of Anxiety The financial and...

    Tags: Politics, Illegal Immigrants, Weather, Migration, Global Change

    12. Feb 21, 2012 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  12. Teen falls to death in Gold Coast: 'We're all shocked'

    All morning the sad news spread through the Gold Coast high-rise: Charlie, the boy who had a smile for everyone, had died in a horrible accident, plummeting 46 floors down a trash chute.
    Tribune reporters
    All morning the sad news spread through the Gold Coast high-rise: Charlie, the boy who had a smile for everyone, had died in a horrible accident, plummeting 46 floors down a trash chute. "We're all shocked," said a woman who has worked for another family...

    Tags: Special Olympics, Disasters and Accidents, Gold Coast, Accidental Death

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