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...count every person living in the United States, both citizens and non-citizens. In recent times, the Census Bureau has arrived at a final count by relying on people to mail back surveys and then sending out census takers to go door-to-door in an attempt to fill in the gaps. Those census takers not only visit homes that have not returned the survey, but also seek to count those with no fixed address and those who live in nursing homes, prisons, shelters and other non-standard housing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why the 2010 Census Stirs Up Partisan Politics | 2/15/2009 | See Source »

...counts of various demographic groups. But there is fierce debate about whether these methods correct or distort the census count. In 1999, the Supreme Court ruled that sampling could not be used for the purposes of reapportioning congressional seats, and the Bush Administration chose not to use sampling to fill in the gaps of the 2000 census...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why the 2010 Census Stirs Up Partisan Politics | 2/15/2009 | See Source »

...ramifications are immense and doing this without a plan in place is very dangerous." - Opposing a proposal to have police officers to fill out forms every time they pull a motorist over, intended to identify incidents of racial profiling. The lack of a system to analyze the data, Kerlikowske maintained, would make it is easy to manipulate it to be used against police. Seattle Times, June...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Gil Kerlikowske: Obama's New Drug Czar | 2/13/2009 | See Source »

...your social connections become your TV guide. And the same interactivity that enhances regular TV-watching is even more immediate with laptop in hand. When I watch Lost, I rush to write a blog post--not so much to get my thoughts out as to see the comments fill and find out what other people thought. When the show is over, it's just begun...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A TV Critic in the Post-TV World | 2/12/2009 | See Source »

Obama’s administration is filling up with Harvard graduates and professors, but a few lesser-known spots still remain. Here are FM’s suggestions for some other Harvard characters to fill those often-overlooked but equally important jobs. 1. Lena Chen ’09-’10—Official babysitter of Malia and Sasha. 2. Peter C. Shields ’09, ‘Petros’—Glitter assistant for all public appearances. Don’t think for a second that body glow occurs naturally. 3. Reverend Peter...

Author: By Malin S. Von euler-hogan, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: The 15 Positions Obama Forgot | 2/12/2009 | See Source »

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