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...drugs or otherwise incapable of raising children. Other than that, according to Chicago family-law attorney Jennifer Smetters, divorcing while dying is a horrible idea. "It creates more grief and stress for the minor child," she says. Plus, the length, intensity and unpredictability of divorce proceedings make them ill-suited to those who are ill...
...Adventures With the Last Republicans,” Eisenstadt’s memoir of his political life and his work on the 2008 Republican presidential campaign, is filled with just such pearls of political wisdom. Over the course of a whirlwind narrative, the book offers telling glimpses into the ill-fated McCain/Palin presidential run, including the dysfunctional dynamic between the two halves of the ticket. Eisenstadt also drops juicy quotes from key players across the political and journalistic spectrum, giving us access to meetings, manipulations and machinations that took place behind the scenes of the Republican ticket...
...businesses in America’s heartland by providing a tax credit for each net hire by a small business. That, in addition to good labor incentivization practices, innovative ideas by talented workers, and moderate compensation packages for top executives and employees, promise to be the remedies for this ill economy. Unless middle-class Americans fight back against the excesses of Wall Street executives who make more in a day than some of their employees make in a year (for much harder work), they will continue to be exploited by irresponsible financial practices...
...realized by many people in Congress or the Administration." That study, by the National Research Council, concluded that "the U.S. armed forces are actively preparing to engage in cyberattacks, and may have done so in the past." But it added that a lack of public debate has led to "ill-formed, undeveloped and highly uncertain" policies regarding its use, which could lead the U.S. to stumble inadvertently into a cyberwar...
This is comparable to what is happening in America’s inner-city school system, and is a reality for many of the children who attend such schools. The teachers, and many students, realize that the educational system is failing them, and that they are ill prepared to face the real world beyond graduation. As one principal remarked, “Where the schools fail, the streets will take over,” and all involved parties can only look on with a sense of helplessness, caught in a diabolical waiting game as the schools and the streets...