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Plan Ahead</title><link>http://www.dukenews.duke.edu/2009/11/local.html</link><description>Kathy Rudy on embracing local foods in holiday traditions</description><pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:07:00 -0500</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.dukenews.duke.edu/2009/11/local.html</guid></item><item><title>A Fertile Idea</title><link>http://www.dukenews.duke.edu/2009/11/urbanfarm.html</link><description>Duke faculty on the value of urban farming</description><pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:44:00 -0500</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.dukenews.duke.edu/2009/11/urbanfarm.html</guid></item><item><title>Big-Time College Athletics 80 Years Later</title><link>http://www.dukenews.duke.edu/2009/10/clotfelter_oped.html</link><description>"What is most striking about the (1929) Carnegie Foundation report is how contemporary its findings sound today." </description><pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 11:22:00 -0400</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.dukenews.duke.edu/2009/10/clotfelter_oped.html</guid></item><item><title>Banks’ Actions on Credit Cards Undermine Consumer Protections</title><link>http://www.dukenews.duke.edu/2009/10/credit_oped.html</link><description/><pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 16:02:00 -0400</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.dukenews.duke.edu/2009/10/credit_oped.html</guid></item><item><title>Three Suggestions For Improving Health Care Legislation</title><link>http://www.dukenews.duke.edu/2009/10/taylor_baucus.html</link><description>The Senate Finance Committee bill is imperfect, but it is the most realistic vehicle for accomplishing the reform our nation’s health care system desperately needs. </description><pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 15:50:00 -0400</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.dukenews.duke.edu/2009/10/taylor_baucus.html</guid></item><item><title>Bankers, Doctors Next U.S. Entrepreneurs?</title><link>http://www.dukenews.duke.edu/2009/09/chatterji_oped.html</link><description>Aaron K. 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Schulman and Frank A. Sloan</description><pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2009 11:22:00 -0400</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.dukenews.duke.edu/2009/07/health_reform.html</guid></item><item><title>What Happened To All The Black Ballplayers?</title><link>http://www.dukenews.duke.edu/2009/07/neal_oped.html</link><description>In 2009, a little more that 10 percent of all Major League baseball players are black, a far cry from the close to 30 percent of black players in the mid-1970s. </description><pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 09:25:00 -0400</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.dukenews.duke.edu/2009/07/neal_oped.html</guid></item><item><title>A Way to Save the Watchdog Media</title><link>http://www.dukenews.duke.edu/2009/07/hamilton_oped.html</link><description>"If a newspaper were run as a nonprofit, this would allow people who valued the impact of its stories to donate and receive a tax deduction," writes Jay Hamilton.</description><pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 13:00:00 -0400</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.dukenews.duke.edu/2009/07/hamilton_oped.html</guid></item><item><title>No Turtles: Faculty-Media Relations</title><link>http://www.dukenews.duke.edu/2009/07/munger_oped.html</link><description>"In the triad of research, teaching, and service, the task of dealing with the news media is both service and teaching."</description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:22:00 -0400</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.dukenews.duke.edu/2009/07/munger_oped.html</guid></item><item><title>Juneteenth: Another View</title><link>http://www.dukenews.duke.edu/2009/06/juneteenth.html</link><description/><pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 09:49:00 -0400</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.dukenews.duke.edu/2009/06/juneteenth.html</guid></item><item><title>Being Obama</title><link>http://www.dukenews.duke.edu/2009/06/obama_oped.html</link><description>A Duke grad student working in Africa has reason for both hope and worry regarding Africa's relationship with the U.S.</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2009 15:11:00 -0400</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.dukenews.duke.edu/2009/06/obama_oped.html</guid></item><item><title>A Fuel-Efficient ‘Cash for Clunkers’ Model</title><link>http://www.dukenews.duke.edu/2009/06/larrick_oped.html</link><description>A better way to measure actual gas consumption, and therefore CO2 production, is to look at the gallons it takes to drive 100 miles.</description><pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2009 15:20:00 -0400</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.dukenews.duke.edu/2009/06/larrick_oped.html</guid></item><item><title>The 'Unseen' Deserve Empathy, Too</title><link>http://www.dukenews.duke.edu/2009/05/hasnas_oped.html</link><description>Judges can do the most good by following the law, writes Duke law professor.</description><pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2009 16:56:00 -0400</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.dukenews.duke.edu/2009/05/hasnas_oped.html</guid></item><item><title>A Golden Opportunity To Revamp The Voting Rights Act</title><link>http://www.dukenews.duke.edu/2009/05/charles_oped.html</link><description>The Supreme Court appears poised to strike down a key provision of the act. </description><pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2009 11:21:00 -0400</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.dukenews.duke.edu/2009/05/charles_oped.html</guid></item><item><title>A Name For A Parent Whose Child Has Died</title><link>http://www.dukenews.duke.edu/2009/05/holloway_oped.html</link><description>On this Memorial Day, when we remember those who have died in war, we are still without a word that identifies their survivors’ loss.</description><pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2009 12:04:00 -0400</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.dukenews.duke.edu/2009/05/holloway_oped.html</guid></item><item><title>A New Test For Graduating Millennials</title><link>http://www.dukenews.duke.edu/2009/05/chatterji_oped.html</link><description>For Generation Y, navigating the next several years will certainly be an experiential lesson, with the principal takeaway being that life isn’t fair.</description><pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2009 17:18:00 -0400</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.dukenews.duke.edu/2009/05/chatterji_oped.html</guid></item></channel></rss>