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Ron Paul: Golden Rule Could End Terrorist Attacks
If the United States stopped occupying other nations, terrorist attacks would cease, Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul said Wednesday at the National Press Club. Paul, a Republican who represents the Texas 14th Congressional District, said America’s decision years ago to build military bases in the Middle East incited terrorist attacks which drew the nation to begin occupying the region, causing further attacks. Citing Lebanon in the early 1980’s as an example, the congressman said when American military personnel withdrew the attacks “just stopped.” “I don’t know why we can’t think…
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Panelists Say Zero Tolerance School Discipline Raises Dropout Rates, Shows Racial Bias
Panelists representing school administrators, researchers, judges, parents and students at an Oct. 5 Newsmaker deplored the effect of “zero tolerance” school discipline that uses frequent suspensions. The panelists said suspensions lead to higher rates of school dropouts and eventual incarcerations. A UCLA researcher released “Discipline Policies, Successful Schools, and Racial Justice,” a report from the National Education Policy Center at the University of Colorado Boulder, at the Newsmaker. The author, Daniel J. Losen of UCLA, explained two aspects of the discipline problem. He said that…
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NPC hosts journalism associations mega mixer, Oct. 26
What happens when seven journalism organizations gather together under one roof? The only way to answer that question is to be there yourself. The National Press Club on Wednesday, Oct. 26 hosts the capital area's chapters of the Asian American Journalists Association, Washington Society of Professional Journalists, National Association of Hispanic Journalists, Washington Association of Black Journalists, National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association and the Online News Association for a "Mega-Mixer." It's a chance to mix and mingle with top journalists covering Washington, the nation and…
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Molten chocolate cake with bourbon sauce. Need I say more?
Fourth Estate Restaurant executive chef Susan Delbert has designed an elaborate gourmet feast to accompany a selection of fine bourbons at a bourbon dinner Tuesday, Oct. 18. Jefferson's Bourbon Master Distiller Trey Zoeller will take you on a bourbon tasting journey paired through several courses. The dinner also includes a bottle of Jefferson's Bourbon to take home (retail value $42). The cost for the dinner, tasting and signed souvenir bottle is $79 for members and their guests and $89 for non-members. Reserve by calling the Fourth Estate at (202) 662-7638. This event sold out last year.…
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Go wireless anywhere at NPC, but no cheating on Pub Quiz!
Did you know that the entire Club is wireless? Go online anywhere in the Club, whether you are working in the library or enjoying a beverage in the Truman Lounge. Simply choose the Club’s high speed wireless network available for members only. The wireless password is wireless4npc. This code is exclusively for the use of members only so please do not share this code with non-members. For more information about your membership benefits please email [email protected].
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Obama Administration not delivering on its promise of open government, journalists say
President Barack Obama’s administration has failed to deliver on its promise of ``an unprecedented level of openness in government,’’ when it comes to information about science, a panel of journalists said Monday. At a forum titled ``Access Denied: Science News and Government Transparency,’’ the journalists urged the administration to provide better access to experts, respond faster to information requests and be more transparent about the reasons for failing to answer questions. Agencies ``are hurting themselves’’ when they block information, Joseph Davis, director of the Society of…
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Prohibition hurt America, documentarian Ken Burns says
Prohibition sent American progress reeling backward and led to new social ills, including bootlegging and organized crime, documentary film maker Ken Burns told a National Press Club on Monday. The last segment of Burns' exhaustive three-part series "Prohibition" airs Tuesday night on PBS. What he learned from doing "Prohibition," he said, is how little he really knew about it, the social forces that shaped it. "Drunkenness was a huge social problem," he said. "We were known as a nation of drunkards." Economic and social powerhouses such as John D. Rockefeller and Andrew Carnegie supported…
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Press Club Urges Mexico to Bring Killers of Journalists to Justice
The National Press Club on Monday called on authorities in Mexico to vigorously prosecute the murders and disappearances of journalists there. According to the Committee to Protect Journalists, at least 30 reporters have been killed or gone missing since 2006 in a nation plagued by drug-related violence that affects all its citizens. CPJ documented on Sept. 30 what it called the first instance of a reporter in Mexico killed for writing on social networks. Maria Elizabeth Macias Castro was found decapitated in Nuevo Laredo on Sept. 24 with earphones in her ears, a keyboard nearby and a poster…
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New national report shows minority students disciplined more harshly, Newsmaker 10 a.m. Wednesday
Daniel Losen, one of the nation’s top experts on school discipline, will release a national study, "Discipline Policies, Successful Schools and Racial Justice" at a Newsmaker press conferenced 10 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 5. The report documents a trend across the U.S. in which minority students are routinely receiving major penalties, including school suspensions, for minor school offenses. Joining Losen on the panel will be Rep. Bobby Scott, Georgia juvenile court judge Hon. Steven Teske, and Jonathan Brice, the administrator responsible for student discipline in the Baltimore City schools. In…
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