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by emptywheel Hey, I was right! In my summary of DENON 2805 he profiles of courage among the GOP Senators the other day, I suggested that Ted Stevens was voting "present" because DOJ is closing in on an indictment of him. I'm going to make a wildarsed guess and suggest he did so to express his displeasure with the fact that DOJ has decided he is the only Republican worth indicting. What else must he think? After all, Alberto Gonzales fired Carol Lam for indicting Duke Cunningham. And may have fired Paul Charlton for getting too close to Rick Renzi. But rather than allowing Ted Stevens to name his own pick for US Attorney in Alaska, Gonzales' newly hyper-politicized department picked someone else , Nelson Cohen. I suspect Cohen was a mistake. He was suggested by Mary Beth Buchanan, who herself is reputed to have a fondness for indicting Democrats. But Cohen has pursued Alaska's corrupt lawmakers, including Ted and his son, quite single-mindedly. And Ted looks to be going the way of Duke "free renovations to your house" Cunningham, shortly. So Stevens votes "present." The one hardcore Republican who wouldn't vote for Gonzales, yet still not willing to screw Gonzales in any real fashion. Well, that's pretty much what he claims now (hat tip Edward Teller ). When asked by reporters why he abstained, Stevens said: "I did so because I have a conflict of interest in terms of the investigation that is on going.

James Heckman, Nobel laureate in economics in 2000 and a professor at the University of Chicago makes the case for early childhood intervention: Catch 'em Young, by James J. Heckman, Commentary, WSJ : It is a rare public policy initiative that promotes fairness and social justice and, face eraser t the same time, promotes productivity in the economy... Investing in disadvantaged young children is such a policy. The traditional argument for providing enriched environments for disadvantaged young children is based on ... fairness and social justice. But another argument can be made that ... is based on economic efficiency, and it is more compelling than the equity argument, in part because the gains from such investment can be quantified -- and they are large. There are many reasons why investing in disadvantaged young children has a high economic return. Early interventions ... promote schooling, raise the quality of the work force, enhance the productivity of schools, and reduce crime, teenage pregnancy and welfare dependency. They raise earnings and promote social attachment. Focusing solely on earnings gains, returns to dollars invested are as high as 15% to 17%. ... Families are the major source of inequality in American social and economic life. The accident of birth has substantial lifetime consequences. Adverse early environments are powerful predictors of adult failure on several social and economic dimensions. ...

James Heckman, Nobel laureate in economics in 2000 and a professor at the University of Chicago makes the case for early childhood intervention: Catch 'em Young, by James J. Heckman, Commentary, WSJ : It is a rare public policy initiative that promotes fairness and social justice and, at the same time, promotes productivity in the economy... Investing in disadvantaged young children is such a policy. The traditional argument for providing enriched environments for disadvantaged young children is based on ... fairness and social justice. But another argument can be made that ... is based on economic efficiency, and it is more compelling than the equity argument, in part because the gains from such investment can be quantified -- and they are large. There are many reasons why investing in disadvantaged young children has a high economic return. Early interventions ... promote schooling, raise the quality of the work force, enhance the productivity of schools, and reduce crime, teenage steel flat file regnancy and welfare dependency. They raise earnings and promote social attachment. Focusing solely on earnings gains, returns to dollars invested are as high as 15% to 17%. ... Families are the major source of inequality in American social and economic life. The accident of birth has substantial lifetime consequences. Adverse early environments are powerful predictors of adult failure on several social and economic dimensions. ...

Max Kalehoff of Attention Max writes about his pregnant wife Laura's obsession with old bethpage village etting information regarding parenthood. That's normal for any woman pregnant for the first time. (Yes it hurts, yes you forget, and yes you will love your baby.) What isn't normal is both the amount of information and the narrowness of the information. And even more striking is how trusted this information is. Max says: What’s fascinating to me is that media technologies are enabling time-shifted consumption of extreme-niche reality programming. Not reality programming in the spirit of cheesy game shows like Fear Factor and Survivor, but reality programming in the spirit of real people sharing their experiences, devoid of artificiality, commercial agenda and formality. I’ve been witnessing engagement and trust with media programming that I’ve never seen before in my life . That’s a big deal, given that I work in marketing and media research. Is my wife falling into just another marketer-coveted affinity group, or is she at the forefront of a major shift in how consumers select, consume, engage in and trust super-niche programming and content? I'm betting she's at the forefront of a major shift. Laura even wants to start her own podcast: She noted there are no newborn or pregnancy podcasts produced by professional women living in Brooklyn, NY, where we live. Because there is no existing programming that fits her profile with such extreme specificity, she considered creating it herself.

James Heckman, Nobel laureate in economics in 2000 and a professor at the University of Chicago makes the case for early childhood intervention: Catch 'em Young, by James J. Heckman, Commentary, WSJ : It is a rare public policy initiative that promotes fairness and social justice and, at the same time, promotes productivity in the economy... Investing in disadvantaged young children is such a policy. The traditional argument for providing enriched environments for disadvantaged young children is based on ... fairness and social goldmine crm software ustice. But another argument can be made that ... is based on economic efficiency, and it is more compelling than the equity argument, in part because the gains from such investment can be quantified -- and they are large. There are many reasons why investing in disadvantaged young children has a high economic return. Early interventions ... promote schooling, raise the quality of the work force, enhance the productivity of schools, and reduce crime, teenage pregnancy and welfare dependency. They raise earnings and promote social attachment. Focusing solely on earnings gains, returns to dollars invested are as high as 15% to 17%. ... Families are the major source of inequality in American social and economic life. The accident of birth has substantial lifetime consequences. Adverse early environments are powerful predictors of adult failure on several social and economic dimensions. ...

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