Iowa Values Fund backs Wells Fargo expansion in Des Moines
The Iowa Values Fund approves a 20 million dollar package to lure Wells Fargo Home Mortgage to invest 175 million and create 2,000 high paying jobs in Des Moines, a milestone for Iowa's economy. The editorial argues for targeting the best ROI and warns against spreading funds statewide without merit.
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Iowa Values Fund
Iowa
Des Moines
Wells Fargo
Gazette
Peanut
State-building and nation-building in Iraq explored
Ronald Bruce St John argues that after a rapid victory in Iraq the U S faces chaos as gunmen roam, services fail and reconstruction stalls. He says the United States confuses state-building with nation-building and urges United Nations involvement to restore order, services and legitimacy.
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U.S
White House
Pentagon
Iraq
United States
United Nations
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Bush
Focus
Knight Ridder
Tribune Information Services
Faith versus science in the modern mind
The piece argues against equating science with total reality and cautions that brain science and evolution do not fully explain inner experiences of faith. It cites Crick Dawkins Whitehead Ward Pinker and Pinker’s critique of soul concepts while noting unresolved questions about consciousness free will and the origin of matter.
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Los Angeles
Francis Crick
Richard Dawkins
AOL
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Peter Atkins
Alfred North Whitehead
Keith Ward
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Steven Pinker
Pinker
Hard work is tough import for Europe vacation gaps
An editorial contrasts Europe and America on vacation time and work hours. It cites Germany's economy minister Wolfgang Clement proposing holiday cuts, German workers' 9 weeks of leave, and the U.S. average of 15 vacation days as three quarters shorter, highlighting tensions between quality of life and competitiveness.
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