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Italiani: secondo l’Istat navigano di più sul web e tra i giovani dilaga la lettura

images_auto_siti_webGli italiani hanno superato il ‘muro’ dei 60 milioni di abitanti esclusivamente per via degli immigrati, rimangono fedeli al pranzo consumato entro le mura domestiche, si misurano ogni giorno con le difficoltà di accesso ai servizi di pubblica utilità (54,7% denuncia problemi legati al pronto soccorso, il 38,5% con le forze dell’ordine), non si fanno mancare spettacoli e intrattenimenti fuori casa (quasi due terzi della popolazione dichiara di averne fruito almeno una volta), guardano con crescente interesse a Internet (47,5%), trascurano i giornali ma non abbandonano i libri (esiste uno zoccolo duro del 64,7% di giovani tra gli 11 e i 14 anni che dichiara di leggere libri nel tempo libero). Si lamentano fortemente delle Continua a leggere… »


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Caso Cosentino: la giunta della Camera deciderà fra una settimana sull’arresto

nicola_cosentinoLa giunta per le Autorizzazioni della Camera ha ascoltato il sottosegretario all’Economia Nicola Cosentino, per il quale i magistrati campani hanno chiesto l’autorizzazione all’arresto, e ha rinviato la seduta a mercoledì prossimo. “Per noi - avverte il deputato del Pd Donatella Ferranti - si potrebbe anche esprimere un voto già in quella sede”. Ma Nicola Cosentino si dice certo che “il provvedimento di custodia cautelare in carcere verrà cassato” e annuncia: “Io rimango al mio posto. L’unico che può decidere Continua a leggere… »



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Obama must deal with important questions of the Mideast conflict

For 41 years, Washington turned a blind eye. It protested a bit, scolded a bit, and mostly made do with periodically stating that its policy has not changed - it still opposes settlements in the territories and does not recognize the annexation of East Jerusalem or the Golan Heights. Suddenly, it...
nov  09
22
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Save the vouchers

OPTIMISM THAT the District's federally funded school voucher program will be allowed to flourish is fading. Leading Democrats say that they are open to letting new students enter the program, but efforts to make that a reality seem to have stalled. Indeed, it appears that some Democrats' idea of...
nov  09
22
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The jobs jam

ONE OUT OF 10 American workers will not have a job for which to express gratitude this Thanksgiving. If you add what the Bureau of Labor Statistics calls "marginally attached workers" and those who want to work full time but can find only part-time jobs, then the true employment picture looks ev...
nov  09
22
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President Who?

WHO DO I call if I want to call Europe, Henry Kissinger once famously asked. For eight years European federalists labored to produce an answer to that question -- staging a constitutional convention, ignoring repeated rebuffs by voters and bullying skeptical small countries. At a summit on Thurs...
nov  09
22
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Op-Ed Contributor: Avoidance by the Numbers

Anxiety often undermines sound accounting. Facing that fear could be the first step to balancing the books.
nov  09
22
alle 06:22
da By JACOB SOLL
from NYT > Opinion

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Op-Ed Contributor: My Chocolate Meltdown

How a corporate takeover ruined the perfect 82 percent cacao extra-dark bar.
nov  09
22
alle 06:04
da By ARTHUR LUBOW
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Op-Ed Contributor: Who Created Major Hasan?

The wars in Afghanistan and Iraq may be inspiring homegrown terrorism.
nov  09
22
alle 06:03
da By ROBERT WRIGHT
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Op-Ed Contributor: Animal, Vegetable, Miserable

The free-range turkey debate ignores whether it’s wrong to kill animals for human consumption at all.
nov  09
22
alle 06:03
da By GARY STEINER
from NYT > Opinion

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Op-Ed Columnist: The Pit Bull in the China Shop

Sarah Palin is far and away the most important brand in American politics after Barack Obama. Her 15 minutes is far from up.
nov  09
22
alle 06:03
da By FRANK RICH
from NYT > Opinion

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Op-Ed Columnist: Advice From Grandma

A great power that can only produce suboptimal responses to its biggest challenges will, in time, fade from being a great power.
nov  09
22
alle 06:02
da By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN
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