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Editorial and Op-ed Support April 2008

April 18, 2008 – Christian Science Monitor – “Expect exponential progress”
Massachusetts Institute of Technology was so advanced in 1965 that it actually had a computer. Housed in its own building, it cost $11 million (in today's dollars) and was shared by all students and faculty. Four decades later, the computer in your cellphone is a million times smaller, a million times less expensive, and a thousand times more powerful. That's a billionfold increase in the amount of computation you can buy per dollar.

April 17, 2008 – The Wall Street Journal – “We Need a Science White House”
Tomorrow Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama and John McCain should have been going toe-to-toe in a televised science debate. All three were invited by a bipartisan group of Nobel laureates and other scholars called ScienceDebate 2008 to step on stage at the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia and explain how they will ensure that America continues to dominate the sciences. Leading in scientific research and advancement is an essential element to our future prosperity, health and national defense.

April 13, 2008 – Philadelphia Inquirer – “Looking to the future”
The alarms have been sounding for at least a decade: too little rigor in the high school curriculum; not enough emphasis on math, science and technology; too many new graduates without the skills they will need for college and careers. Turning around an academic program - and turning young people on to tough academic subjects - takes time and effort.

April 5, 2008 – Wall Street Journal – “Scrap the Visa Cap”
America's political leaders are so fixated on illegal immigration they've barely noticed that the U.S. is losing the race for the best high-tech minds.

April 1, 2008 – Wall Street Journal – “The Immigrant Gap”
April 1 is a critical day for immigration policy. Today, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) begins accepting new H1-B visa petitions for the next fiscal year.

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