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making people buy their right to vote

Ian Cowie would like to know where the riff raff got the preposterous idea that their vote should somehow matter if their net worth is less than seven figures.
making people buy their right to vote

why the journey to the stars starts with us

The future of space exploration should be one of our top priorities as a species. Unfortunately, its continuation, much less success, is not guaranteed.
why the journey to the stars starts with us

why some teachers get mum about evolution

Creationists and the school boards who either bow to them or are ran by them, are busy intimidating teachers into not teaching the science of evolution.
why some teachers get mum about evolution

welcome to realpolitik. and no, it won't be pretty

It seems amazing how many people seem shocked and befuddled that governments viciously compete with one another on the world stage.
welcome to realpolitik. and no, it won't be pretty

spacecraft design is best left to the experts

Lawmakers are now openly telling NASA exactly what rocket to build, what engines to use, and from what companies to buy them.
spacecraft design is best left to the experts

not dangerous, just poorly thought out…

Sometimes ideas advocated as dangerous and subversive are just poorly thought out notions in search of better marketing.
not dangerous, just poorly thought out…

wait, doesn't an invention have to be new?

Time calls the Ares rocket one of this year's best inventions. The problem is that nothing about Ares is actually new or inventive...
wait, doesn't an invention have to be new?

why we need evidence-based politics

A poll of New Jersey residents shows a very disturbing trend in politics: a steep rise in conspiracy theories substituting for news and facts in potential voters' minds.
why we need evidence-based politics

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