#realpolitik
# politics
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.
# space
The future of space exploration should be one of our top priorities as a species. Unfortunately, its continuation, much less success, is not guaranteed.
# politics
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.
# politics
It seems amazing how many people seem shocked and befuddled that governments viciously compete with one another on the world stage.
# space
Lawmakers are now openly telling NASA exactly what rocket to build, what engines to use, and from what companies to buy them.
# politics
Sometimes ideas advocated as dangerous and subversive are just poorly thought out notions in search of better marketing.
# space
Time calls the Ares rocket one of this year's best inventions. The problem is that nothing about Ares is actually new or inventive...
# 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.