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10 reasons there should be a maximum age limit to run for president
Why the effects of aging are detrimental to being the U.S. president.
Donald Trump: The World’s First TV President
When the president gets his primary information from talking heads on cable TV rather than intelligence briefings, we have a problem.
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The Planetary Society Has a Few Tips for the President
Bill Nye, CEO of The Planetary Society, offers an important 5-point plan for President Trump on space exploration and NASA's budget.
Hey Bill Nye! What If the World Were Run by Scientists and Engineers?
What if the vision wasn't just to have politicians who are science literate, but actual scientists running the joint – would it be any better than it is now?
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Does the U.S. Need to Choose Between Being Moral or Militaristic?
America has a split personality, and the country it wants to be is constantly being foiled by the country that it is. In an ideal world, says Jelani Cobb, there is a way of using power that does not entail the oppression and exploitation of other people. But how do we get there?
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Elon Musk Reveals a Mystery Tunneling Project
Elon Musk's cryptic messages about a mysterious tunneling project in California are getting more substantive.
Trump’s Presidency Will Test American Citizens on the World Stage
Politics is a noble, brave world, says Bernard-Henri Lévy – but that's not what we have here. rn
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Who Was America’s Greenest, Most Environmental President Ever?
The environmental legacy of this generally disgraced President is second to none.
NASA Is Ready For Trump’s New Policy Team
In response to the president elect, NASA's leadership is developing strategies for continuing deep space exploration in the event of budget change or stagnation.
Will Marijuana Legalization Survive a Trump Presidency?
Trump's impending presidency has left marijuana advocates with fingers crossed on one hand, with the other ready to flush the toilet at a moment’s notice.
Edward Snowden’s First Reaction to Trump’s Election Is a Surprising One
NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden told an audience we should not be "putting too much faith or fear elected officials." This includes Donald Trump.
Top Video of 2016 #10: Trump Against the Machine: How Political Elites Failed
Slovenian philosopher Slavoj Žižek thinks the U.S. political machinery is truly broken. He guides a verbal tour through the failure of manufactured consent, the appeal of human baseness, and politics as a real struggle of life and death.
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Why the Electoral College exists (and isn’t going anywhere soon)
The history and reasoning behind the much-maligned Electoral College.
Top Video of 2016 #7: Jim Gaffigan Says Liberals Are Wrong to Dismiss Trump Supporters
This election has scored high for entertainment value, but it's put our humanity through the mill. Comedian Jim Gaffigan is here to talk some sense back into us as people, rather than voters.
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