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Left, right: The brain science of politics – Politico
March 10, 2013 at 1:48 PMA growing body of experimental research is finding evidence suggesting that, to some degree, political inclinations and ideological leanings may be tied to innate factors like a person’s biology, physiology and genetics. A new book titled “Predisposed: Liberals, conservatives and the biology of political difference” [...]
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Interactive data: Job growth under Scott Walker – The Cap Times“Gov. Scott Walker famously promised during his 2010 campaign that he would bring 250,000 new jobs to Wisconsin by the end of his term in 2014. How’s he doing? We’re keeping track with this database.” [...]
March 8, 2013 at 4:20 PM -
The Holocaust Just Got More Shocking – NY TimesTHIRTEEN years ago, researchers at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum began the grim task of documenting all the ghettos, slave labor sites, concentration camps and killing factories that the Nazis set up throughout Europe. What they have found so far has shocked even scholars steeped in [...]
March 2, 2013 at 8:00 PM
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What the Rest of America Can Learn from Harlem
March 2, 2013 at 11:06 AMIn the United States, the richest nation on earth, there exist pockets of concentrated poverty in our nations largest cities where more than 40% of a neighborhoods residents are poor. Sociologists call this state of community-wide hopelessness “extreme poverty”. The Obama administration has developed and [...]
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This Is Your Brain, on Microchips!Computer chips have been made that can help prosthetics operate purely by thought. Where will this technology go from here? and how soon?
December 22, 2012 at 5:27 PM -
A New Kind of Cynicism Grows in the DRCThe International community grows increasingly skeptical of nation-building efforts in the DRC.
Now they call in the arsonist to put out the fire.
December 4, 2012 at 9:00 AM
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Every Warship Launched
January 26, 2013 at 10:34 AMTwo great leaders, General Eisenhower and Martin Luther King Jr., came from different perspectives, but they agreed on one principle, Humanity needs to be a budget priority.
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All Irony is Lost on Joe ScarboroughA brilliantly entertaining exchange between disgruntled conservatives took place on MSNBC’s Morning Joe in the aftermath of Tuesday’s election. David Frum is making a serious campaign for the kind of introspection Republicans need if they are going to revive their competitiveness in the modern electoral environment. [...]
November 10, 2012 at 10:06 AM -
Documentary: All Watched Over By Machines of Loving GraceHave you ever thought about the unlimited possibility of machines to unlock human potential? This three-part documentary, put together by director Adam Curtis, is named ominously, “All Watched Over By Machines of Loving Grace.” The film examines exactly this belief (which is surprisingly not a [...]
August 1, 2012 at 3:59 PM
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Ray’s Favorite Music of 2012
January 6, 2013 at 8:39 PMEDIT: I’ve been informed Justin Bieber’s “Believe” was released in 2012. This should replace Tame Impala as the best album of the year. I regret the error. EDIT 2: Here is a Spotify playlist with all of the albums listed below: Best Albums of 2012 Here is [...]
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December 31st: Auld Lang Syne – Dejan’s Olympia Brass BandAuld Lang Syne – Dejan’s Olympia Brass Band
December 31, 2012 at 9:00 AM -
December 30th: What Are You Doing New Year’s Eve – Ella Fitzgerald
To check out other songs on the Holiday playlist, go to the playlist home or go to our YouTube channel. Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 [...]
December 30, 2012 at 9:00 AM
