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In American politics, scientists have two choices: a party that actively hates them and a party that merely pays lip service to their work.
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WikiLeaks decides to give the world a peek at its books. Well, sort of. A few of them. And only kind of.
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It seems amazing how many people seem shocked and befuddled that governments viciously compete with one another on the world stage.
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Sometimes angry calls for more civility in political and social discourse are necessary. And sometimes they're just a muzzle for partisan bloviators who can dish it out but can't take it.
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If skeptics are trying to win hearts and minds, they need to remember that teaching kids real science and critical thinking can't be sidelined.
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Inertia applies not only to objects with mass, but to bureaucracy and large institutions that have grown out of control.
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Newly minted atheists are joining skeptical groups and those groups are not happy about it...
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The Tea Party is gladly willing to sabotage science, education, technology, and anything else that reminds them that the world is changing because to them, change is scary.
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Christopher Hitchens accurately dissects why very few sane people want to go into Western politics anymore.
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Could Earth's population be slowly but surely shrinking over the long term?