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By all appearances, it was intended to endear art to a Western populace not necessarily familiar with Manet and Renoir. So when the Whitney Gallery of Western Art opened in […]
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Ted Kennedy was a model American politician: he rose from a famous family, had significant personal wealth and connections, endured scandals, and was a shrewd political operator. But what set […]
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Noam Chomsky recounts how his anti-Vietnam War activities nearly jeopardized his family.
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The MIT linguistics professor on life without his wife.
saving environment is paramount to saving ourselves
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Noam Chomsky contemplates the basic, yet still unanswerable, questions of linguistics.
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While The Ford Motor Company made news this afternoon with its first quarterly profits in more than four years, Noam Chomsky explains why vague references to ‘cost-cutting’ and a dependence […]
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Noam Chomsky laments the wide gulf between public policy and public attitudes towards the cost of drugs.
In a functioning democracy, Noam Chomsky claims, people would celebrate on tax day—why then do most Americans view every April 15th as a day of mourning?
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Noam Chomsky discusses the limits of civic participation in the U.S., and the extensive efforts that political and business elites have made to keep it that way.
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Noam Chomsky explains why “that feeling of helplessness” and “impotence” is the natural response to American democracy.
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Obama hasn’t disappointed Chomsky yet–but the linguist didn’t expect much from him anyway.
The Human Genome Project can help us answer humanity's biggest questions surrounding war and violence.
Upon birth should we assume automatic organ donation vs. voluntary donation?
Enoch was the Bible's top astrologer.
Gentlemen, put down those blunts. Could it be? A new study suggests that men who smoke marijuana daily are four times more likely to have trouble reaching orgasm than men […]
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Alec Ross fell into his technology advisory position in the Office of the Secretary of State after spending years dedicated to fighting poverty.
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A conversation with the senior adviser for innovation in the Office of the Secretary of State.
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Alec Ross describes how the Obama campaign’s openness to new technology allowed fresh faces to flourish and forever changed politics.
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We should not assume that those in poor countries don’t have the ingenuity to use technological tools effectively—and that includes terrorists.