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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.
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Alec Ross, the Office of the Secretary of State’s senior adviser for innovation, explains how the White House is changing its approach to diplomacy with the advent of new technologies.
That little time-bomb inside us, and morals for the advancement of science.
Like me, you might be sick of seeing those half-hearted apologies that athletes, politicians, and other celebrities read off index cards when they've been caught publicly in a wrong. However, […]
Tom Malinowski has been keeping a critical eye on the Obama administration’s human rights policies: that’s his job as Washington advocacy director for Human Rights Watch. However, he remains sensitive […]