The politicization of science. The role of science in politics. Typically, when these concepts are addressed, emotions run high and people start defending their “sides.”…
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This June, President Donald Trump announced that the U.S. will be leaving the Paris Climate Agreement. The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)…
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Is Amazon’s HQ2 coming to Kansas City?
Based on total sales and market capitalization, Amazon.com, Inc. is the largest online retailer in the world. It was founded in July 1994 in Seattle,…
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Monica Lewinsky’s unexpected redemption in a mob nation
Scrunchies. Faded denim. Overalls. Pokémon. Alternative music. All of these 1990s trends have resurfaced in the last few years with a better reputation than they…
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Forget Mars: Let’s Go To Venus
Since the end of the Apollo missions that put men on the moon, the people of the United States have had their eyes on what…
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Is War on the Horizon?
North Korea claims to have developed a hydrogen bomb that can be loaded into an intercontinental ballistic missile. According to CNN, North Korea had a…
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A Word on Net Neutrality
How do you use the Internet? For laughs? For games? For research? The answer is yes. The Internet has penetrated virtually every aspect of our…
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State of the Hill: Would Sean Spicer Have Opened the Berlin Wall
Not too long ago, there was another governmental entity that seemed to live in its own realm of truth denial and dizzying success: the Soviet…
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Trump’s salary donation is a publicity stunt
There’s a zinger in the Biblical book of Matthew that goes, “Which of you, if your son asks for bread, will give him a stone?”…
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