While the devastated Pacific island nation of The Philippines struggles to recover from hyper-Typhoon Haiyan… A different kind of storm may be brewing in eastern Europe. On November 11,...
November 13, 2013
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New York City has a new mayor. His name is Bill de Blasio. Bill is white. The rest of Bill’s family – his wife Chirlane, his son Dante, and his daughter Chiara – is not (or in the case of...
November 12, 2013
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11:58 PM
Civilization-crippling asteroids. A pretty scary concept of course, but a far-fetched one. At least that’s what all of us—even the most ardent sci-fi fans among us—would...
November 11, 2013
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10:51 PM
The Holy Land doesn’t always seem to be very Holy. It can seem like a bubbling cauldron of fraticidal trouble. Today there’s plenty a-bubbling. We at USDemocrazy have assembled some...
November 9, 2013
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4:30 PM
How would the child in you react if your Halloween candy was snatched from you? For the third year, late night funny-man Jimmy Kimmel challenged parents to find out just that by tricking their...
November 9, 2013
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4:08 PM
It is like watching vultures on a decaying carcass. That’s what it’s like to hear partisan political pundits pick apart post-election results. Last Tuesday’s election was no different. The...
November 9, 2013
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4:05 PM
Nobody likes it when you go through their stuff…even Google. Recently a member of Google’s security team had a few @#$#% choice words for the NSA after discovering it had been monitoring...
November 7, 2013
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11:40 PM
Public school is kind of like a prison. You spend hours sitting in enclosed rooms with fluorescent lighting, you need permission to go to the bathroom and an annoying, high-pitched bell tells...
November 7, 2013
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2:11 PM
In the USA, sweet sixteen marks a threshold of new independence. Teens cheers because they can finally get their driving license. Now, for some teens in Maryland, their new freedom means...
November 7, 2013
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2:03 PM
To us Earth is a unique planet. It has liquid water, an atmosphere that shelters it from radiation, and plate tectonics; but most importantly: it sustains life. We have always considered...
November 6, 2013
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8:50 PM