Yesterday, Vice President Biden made mini-news by telling CNN he’ll announce next summer whether he’ll make a third run for the top job: “There may be reasons I don’t run,” he said, “but there’s no obvious reason for me why I think I should not run.” Of course, nearly everyone else can think of one […]
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Where the Heart Is
Should we care if a senator doesn’t own a home in his home state?
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The Police Can’t Wait to Get Their Hands On Augmented Reality
The NYPD is figuring out what it can do with Google Glass. Eventually, cops everywhere will have something like it.
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A Monumental Failure
Honestly, who on earth thought George Clooney’s The Monuments Men was a good idea for a movie?Â
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The Conversation: Elizabeth Kolbert and Bill McKibben
Kolbert, author of The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History, and McKibben, founder of 350.org, discuss raising awareness about environmental catastrophe.
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Daily Meme: #Fail—It’s All Around Us
We all know that failure is just a necessary stage on the path to success. Unfortunately, it doesn’t often feel that way, and around the world today, lots of people are struggling with dashed hopes, unrealized goals, and outright blunders. Chris Christie’s leadership of the Republican Governor’s Association was supposed to be a vehicle to […]
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If You’re Tired of a Politician, It Just Means You Don’t Like Them
 There are plenty of reasons you might not want to vote for Hillary Clinton, but being “tired” of her is about the worst.
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Why Obama Should Take a Cue from Gerald Ford on Crack Pardons
A ’70s-style clemency board could free thousands still serving unjust crack sentences—and restore faith in presidential pardons
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Pipeline or Pipe Bomb?
Six points national security agencies reviewing Keystone XL should consider as they decide whether or not the pipeline is in the national interest.
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Your Next Member of Congress Is Extremely Unlikely to Transform Washington
Everybody says they’re going to change the way business is done if they get elected, and nobody ever does.
