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...conclusion that I must be violating some taboo. When I asked the students, they looked completely shocked. "That's not fair!" said one. "You can't ask that!" said another. An artist with a senior position in a university art department accused me of being "stupid," and a major curator said, "Ugh. All your questions are only answerable in a way that is almost tautological. I mean, for me, an artist is someone who makes art. It's circular. You tend to know one when...
...vital that the next administration put science at the fore, because today’s biggest challenges require scientific solutions. For instance, global warming may be the biggest international threat of our generation. Both major candidates have outlined a form of a cap-and-trade system to fight it, but they could both use more guidance. The negative side effects and enforcement problems plaguing Europe’s cap-and-trade system over the past few years should be a clear warning to both candidates that the policy is much better in theory than in practice. In addition, research indicates...
...There will be a major reawakening,” Kwong says. “We’ll have to reform. We’ll have to build new support...
...most of them will go with their guts - psychologists have shown that even those voters who at the explicit and conscious level deny any preference for a candidate usually have unconscious attitudes that predict how they will vote. But those who can wait until just days before a major election and still consciously describe themselves as undecided - that's an act of deliberative democratic will. At least, that's how I choose...
...Ohioans are also concerned about whether their votes will count. One major issue is what to do about the provisional ballots that voters receive when their personal information does not appear correctly on election rolls. (If the information later checks out, their votes count; if not, the votes are discounted.) Until recently, each of Ohio's 88 counties counted provisional ballots differently. The Northeast Ohio Coalition for the Homeless won a lawsuit forcing Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner to impose consistent rules statewide. But because the ruling came just two weeks ago, insiders worry that the disorder...