http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2016/09/08/full_video _hillary_clinton_donald_trump_participate_in_nbcs_commander-in-chief_forum.html The presidential nominees joined NBC's Matt Lauer to answer questions from veterans and discuss her plans for the U.S. Hillary Clinton went first and Donald Trump followed her. Each candidate had 30 minutes.
DO WE SEE REALITY AS IT IS?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1310&v=oYp5XuGYqqY SEE ALSO: https://www.quantamagazine.org/20160421-the-evolutionary-argument-against-reality/ Look around you. What do you see? Other people going about their business? Rooms with tables and chairs? Nature with its sky, grass and trees? All that stuff, it's really there, right? Even if you were to disappear right now — poof! — the rest of the world would … Continue reading DO WE SEE REALITY AS IT IS?
THE INVENTION OF TELEVISION
It was on this day in 1927 that the first successful television image was demonstrated, by the inventor Philo T. Farnsworth. Farnsworth was a Mormon farm boy from Utah, and he grew up in a log cabin. When the family moved to a house in Idaho, Farnsworth was amazed that the house had electricity - … Continue reading THE INVENTION OF TELEVISION
The Best Olympians
Hamblin and Abbey D’Agostino, a runner from Topsfield, Mass., collided on the track during the women’s 5,000-meter race. The two seemingly sacrificed any chance at an Olympic medal to help each other reach the finish line, picking each other up, urging each other to continue, pushing each other to the finish. “I’m never going to … Continue reading The Best Olympians
Harry Burn, age 24, Gave Women The Right to Vote
On August 18, 1920, the 19th Amendment to the Constitution was ratified, giving women the right to vote. The first national constitutional amendment had been proposed in Congress in 1878, and in every Congress session after that. Finally, in 1919, it narrowly passed both houses of Congress and was sent to the states to be ratified. Most … Continue reading Harry Burn, age 24, Gave Women The Right to Vote
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HOW AUTHORITARIANS WILL CHANGE THE GOP
Authoritarians, as a growing presence in the GOP, are a real constituency that exists independently of Trump — and will persist as a force in American politics regardless of the fate of his candidacy. If Trump loses the election, that will not remove the threats and social changes that trigger the “action side” of … Continue reading HOW AUTHORITARIANS WILL CHANGE THE GOP
HOW AUTHORITARIANISM WORKS
http://www.vox.com Justin Sullivan/Getty Images A 2010 protest against President Obama. In the early 2000s, as researchers began to make use of the NES data to understand how authoritarianism affected US politics, their work revealed three insights that help explain not just the rise of Trump, but seemingly a half-century of American political dynamics. The … Continue reading HOW AUTHORITARIANISM WORKS
WHAT IS AMERICAN AUTHORITARIANISM?
Andrew Renneisen/Getty Images For years now, before anyone thought a person like Donald Trump could possibly lead a presidential primary, a small but respected niche of academic research has been laboring over a question, part political science and part psychology, that had captivated political scientists since the rise of the Nazis. How do people come … Continue reading WHAT IS AMERICAN AUTHORITARIANISM?
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