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Column: Funding the fantastic
The stranger edges of science and technology are generally couched in the terms of the impossible, the unlikely, or at the very least the under-funded and thus considerably delayed.
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Column: An IP address does not identify a particular person
There has been a war going on regarding downloading material from the Internet. Who is to blame for what alleged crimes regarding copyrighted material, user privacy and other matters stemming from the sharing of information in the Internet is a conflict not likely soon to be resolved.
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Column: Centralization is not a cure-all
On Tuesday afternoon, former U.K. Prime Minister Gordon Brown gave a lecture on the global economy in which he argued that the world is becoming ever more interconnected and that many problems will need to be solved through greater international cooperation.
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Column: An affirmative anachronism
As the U.S. presidential and congressional elections approach, a number of key political races are shaping up across the country. One of the most intriguing competitions pits Sen. Scott Brown, R-Mass., against Harvard Law School professor Elizabeth Warren.
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Column: The unexpected advocates
On Dec. 6, 2011, at a Human Rights Day convention in Geneva, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton stated that “being LGBT does not make you less human. And that is why gay rights are human rights.
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Column: On top and in control
Despite the predictions of a diminished Putin and a shaky Russia in the near future, Putin seems to be fine and to be defying those very predictions.
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Column: The descent of Mann
The Virginia Supreme Court ruled March 2nd against Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli and his renewed attempts to obtain access to the emails and documents used in the research of a former U. Virginia professor.
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Column: The path of progress
On Wednesday afternoon during an interview with ABC’s Robin Roberts, President Barack Obama once again made history by becoming the first sitting president to publicly endorse gay marriage.
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Column: Timing of Obama’s gay marriage stand is not surprising
After opposing same-sex marriage before the 2008 election, President Barack Obama seems to have had a change of heart on the issue. But is a change of heart the real reason he switched views and supported a nationwide movement to legalize same-sex marriage? The short answer is no.