In keeping with my earlier post, here’s a quick run-down of the comparative voting records of Sen. Specter and potential challenger Rep. Sestak. The numbers paint a clear picture: an right-leaning moderate ex-Republican versus a progressive Democrat with an exceptional record on issues that matter. I have done my best to present apples-to-apples comparison, though [...]
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I’m a Swarthmore student and a registered Democrat, and I was recently lucky enough to see Obama speak at the Siegessäule in Berlin.
(By “lucky” here, read “determined”: I showed up at 4 PM for a 7 PM speech, and if I’d been an hour later it’s doubtful I would have gotten past the metal detectors [...]
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After the mythical Northwest Passage between Alaska and Greenland was opened for the first time in recorded history late last summer, it became clear as day that an ice-free summer in the Arctic Circle was only a matter of time. Still, few were prepared for that monumental change to happen this year. That’s exactly what [...]
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While the media frets over what Barack Obama ate for breakfast and what time Hillary Clinton went to bed, events that will change the face of the planet forever continue unabated. This is not hyperbole. This is the “runaway collapse” of a chunk of the Wilkins Ice Shelf in Antarctica seven times the size of [...]
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Many of the central issues we face today are science-related; the next president will have to deal with problems ranging from global warming to the massive loss of biodiversity throughout the Earth’s ecosystems. Coming on the heels of an administration that sees little value in science and defunds research, it is imperative that the next [...]
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