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Jun 06 2015
News
Clinton calls out GOP opponents by name on voting rights
Hillary Clinton accused four potential GOP presidential rivals by name of being "scared of letting citizens have their say" as she called Thursday for every American to automatically be registered to vote.
Clinton told an audience at the historically black Texas Southern University that she supports the concept of signing every American up to vote as soon as they're eligible at age 18,
CNN (Online News)Jul 01 2020
Analysis
Trumpism, not polarization, drives America’s disastrous coronavirus politics
“This outcome is a policy choice. The unnecessary lives lost. The long-term effects we don’t even know about yet on our vital organs. It’s all a policy choice.”
On June 25, the Pew Research Center published a startling poll. The difference between Democratic and Republican attitudes on Covid-19 was growing. Thirty-seven percent of Democrats, but 72 percent of Republicans, said they’d
Ezra KleinJun 03 2015
News
Harvard recognizes Salt Lake County preschool program as one of the best in innovation
Harvard University has recognized Salt Lake County's public-private preschool program as one of the best in the country for government innovation.
The Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation at the John F. Kennedy School of Government noted Salt Lake County’s Pay for Success Funding for Preschool — under the leadership of United Way of Salt Lake — as a top 25 program in this
Deseret NewsNov 02 2015
Background
Science Increasingly Makes the Case for God
The odds of life existing on another planet grow ever longer. Intelligent design, anyone? In 1966 Time magazine ran a cover story asking: Is God Dead? Many have accepted the cultural narrative that he’s obsolete—that as science progresses, there is less need for a “God” to explain the universe. Yet it turns out that the rumors of God’s death were premature. More amazing is that the relatively
Wall Street Journal (Opinion)Feb 28 2019
Opinion
OPINION: California’s Rendezvous with Reality
Years of lax policies and overspending are finally catching up to the Golden State.
Californians brag that their state is the world’s fifth-largest economy. They talk as reverentially of Silicon Valley companies Apple, Facebook, and Google as the ancient Greeks did of their Olympian gods.
Hollywood and universities such as Caltech, Stanford, and Berkeley are cited as permanent
Victor HansonAug 06 2019
News
2020 sweepstakes: Dem candidates compete to give away billions in taxpayer $$
"Medicare-for-all" and free community college are just the starting point. Some candidates vying for the Democratic presidential nomination are going beyond promising gobs of government benefits and proposing a more straightforward approach -- simply giving away money.
Candidates like Cory Booker, Marianne Williamson and Andrew Yang are among those pitching cash handout plans this
Fox News (Online News)Aug 06 2015
News
Obama Says Republicans Are Basically The Same Thing As Iranian Mullahs Chanting "Death to America"
Yesterday President Obama gave a speech at American University in an attempt to further sell the Iranian deal to the American people and Congress. The deal, which isn't a treaty and can be ignored by the next president, has come under fire from both Democrats and Republicans for lacking in substance, enforcement and detail. But regardless of bipartisan opposition, Obama took his international
TownhallJul 02 2012
News
Stung by Recession, Young Voters Shed Image as Obama Brigade
Maria Verdugo, a 20-year-old graduate of the University of California, Santa Cruz, barely remembers the presidential election of 2008  the one that spawned a youth movement that was singular in its scope and political effectiveness  except for “something about Obama saying we needed a change.
New York Times (News)Dec 27 2019
News
Democrats brace for 'bloody' primary season
Democrats are bracing for a long, drawn-out primary season.
With just six weeks until the Iowa caucuses, some Democrats say they don’t expect a likely nominee to emerge anytime soon after early-voting states hold their contests. Instead, they’re preparing for a bruising four-way match-up that could drag on for months as candidates compete for the chance to challenge President Trump.
The HillMay 11 2015
News
Does food taste better at night? BYU study examines nighttime snacking
A lot of people “pig out” at night, downing a bag of chips or a package of cookies before going to bed, which led some Brigham Young University researchers to examine whether food is more appealing at night than in the morning.
Travis Masterson, a graduate student at BYU, carried out the research for his master’s thesis under the guidance of his faculty adviser, James Lecheminant—who is
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