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Maybe it’s time to think again about whether we really understand where democracy comes from. The Decline and Rise of Democracy, by David Stasavage, tries to explain why it grew in some areas and not others.
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With talk of open warfare between Russia and Ukraine lately, now is a good time to look at a strategic snapshot of Europe.
Read MoreMany thought that January 6 would destroy Trump’s political standing, but he has only gotten stronger within the party since then.
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Boy decided to help her sleep by telling her a story. The story was about Fourier Transforms.
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The mainstream media claims that Covid is an especially deadly disease and that side effects from Covid vaccines kill far fewer people. Here is a way to test whether these claims are true.
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For Americans 50-79 years old, Covid deaths among the unvaccinated were about half as large as deaths from all causes in 2019. Among vaccinated from the same age group, Covid deaths were about 3% of 2019 deaths.
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She realized that the stories of her family and other families across the country had much in common with the stories of those earlier immigrants and of more recent immigrants of color from all over the world.
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While it is plausible that vaccination reduces subsequent infection and death, it is impossible for vaccination to affect prior illness.
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Latest picture I’m using for a screen background. This started as a blurry photo I took through a moving car’s window as we were driven around the Dalmatian Coast a few years ago. It shows Trogir, Croatia, a town sitting on a tiny island in the 200 m wide gap between the mainland and a
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