You won't find the article at the link though, because the Guardian has replaced it with a "correction". But here's what Charlie Brooker wrote: "On November 2, the entire civilised world will be praying, praying Bush loses. And Sod's law dictates he'll probably win, thereby disproving the existence of God...(Read more...)
"Instant Runoff Voting is a reform that allows voters to rank candidates in order of preference, so that in cases where there is no initial majority winner, a runoff recount can be conducted without a new election to determine which candidate is actually preferred by a majority of voters."
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What's better: Real or fake religion? Posted by Barbara Branden on 10/26/2004, 7:00am
JOHN KERRY, PREACHER-MAN By Jeff Jacoby Tuesday, October 26, 2004 http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2004/10/26/kerrys_religious_references?pg=full I have been following John Kerry's career for 22 years, ever since his 1982 run for lieutenant gov...(Read more...)
Fidel Castro took a bad spill during a graduation ceremony in Cuba. A State Department spokesman, Richard Boucher, made these comments in an exchange with reporters:
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David Mayer writes this interesting piece about why he's voting for Bush. As with all of his writings, this one's filled with interesting philosophical insights. He's a master of putting things into context.
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Do you think that terrorism is the essential issue of the U.S presidential election? Professor Bart Kosko argues that statistics don't support this idea. Kosko teaches probability and statistics at the University of Southern California, where he is a professor of electrical engineering. (Read more...)
The U.S., Costa Rica and 59 other mostly small nations with strong Catholic or Muslim majorities contend that medical research involving cloning results in the taking of human life. Their draft to ban all human cloning, which has been the subject of debate before a General Assembly committee this week, terms it "unethi...(Read more...)
Investor's Business Daily Company You Keep Tuesday October 19 Politics: When John Kerry claimed "foreign leaders" preferred him to President Bush, we could only scratch our heads. But now we're getting the picture. At a Hollywood, Fla., fund-raiser last March, Kerry told supporters foreign l...(Read more...)
