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- We study the injustices of history for the same reason that we study genocide, and for the same reason that psychologists study the minds of…
- Take air quality in the United States today: It's about 30 percent better than it was 25 years ago, even though there are now more…
- We're uncomfortable about considering history as a science. It's classified as a social science, which is considered not quite scientific.
- AIDS and malaria and TB are national security issues. A worldwide program to get a start on dealing with these issues would cost about $25…
- Lest those islands still seem to you too remote in space and time to be relevant to our modern societies, just think about the risks...…
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