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What should the West do about Ukraine?

We have neither the right nor the power to interfere in far away places of little national interest.
25%
The U.S. should use only soft power sanctions and snubbing until Putin leaves Ukraine alone.
25%
The U.S. should cut off all communications with Russia and help Eastern Europe build missile-defense systems.
25%
The West should warn Putin that he faces NATO military action if he goes beyond the Crimea.
25%
The Crimea must be returned immediately to Ukraine and the West must use all necessary force to see that it is.
0%
Total votes: 4
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Has the "face of battle" as we once knew it changed forever?

No. We see traditional wars all the time, from the liberation of Kuwait to the Russian invasion of Georgia.
28%
War is cyclical. The rare use of conventional forces will be common again.
22%
Artillery, armor, and infantry per se are still useful, but will be used and recombined in novel ways.
39%
Big armies, guns, and ships have psychological and diplomatic value, but will never be used on a large scale.
11%
Conventional war is over as we once knew it. 20th-century-stye weapons should be scrapped, and the money spent elsewhere.
0%
Total votes: 18
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What do you think was the most neglected education news story of 2012?

Teacher Pensions
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The Common Core State Standards for English and Math
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International Comparisons of student achievement
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Online or Digital Learning
0%
Louisiana’s Education Transformation
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Finland education system as a model for other countries
0%
School finance
0%
Bilingual education
0%
The amount of homework assigned to students
0%
Performance pay for teachers
0%
Total votes: 0
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Should the United States Intervene in the Syrian Civil War?

Yes, without qualification
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Yes, but only with air support
0%
Yes, but only if the UN approves
0%
No, except for training and supplies
0%
No, under any circumstances
0%
Total votes: 0
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Fifty years ago this week, the original Star Trek television series went off the air after only three seasons and 79 episodes. If the president and congress chose “to boldly go where no human has gone before,” they would

Ramp up sea and space exploration
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Explore meaningful and lasting federal entitlement reform
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Come to a reckoning about budget deficits/national debt
0%
Launch a constitutional convention, revisit governing framework
0%
Enact congressional term limits, limit POTUS to one six-year term
0%
Buy Greenland for strategic and energy options
0%
Total votes: 0
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This week includes National Equality Day, celebrating the 1920 adoption of the 19th Amendment guaranteeing women the right to vote. The most important advancement for women in the century ahead

Stronger presence in managerial and C-suite executive positions
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Closing the STEM gender gap (women are half of college-educated workforce, but hold only 29% of STEM jobs)
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Electing the first female president of the United States
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Combating discrimination and physical/sexual violence
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Further medical breakthroughs (curing breast and ovarian cancer)
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Total votes: 0
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This week in 1848, the New York Herald became the first East Coast newspaper to report the discovery of gold in California, nearly seven months after the fact. The next “gold rush”

Asteroid mining (gold, platinum, nickel, iron, manganese)
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Cryptocurrency mining (Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash, Ethereum, DigitalNote, LiteCoin)
0%
Cobalt mining (lithium batteries for cars and smartphones)
0%
Data mining (analytics and business intelligence services)
0%
Renewable “mining" (wind, solar and other sources of “clean" energy)
0%
Total votes: 0
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This week in 1992, the US, Canada, and Mexico announced the creation of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), perhaps soon to be replaced by the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA). The most important issue for these three nations

Ratifying/completing the USMCA trade deal as soon as possible
0%
Revisiting the Trans-Pacific Partnership, which includes Canada and Mexico
0%
Developing a border/migrant policy that all regional nations will honor
0%
Developing a drug-trafficking policy that all regional nations will enforce
0%
Developing a climate-change policy that all regional nations will abide by
0%
Total votes: 0
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This weekend marks Herbert Hoover’s 145th birthday. The most compelling quote attributed to America’s 31st President and founder of this Institution

Freedom is the open window through which pours the sunlight of the human spirit and human dignity
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National character cannot be built by law. It is the sum of the moral fiber of its individuals
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We must not be misled by the claim that the source of all wisdom is the government
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Peace is not made at the council table or by treaties, but in the hearts of men
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Blessed are the young, for they shall inherit the national debt
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Total votes: 0
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This week in 1956, Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis ended their show-biz partnership after a decade-long run. The current pairing on shaky ground

House Speaker Pelosi and AOC's “squad”
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President Trump and the Federal Reserve
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Joe Biden and “Medicare For All” Democrats
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Chief Justice Roberts and conservative justices
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Total votes: 0
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