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This week in 1952, British radar engineer Geoffrey Dummer introduced the concept of an integrated circuit, setting the stage for modern-day computing. The next tech breakthrough most likely to affect you

Seamless driverless cars
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Artificial intelligence and CRISPR curing diseases
0%
Quantum computers storing data in qubits
0%
Ubiquity of augmented reality/virtual reality
0%
Digital-interface glasses for communication and to complete tasks
0%
Total votes: 0
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The recent international development of greatest significance?

Leaders of North Korea and South Korea talking peace
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Israeli’s Prime Minister talking secret Iranian nuclear program
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Migrant caravan, seeking asylum, trying to cross US border
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Ireland, UK, and EU crossing swords over Brexit terms
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Brazilian surfer riding an 80-foot wave and living to describe it
0%
Total votes: 0
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On this week in 1861, West Virginia seceded from Virginia after the latter had seceded from the Union at the start of the American Civil War. The next big breakup?

Scotland seceding from the U.K, Catalonia from Spain
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California and South Carolina seceding from the U.S.
0%
Arnold Schwarzenegger and John Kasich seceding from the GOP
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Democratic presidential hopefuls seceding from the Clintons
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Caffeine and social-media addicts seceding from Starbucks and Facebook
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Total votes: 0
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As the April 17th tax filing deadline comes and goes, your opinion of one of life’s two “certainties” is

I pay too much in federal, state, and local taxes
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I’m willing to pay higher taxes if the cause is just
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I wish that more tax relief was in the offing
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I believe some if not all of last year’s tax cuts should be reversed
0%
I’m fine with America's tax system as is
0%
I want a flat tax or consumption tax to replace our current tax system/code
0%
Total votes: 0
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The most noteworthy immigration-related development of late

President Trump’s tweet that “DACA is dead” – i.e., no congressional immigration deal
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The President and governors clashing over deploying the National Guard at the border
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Reports that paying for a border wall might come out of the Pentagon’s budget
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California cities defying state government over sanctuary policy
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Rising tensions between the US and Mexico that could spill over into trade policy
0%
Total votes: 0
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Does Pakistan consider itself a U.S. ally, enemy, or neutral?

Pakistan is an abject enemy, thwarting the U.S. in Afghanistan and promoting terrorism.
31%
Pakistan’s nuclear arsenal and strategic location mean its hostility must be ignored.
5%
Pakistan is Pakistan, a neutral that watches only its own, not our quite different, interests.
54%
Pakistan had helped more than hurt the U.S. in the region.
5%
Pakistan is a long-time U.S. ally that is invaluable to our strategic calculations.
5%
Total votes: 59
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The most lasting effect that the Cambridge Analytica data privacy scandal will have on the future of Facebook and the luster of America’s tech sector:

The spectacle of Mark Zuckerberg testifying before grandstanding members of Congress
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Facebook users quitting the site and perhaps altering their social media addiction
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The plunge in the company’s stock value and its hangover effect on the other FANG titans (Facebook, Apple, Netflix, and Google)
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Facebook’s troubles used to perpetuate the narrative that Trump somehow “stole” the 2016 election
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Total votes: 0
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Calibrate the utility of economic sanctions:

Economic Sanctions usually preclude the use of military force.
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Economic sanctions work only if they are well designed and enforced.
46%
Economic sanctions are an ancillary to the threat or use of force.
35%
Economic sanctions are valuable largely for their symbolic messaging.
4%
Economic sanctions usually are a waste of time.
15%
Total votes: 26
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The greatest Russian threat at the moment is

Allegedly hacking the US energy grid
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Allegedly hacking election systems and spreading “fake news”
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Allegedly poisoning Putin’s critics and foreign spies abroad
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Allegedly close to deploying new hypersonic missile technology
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Allegedly somehow connected to the Trump Organization
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Total votes: 0
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150 years ago this week Congress abolished the manufacturers tax—a year after cutting the income tax rate. (For the next forty-five years, 90% of the nation’s tax revenue would come from alcohol and tobacco sales.) What you would like to abolish

Capital Gains Taxes
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Personal Income Taxes (in favor of consumption taxes)
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Corporate Taxes (since higher taxes/costs get passed on to the consumer)
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Property and Parcel Taxes
0%
The Internal Revenue Service
0%
Total votes: 0
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