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Tag Archives: poll
The Dangers of Apathy
1938 Interior of Berlin synagogue after Kristallnacht I am starting to write this blog on Thursday, November 10th. Today is a commemoration of Kristallnacht (November 9 – 10, 1938), the infamous night of violence that preceded the Nazi atrocities during … Continue reading
Posted in Anthropogenic, Climate Change, Election
Tagged Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, anti-immigrant, apathy, Berlin, business as usual, campaign, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, Clinton, Congress, Democrat, democratic, Democratization, DGAD, Donald Trump, Economics, Education, Election, electoral college, electoral system, electoral vote, Environment, Florida, Fossil Fuels, Genocide, Gore, Hillary, Hillary Clinton, Hitler, Holocaust, individual vote, Kennedy, Kristallnacht, Mitigation, nationalist, Nazi, Netanyahu, Nixon, non-voter, nonvoter, Nuremburg, Pennsylvania, political, politics, poll, popular vote, Raphael Lemkin, Republican, Science, suicide, Supreme Court, Trump, US, Violence, vote, voter, Voting, xenophobe, xenophobia, xenophobic
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Election: Clustering
By the time this blog goes up, we will be exactly one week from the election. Most of us will be greatly relieved (almost independent of the results) when this presidential campaign is over. This was probably the most disturbing … Continue reading
Posted in Election
Tagged baby boomer, Bill Bishop, California, campaign, census, Class, climate, Clinton, cluster, conservative, constitution, democracy, Democrat, Donald Trump, Education, Election, elector, electoral college, Florida, founding fathers, GDP, geography, gerrymandering, governance, governing, Government, Hamilton, Hillary, Hillary Clinton, hipster, house, housing, Iowa, liberal, Massachussetts, migration, millenial, move, New York, North Dakota, Obama, political, politics, poll, Population, president, Putin, Republican, Russia, Science, segregate, segregation, senate, Sustainability, Tax, Texas, Trump, US, vote, voter, Voting, Wikileaks, World Population
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Election: Battle of the Sexes
Last week, I posited that: “Donald Trump attempted to downplay or disregard any fallout from his actions, concentrating instead on throwing red meat to keep at least his most dedicated supporters happy.” In this blog I had initially planned to … Continue reading
Posted in Election
Tagged 19th amendment, amazon, America, campaign, Christopher Andersen, Clinton, college, constitution, country, Donald, Donald Trump, early voting, Education, Election, Evita, female, FiveThirtyEight, Gender, grope, high school, Hillary, Hillary Clinton, Howard Stern, macho, male, men, Nate Silver, nonvoter, nonwhite, North Carolina, party, Pat McRory, Policy, politician, politics, poll, polls, Power, president, presidential campaign, presidential election, projection, registration, result, rights, sex, sexes, sexual assault, study, support, supporter, Supreme Court, Trump, university, US, vote, voter, voter registration, voter turnout, Voting, white, Women
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How to Influence Polls and Win Elections
Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber. ~Plato Clinton is well ahead at the polls. Common opinion two weeks ago (August 9, 2016), was that convention bounces were … Continue reading
Posted in Election
Tagged active, America, Arizona, Bernie, Bernie Sanders, candidacy, candidate, Candidates, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, Clinton, constituent, credential, DC, Democrat, disorder, Donald Trump, early election, early voting, elect, Election, election day, eligible, Environment, experience, favorable, FiveThirtyEight, foreign policy, Fremont, Gary Johnson, Gender, Global Warming, govern, Government, governor, groundwork, Hillary Clinton, honesty, house, independent, Iowa, Iraq, Jill Stein, lie, likeable, Marist, McClatchey, methodology, metric, metrics, Minnesota, negative, neutral, Nuclear, nuclear weapons, Obama, Ohio, Olympics, outreach, party, party line, passive, Plato, Policy, political, political party, politics, poll, polls, pollster, positive, president, President Obama, presidential campaign, presidential election, psychology, qualification, quantify, quantity, register, registered, registered voter, relatability, Republican, rig, rigged, Science, senate, South Dakota, split-ticket, Sustainability, swing state, Technology, third party, Trump, trust, truth, unfavorable, US, vote, voter, Washington DC, World Population
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The Election: Trust, Likability & Honesty
I am finishing writing this blog on Sunday, even though I had a draft ready yesterday. As I read the New York Times today, I came across Nicholas Kristof’s Op-Ed, “Clinton’s Fibs vs. Trump’s Huge Lies.” It coincided almost exactly … Continue reading
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Educating for the Anthropocene: Learning Science in an Informal Environment
Political decisions in the Anthropocene require an understanding of the interactions between humans and the physical environment, as well as how to make them sustainable for future generations. These decisions cannot be limited to a small group of scientist advisors; … Continue reading
Posted in Anthropogenic, Climate Change, Conference, Education, Sustainability
Tagged AAAS, Adaptation, advisor, Algebra, Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, anti-science, belief, big bang, Bilingual, bilingualism, budget, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, CO2 emissions, Conference, creation, decision, Democratization, DNNer, DOE, Economics, Education, Emissions, Energy, Environment, evolution, evolve, Fossil Fuels, Global Population, Global Warming, informal learning, intelligent creation, Karl Popper, knowledge, language, learn, learning, logarithm, Math, National Academies, opinion, perception, pew, pew research, poll, Popperian, public, recommendation, religion, School, Science, scientific method, scientist, setting, space, Sustainability, teach, Teaching, Technology, theory, understanding, university, US, vote, voter, World Population
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Educating for the Anthropocene: The Global Picture
Just as the Anthropocene is global, so its governance must be as well. Of course, this is easier said than done; countries are the only sovereign entities we have, meaning that any such global governance can only be attained through … Continue reading
Posted in Anthropogenic, Climate Change, Education
Tagged Adaptation, Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, assessment, Bangladesh, Brazil, China, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, CO2 emissions, common core, country, Democratization, Economics, Education, education index, EI, Emissions, Energy, England, Environment, EYS, France, Global Population, Global Warming, governance, Government, Hong Kong, immigration, index, India, Indonesia, international ranking, Israel, Japan, Macao, Malta, migration, Mitigation, MYS, Nigeria, OECD, Pakistan, PISA, Poland, Policy, poll, Population, rank, refugee, Russia, School, schooling, Science, security, Shanghai, Singapore, survey, Sustainability, Syria, Taipei, teacher, Teaching, Technology, TERCE, test, TIMSS, US, World Population
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Educating for the Anthropocene: the Local View
The Anthropocene (April 26, 2016 blog) is a proposed epoch beginning when human activities started to have a significant global impact on Earth’s geology and ecosystems. Regardless of what we call our time period, if we want to successfully manage … Continue reading
Posted in Anthropogenic, Climate Change, Education, Sustainability
Tagged Adaptation, Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, Bilingual, bilingualism, Brooklyn College, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, CO2 emissions, college, common core, CUNY, decision, Democratization, ecology, Economics, ecosystem, Education, educational, employment, Environment, environmental studies, Fossil Fuels, gen ed, general education, geology, Global, Global Population, Global Warming, globalization, governance, Government, greenhouse gas, initiative, institution, Interdisciplinary, job, K-12, literacy, major, Military, Mitigation, pew, pew research, Physical Environment, Policy, poll, Population, prerequisite, quantitative, quantitative reasoning, Science, scientist, skill, skillset, Social Science, standards, statistic, Sustainability, Technology, training, Transition, UN, university, US, vote, Voting, World Population
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The Politics of the Anthropocene Part 2: The Data
Back to trying to politicize the Anthropocene. The key, as I see it (May 3, 2016), is that all of us must learn how to speak and listen in the same “language” (within English, Spanish, French, etc.). To do so … Continue reading
Posted in Anthropogenic, Climate Change, Education
Tagged AAAS, achievement, Adaptation, african american, agree, agreement, animal research, Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, anti-science, astronaut, big bang, Bilingual, bioengineering, Biofuel, black, campaign, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, CO2 emissions, communication, consensus, consumer, curriculum, Data, democracy, democratic, Democratization, disagree, DNNer, Earth, Education, Election, Emissions, Energy, Environment, evidence, evolution, evolve, Fossil Fuels, fracking, fuel, Gas, genetic, genetically modified, Global Population, Global Warming, greenhouse gas, hispanic, human, human activity, K-12, language, man made, medical, medical treatment, Mitigation, NASA, not a scientist, Nuclear, nuclear power, offshore drilling, opinion, Pesticide, pew, pew research, Policy, poll, Population, Power, problem, producer, public, RDD, Research, Science, scientific journal, scientist, society, Solar, Solar Energy, space, stem, survey, Sustainability, Technology, trend, US, vaccine, vote, voter, World Population
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Perceptions and Numbers: Obama’s Economic Legacy and Trump’s Pathway Forward
Last week I promised to delve more into the Pew Research Center’s trove of data on science and society, but a few things happened whose response took precedence. One was the narrowing of the Republican field of candidates to Donald … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change, Sustainability
Tagged #ImWithHer, #MakeAmericaGreatAgain, Adaptation, America, American, bail out, belief, Bernie Sanders, Black Lives Matter, BLM, candidate, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Skeptics, Clinton, conservative, contest, Current, Debate, debt, deficit, Democrat, Donald Trump, economic, economic inequality, Economics, Economy, Education, Election, Electricity, eligible, Energy, Environment, Fossil Fuels, France, Future, Global Warming, Hillary Clinton, ideology, Income, independent, Inequality, inflation, jobs, Joseph Stiglitz, liberal, misery index, Mitigation, nuit debout, Obama, Paris, partisan, perception, pew research, Physics, polarization, political party, politician, politics, poll, polls, president, President Obama, presidential election, primary, protest, registered voter, Republican, Science, Shaun King, Unemployment, US, vote, voter, Voting
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