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The US presidential election is in 2 days. I think I speak for most everyone when I say: WHEW. THANK ALL RELEVANT DEITIES THIS FUCKING THING IS ALMOST OVER. This election has been a ghastly spectacle—an inescapable carnival of bullshit that has haunted...

Abbreviated Edition "The PD community really is a welcoming and supportive bunch." --Academic James Pamment; image from “epiphenomenal” --How some academics define public Diplomacy QUOTATIONS Quotations on Diplomacy and the Foreign...

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2016 Part 2 in this series Part 3—The Atlantic reaches Estonia: Way back when, in 1926, Yeats famously "sail[ed] to Byzantium." The world's leading authority explains the project as follows: "Sailing to Byzantium" is Yeats'...

From Smithsonian.com A bird-loving scientist calls for an end to outdoor cats “once and for all” Pete Marra is haunted by cats. He sees them everywhere: slinking down alleys, crouched under porches, glaring at him out of wild, starved eyes. Related...

A battle over renewable energy in the U.S. Businesses wake up to climate risk California drought linked to global warming in new study Carbon capture faces hurdles of will, not technology Climate change is the fight of our lives Climate...