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As usual, Matt Groening was 1000 years too late in describing the 31st century world in his wonderful Futurama animated series. This video (after Comedy Central’s advert) is a debate for Earth President in season two’s “A Head in the Polls” episode in which Richard Nixon manages to seize power.

From: US renews call for science debate- (free physicsworld.com account may be needed)

Will they agree to discuss science?
Scientists in the US have sent out a fresh call for the three main US presidential candidates to take part in a public debate on science.
Organizers of ScienceDebate 2008, a petition for a science debate that has [...]

The big loser in last night’s Clinton/Obama debate, at least in the eyes of media critics, was ABC News.
Tom Shales, in the Washington Post, gives a thorough and fair critique of what ABC’s Charlie Gibson and George Stephanopoulos did wrong. Ignoring the aspects that were outside the moderator’s control such as timing and number [...]