The Statesman

Michael Mann discusses climate change in the age of Trump

Maya Brown • April 24, 2019

Dr. Michael E. Mann, a prominent climate scientist, geophysicist and professor of atmospheric science at Pennsylvania State University, came to Stony Brook University’s Earthstock celebration on Friday, April 19, where he was the university’s keynote speaker.

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The partisan politics of social media

Max Katz • April 20, 2016

The only thing I am sure of in this election is that I wish everyone I know would be a little bit more willing to talk about why they might be wrong.

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If the presidential candidates were drugs

Nick Zararis • April 18, 2016

To lighten the mood, let’s compare the different candidates to drugs.

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There is a plethora of poorly pandering politicians upon us

Nick Zararis • April 14, 2016

The pandering in this cycle is even more cringeworthy than usual because you have candidates so far removed from reality they don’t realize how foolish they look.

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Let’s unleash Microsoft’s “Tay” on the presidential campaign

Christopher Leelum • March 31, 2016

Can man — the so evidently fallible ape with amazing capacities for violence, racism and terror — actually create intelligence?

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Things that Donald Trump actually got right

Nick Zararis • February 18, 2016

For all his mindless theatrics, Trump has occasionally, and surprisingly, struck the nail right on the head.

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