Time and again a close election leads to hand-wringing about the need for Electoral College reform; time and again, politicians and parties respond to the college's incentives, and more capacious and unifying majorities are born.
In the 2000 presidential election, Al Gore got more votes than George W. Bush, but still lost the election. The Supreme Court's ruling in Florida gave Bush that pivotal state, and doomed Gore to lose the Electoral College. That odd scenario - where the candidate with the most votes loses - has happened three times in U.S. history.
To those portions of the electorate fed up with politics as usual, Mr. Trump's willingness to say just about anything and to improvise as he goes seems more refreshing and trustworthy than disqualifying.
We have to use cars much more efficiently. We have to look at alternative technologies of cars such as biofuels or, even more importantly, electric cars.
For in 1900 all electromagnetic radiation of longer wavelengths was already known at least to the extent that one could not seek in it the more striking characteristics of X-rays such as, for example, the strong penetrating power.
In this electronic age we see ourselves being translated more and more into the form of information, moving toward the technological extension of consciousness.
Some people think electronic music is cold, but I think that has more to do with the people listening than the actual music itself.
A lot of people see electronic music as a flavor of the week, but it can be more than that - has to be more than that.
Before the first xx record, I pretty much exclusively listened to electronica. Now, I listen to anything. I think the most inspiring thing is just learning more about more and more different kinds of music and becoming a fan of so many different types and so many different genres.
Genius ain't anything more than elegant common sense.
I would ask to tweak stuff during the action, because I thought Elektra would more likely express herself with a slap, for example. I wanted to keep the characteristics of my character even during the fights and express the violence as she would do it, not like somebody else would.
Human beings are social creatures. We are social not just in the trivial sense that we like company, and not just in the obvious sense that we each depend on others. We are social in a more elemental way: simply to exist as a normal human being requires interaction with other people.
Boys are 30 percent more likely than girls to drop out of school. In Canada, five boys drop out for every three girls. Girls outperform boys now at every level, from elementary school to graduate school.
Princes and governments are far more dangerous than other elements within society.
I've been told I looked like I swallowed an elephant or a pig, whichever was more fitting that day.
It's really bizarre because no one knows this, but elephants have killed more animal trainers than any other animal.
Animals are everywhere. Some are more romantic, like tigers and elephants and chimpanzees, and some are less romantic, like earthworms, but they are just as interesting.
My plant-based diet has opened up more doors to being an athlete. It's a whole other level that I'm elevating to.
The secret is to work less as individuals and more as a team. As a coach, I play not my eleven best, but my best eleven.
It's not that some players shouldn't be in school; it's just that universities should help them more - instead of just finding ways to keep them eligible.
