What is the political future of Florida Governor Ron Desantis once his governorship term ends in 2026?
Which state parties (ie. Florida Republican Party, Georgia Democratic Party etc.) are worth keeping an eye on in the future? Which state parties could be in trouble in the future?
President John F. Kennedy put his brother, Robert F. Kennedy, in charge of the Department of Justice as Attorney General. Was the President nominating a family member to an important cabinet post controversial at the time? Could something like that ever happen again?
If President Biden made the decision not to run for reelection in 2024, how would he go about it? When would be the time to announce? How would the announcement impact the administration and the 2024 race?
A man sitting in a New York City subway car. 1970s. [2900 × 1917]
TIL the asteroid impact that caused the dinosaur extinction set 70% of the world's forests on fire, caused tsunamis that rose to a height of 300ft (100m), and ejected 25 trillion metric tons of debris into the atmosphere that reduced sunlight by up to 90% for a decade.
"Knight, Death and the Devil", Albrecht Dürer, Copper engraving, 1513
40,000 year old "Lion Man" prehistoric sculpture carved from mammoth ivory. It is the one of the oldest known sculptures in the world and is the known oldest animal-form sculpture. [1434×2988]
The 25,000 year old "Venus of Brassempouy" carving. Made of mammoth ivory, it is the oldest known realistic representation of a human face.
Today would have been James Clavell's 100th birthday (author of Shogun, Gai-Jin, Tai-Pan etc.).
The 3,245 year old seal on Egyptian Pharaoh Tutankhamen's tomb before it was broken. 1922
What is the most dramatic spike or drop in quality between two sequels you have ever seen?
How was Barack Obama able to win Florida in the 2008 and 2012 Presidential election but none of the other Democratic Presidential candidates of the past 20 years (Al Gore, John Kerry, Hillary Clinton, Joe Biden) were able to do so?
What was the biggest surprise of the 2020 elections (Presidential, Congressional, Gubernatorial etc.) to you?
Can celebrities (or other famous non-politicians) be effective elected public servants? What are the benefits and detriments of a celebrity candidate? Will growing populist movements across the globe see more of these types of candidates run?
Should the U.S. House of Representatives be expanded? What are the arguments for and against an expansion?
Until 1962, the sun and crescent on the Nepali flag had human faces. These were removed to modernize the flag
WoW Pre-alpha screenshot
What is the political future of former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo?
Today is Presidents' Day in the United States. In honor of that, I've compiled a list of biographies for all 45 former U.S. Presidents!
Will Ivanka Trump challenge Marco Rubio for his Senate seat in the 2022 Florida Senate election?
Do you believe Vice President Mike Pence will run for the Republican nomination in 2024? Have the events of the past 48 hours changed that?
What is the future of The Lincoln Project? What will their role be in a Post-Trump United States?
What do you think were the most important political developments/stories of 2020 that were overshadowed by the larger stories of the year (COVID, economy etc.)?
