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Hillary Clinton Slams Trump’s Foreign Policy as 'Dangerously Incoherent'
Hillary Clinton made a forceful case in a foreign policy speech Thursday that Donald Trump is more than unqualified to be Commander in Chief, calling his foreign policy platform ‘dangerously incoherent’.
When SpaceX and Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk spoke at the Code Conference this week, he said some interesting things: that humans may all be cyborgs in an elaborate computer simulation, and that we’ll travel to Mars by 2024. Will we also get our hyperloop soon? Then, academic success depends a lot on the school, and like it or not, the American public education does not serve all students the same. Wealthy districts are nearly always more successful than poor districts. Author Paul Tough talks about what can be done to help kids succeed in both rich and poor schools alike. And, Danish director Susanne Bier speaks to us about her six-part mini series The Night Manager, how shooting it was like making one giant film, and why she likes directing action flicks. And finally, Hillary Clinton made a forceful case in a foreign policy speech Thursday that Donald Trump is more than unqualified to be Commander in Chief, calling his foreign policy platform ‘dangerously incoherent’. Banner Image: U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton delivers a speech on national security in San Diego, California, United States June 2, 2016. REUTERS/Mike Blake
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4 storiesMusk Says Humans Will Go To Mars by 2024
When SpaceX and Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk spoke at the Code Conference in Rancho Palos Verdes this week, he said that humans may all be cyborgs in an elaborate computer simulation. Musk also said humans will travel to Mars by 2024, landing there in 2025. Nine years from now . Meanwhile, we’re still waiting for the hyperloop.
Read the story10 min'Helping Children Succeed' in Rich and Poor Schools Alike
Academic success depends a lot on the school, and like it or not, the American public education does not serve all students the same. Wealthy districts are nearly always more successful than poor districts.
Read the story14 minSusanne Bier on Directing the Bond-like 'Night Manager'
In The Night Manager , a six-part miniseries based on the John le Carré novel of the same name, a night manager of an Egyptian hotel is recruited by intelligence agents to infiltrate the network of an international arms dealer. The night manager, Jonathan Pine, is played by the actor and rumored next James Bond, Tom Hiddleston.
Read the story14 minClinton Slams Trump in Forceful Foreign Policy Speech
The takeaway from Hillary Clinton’s foreign policy speech Thursday in San Diego: it would be a historic mistake to elect Donald Trump. For 30 minutes, Clinton made a forceful case that Trump is more than just unqualified to become Commander in Chief, calling his foreign policy platform ‘dangerously incoherent’.
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