• The big idea: do nations really need borders? In an era of global heating, fixed boundaries may soon be unsustainable. https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/aug/01/the-big-idea-do-nations-really-need-borders 4 comments 1/8/2022 environment
• The big idea: do nations really need borders? | Climate crisis https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/aug/01/the-big-idea-do-nations-really-need-borders 242 comments 1/8/2022 climate
• Idea of English-speaking nations cooperating with each other offers possibilities that India can take advantage of. https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/english-speaking-nations-brexit-india-7124038/lite/#aoh=16144235279579&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&amp_tf=from%20%251%24 20 comments 27/2/2021 geopolitics
• Opinion | Is there any hope for our divided nation? Antonio Delgado has some ideas. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/is-there-any-hope-for-our-divided-nation-antonio-delgado-has-some-ideas/2020/12/13/d4290d70-3ba2-11eb-9276-ae0ca72729be_story.html 9 comments 14/12/2020 politics
• Trump's idea to declare national emergency raises legality questions https://thehill.com/homenews/sunday-talk-shows/424069-lawmakers-shoot-down-trump-idea-to-declare-a-national-emergency-to 16 comments 6/1/2019 law
• Vote for this idea on National Geographic's Chasing Genius https://www.natgeochasinggenius.com/video/3585 3 comments 16/3/2018 science
• Republicans, industry shun idea of nationalized 5G network https://www.politico.com/story/2018/01/29/nationalized-5g-network-republicans-industry-reaction-314978 3 comments 29/1/2018 politics
• The Trump administration is exploring the unprecedented idea of a nationalized 5G wireless network http://www.businessinsider.com/trump-administration-exploring-nationalized-5g-wireless-network-report-2018-1 19 comments 29/1/2018 politics
• [NP] Where did the idea of playing the national anthem before a movie plays in a theatre originate? https://www.reddit.com/r/india/comments/5ftyu1/np_where_did_the_idea_of_playing_the_national/ 3 comments 1/12/2016 india
• Two American Dreams: how a dumbed-down nation lost sight of a great idea | US news https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/sep/17/american-dream-divided-nation-equal-opportunity-trump-clinton-campaign 14 comments 17/9/2016 politics
• Remember When Donald Trump Said National Borders Were A Bad Idea? http://www.redstate.com/streiff/2016/06/25/remember-donald-trump-said-national-borders-bad-idea/ 36 comments 26/6/2016 politics
• Lion as national animal? Central panel discusses idea http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/lion-as-national-animal-central-panel-discusses-idea/articleshow/46963040.cms 4 comments 18/4/2015 india
• Christie to GOP - “For our ideas to matter, we have to win,” Christie said in a speech to the Republican National Committee in Boston. “Because if we don’t win, we don’t govern. And if we don’t govern, all we do is shout to the wind. And so I am going to do anything I need to do to win.” http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2013/08/15/christie-to-gop-for-our-ideas-to-matter-we-have-to-win/?wprss=rss_politics&clsrd 11 comments 15/8/2013 politics
• Washinton Nationals not adverse to the idea of "Osama bin Laden Head Day" http://www.pressaction.com/news/weblog/full_article/fulton05092011/ 4 comments 13/5/2011 baseball
• Why Obama's National Internet ID Solution is a Really, REALLY Bad Idea http://www.techi.com/2011/01/obamas-national-internet-id/ 261 comments 10/1/2011 politics
• Tea Party Nation President Thinks Restricting Voting To Property Owners Is A ‘Wise Idea’ http://thinkprogress.org/2010/12/02/judson-phillips-deny-thinks/ 3 comments 4/12/2010 politics
• Obama: The Republicans Are "Betting On Amnesia&" - They don't have a single idea that's different from George Bush's ideas… • Progressive Nation http://progressivenation.us/2010/08/03/obama-the-republicans-are-betting-on-amnesia/ 13 comments 3/8/2010 politics
• 20 large national nonprofits are collaborating to push the idea that all funds allocated as part of the economic recovery package are spent openly, efficiently, and with accountability. http://www.workingpoorfamilies.org/ 24 comments 4/3/2009 politics
• Palin has no idea who or what the National Review is! http://petersagal.com/wordpress/?p=167 33 comments 23/10/2008 politics
• Doorstep ration delivery in Punjab: Entire country will demand it soon, says Kejriwal | The AAP chief said the Centre tried to stop the scheme in the national capital, but “you cannot stop an idea whose time has come. They did not let us do it in Delhi, we will do it in Punjab”. https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/delhi/doorstep-ration-delivery-in-punjab-arvind-kejriwal-7840569/ 10 comments 28/3/2022 india
• The Observer view on Joe Biden’s plans for the presidency | For the sake of his nation and the world, the president-elect must hit the ground running and show that his ambitious ideas work https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/jan/17/observer-view-on-joe-biden-plans-for-presidency 7 comments 17/1/2021 politics
• The French government has introduced a plan to bring back national service for all 16-year-olds. It was an idea put forward by Emmanuel Macron in his presidential campaign, to promote a sense of civic duty and national unity among French youth. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-44625625 372 comments 28/6/2018 worldnews
• Tea Partiers Refuse to Give Up Their Electoral College Scheme to Elect Romney: Even after Tea Party Nation founder Judson Phillips’ scheme to elect Mitt Romney president through the electoral college was debunked, the idea continues to gain traction with some reality challenged tea partiers http://www.politicususa.com/tea-partiers-refuse-give-electoral-college-scheme-elect-romney.html 7 comments 27/11/2012 politics
• Hayek, Friedman, And The Illusions Of Conservative Economics -- "some of Hayek’s ideas would not go down well at all with the American far right: among them is a willingness to entertain a national health care program, and even a state-provided basic income for the poor." http://www.tnr.com/article/books-and-arts/magazine/110196/hayek-friedman-and-the-illusions-conservative-economics?mrefid=twitter 3 comments 27/11/2012 politics
• "The idea that an affair involving the CIA director would trigger a national scandal when the daily activities of the agency do not is ludicrous bordering on offensive." http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2012/11/12/shaken_not_stirred_by_cia_values#.ukesmq6rgxq.reddit 60 comments 12/11/2012 politics
• With CAB, India Has Finally Achieved the Sangh Parivar's Idea of a Nation. | For long, the biggest roadblock for the Sangh and its vision was India itself. Not any more. It has buried the values of the republic now that it is in power. https://thewire.in/communalism/with-cab-india-has-finally-achieved-the-sangh-parivars-idea-of-a-nation 5 comments 12/12/2019 india
• Into nothingness: In the 1940s, Japan’s search for a national philosophy became a battle for existence. The Zen ideas that propelled Japan's young kamikaze pilots https://aeon.co/essays/the-zen-ideas-that-propelled-japan-s-young-kamikaze-pilots 7 comments 21/3/2019 philosophy
• [Gustavo Lopez] Yeimar Mosquera (19) is just a few details away from becoming a new Aston Villa player. He is bought on a permanent transfer from Orsomarso. The idea is for the captain of the Colombia U-20 national team to go on loan to Real Union Club, Unai Emery's team. https://x.com/guslopezinfo/status/1823420579040424354 6 comments 13/8/2024 soccer
• Argentine Economy Minister Martin Guzman has backed the idea of a wealth tax on the country’s rich as the nation to fend off creditors and find money to help cope with the Covid-19 pandemic. https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/argentina-s-economy-minister-backs-wealth-tax-rejects-austerity-1.1423731 40 comments 19/4/2020 worldnews
• In India’s Citizenship Act, an eerie echo of Nazi Germany’s claims to [p]rotect ‘racial comrades’ : The Nazis used moral concern over the plight of German minorities abroad to construct the idea of a racialised national polity that transcended boundaries. https://scroll.in/article/946784/in-indias-citizenship-act-an-eerie-echo-of-nazi-germanys-claims-to-protect-racial-comrades 3 comments 14/12/2019 india
• It’s time for India to adopt dual citizenship | It is India’s loss to let go of the talented and the wealthy just because it has rigid ideas of nationalism and citizenship https://theprint.in/opinion/its-time-for-india-to-adopt-dual-citizenship/307701/ 48 comments 18/10/2019 india
• Angela Merkel’s Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party is floating the idea of a new form of compulsory national service in Germany for all young people and migrants. The program would see some young people join the military, the fire service, or help with disaster relief. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/26/germanys-cdu-floats-return-of-one-year-compulsory-national-service 697 comments 26/8/2018 worldnews
• David Barton, the man behind the movement to Christianize the government, believes Disney’s cartoon animals turn kids to paganism - He popularized the idea that ours is a Christian nation. He also thinks Bambi leads to pagan worship http://www.salon.com/2016/04/12/david_barton_the_man_behind_the_movement_to_christianize_the_government_believes_disneys_cartoon_animals_turn_kids_to_paganism/ 18 comments 13/4/2016 politics
• Sen. Tom Cotton, author of the Iran letter. His Harvard thesis was based around the idea, and contained the assertion, that: “National officeholders have an enlarged ambition and mental acuity that distinguishes them from all other sorts of men.” http://www.theatlantic.com/features/archive/2014/09/the-making-of-a-conservative-superstar/380307/ 75 comments 11/3/2015 politics
• General Forrest's KKK was the worst terrorist group in our nation's history, and it was explicitly founded to keep ex-slaves in their place. The idea of the Lost Cause itself is an act of shifting historical blame from the evils of chattel slavery to perceived imperial aggression from Yankees. http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/02/19/enough-with-this-lost-cause-nonsense.html 3 comments 4/6/2013 politics
• Mitt Romney on the 99% and income inequality: "I think it's about envy. It's about class warfare. I think when you have a president encouraging the idea of dividing American based on 99% vs 1% ...that's inconsistent with 'One Nation, Under God.'" http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2012/01/without-comment-romney-lauer-and-the-1/251283/#.tw7auf_hwri.reddit 1854 comments 12/1/2012 politics
• An Islamic airline has begun operations in Malayasia. Rayani Air offers flights that adhere to Islamic rules. The idea for Rayani Air grew out of demands by conservative Muslims who believed that two major air disasters for the national Malaysia Airlines were caused by Allah's wrath. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=11565483 96 comments 27/12/2015 worldnews
• "The modern myth of the 'liberal press' originated in the 1950s when many reporters in the national news media displayed sympathy for the idea that African-Americans deserved equal rights with white people." --- Robert Parry https://consortiumnews.com/2015/11/02/reviving-the-liberal-media-myth/ 331 comments 3/11/2015 politics
• Nationalism, "Bharat Mata Ki Jai" Being Misused To Construct Militant Idea Of India: Manmohan Singh https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/nationalism-bharat-mata-ki-jai-being-misused-to-construct-militant-idea-of-india-manmohan-singh-2184191 89 comments 22/2/2020 india
• UN Treaty Keeps Idea Alive of Reversing Ivory Ban: Delegates overseeing a 175-nation endangered species treaty adopted measures Friday intended to curb smuggling of elephant ivory and rhino horn, including a new plan to eventually allow ivory to be legally traded again in global markets. http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/e/eu_un_endangered_species?site=ap&section=home&template=default&ctime=2012-07-27-16-22-26 22 comments 28/7/2012 worldnews