A Poll for the Next Issue

Quotes of the week--and a choice for which to go deeper on

I have a bit of a problem: rather than having too few topics to pick from, I have too many! So, today, you get to vote on which of the following three politically hot issues I should go deeper on next.

I’ll introduce each issue below with a title and a quote, and then you vote!

1. Denial and Politics

“The [MMR] vaccine ain't worth a damn. My brother's family got it and they all still got sick — worse than my unvaccinated kids.”

- The father of 8-year old Daisy Hildebrand, who recently died of Measles

2. Elite Institutions

“Harvard has set an example for other higher-ed institutions – rejecting an unlawful and ham-handed attempt to stifle academic freedom, while taking concrete steps to make sure all students at Harvard can benefit from an environment of intellectual inquiry, rigorous debate and mutual respect. Let’s hope other institutions follow suit.”

- Barack Obama

3. The Shortcomings of Bully Foreign Policy

“I spent most of March in China prior to the tariff announcement and it was clear the Chinese aren’t going to pay tribute to another emperor.”

-Rick Waters, former coordinator of the State Department’s China House —the U.S. government’s focal point for China policy — and now director of Carnegie China, the China arm of a centrist think tank