This three-and-a-half minute video from John Green discusses something a bit surprising: Your neighborhood, specifically your zip code, is strongly correlated with your life expectancy. Even a distance of a few miles can make a big difference, and the difference … Continue reading
Glove and Boots is a YouTube channel that you ought to check out. It specializes in comedy starring puppets, but it’s not a kid’s show. I don’t mean to suggest it’s especially inappropriate for children (it’s no worse than prime-time … Continue reading
Net neutrality is a policy that requires Internet service providers to treat all traffic equally. ISPs would prefer to be able to make free money by letting giant corporations pay to slow down access to competitors’ websites (or refrain from … Continue reading
Trump administration likely to propose massive cuts to education funding The Washington Post reports that the Trump administration plans drastic cuts to education in the next fiscal year. Among other things, college work-study funds would be cut in half, and … Continue reading
My thanks to my friend Derek Roff for pointing out this short film, which turns out to have won a whole series of audience awards at film festivals. It’s rated “Mature” on Vimeo for dialog (language and comic references to … Continue reading
According to an article by Laura Litvan published at Bloomberg Politics Tuesday, Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell is not in favor of tax reform that brings in less overall revenue. That is, any tax cuts would have to be offset … Continue reading
Acceptance of same-sex marriage continues to grow In non-news, According to Gallup, 64 percent of Americans surveyed now agree that same-sex marriages should be recognized by law a valid, with same rights as traditional mixed-sex marriages. Only 34 percent disagree. … Continue reading
On Tuesday Raleigh-based Public Policy Polling released results of a survey conducted May 12-14 (summarized here, with a PDF of the details here). This was after President Trump fired FBI Director Comey but before we learned that Trump gave highly … Continue reading
Yesterday CNN’s Chief Political Analyst Gloria Borger reported that President Trump’s friends and supporters are increasingly worried about his ability to right his floundering presidency. The same network’s Editor-at-Large Chris Cillizza said that the White House staff is miserable, repeatedly … Continue reading
Christopher Meloni, probably best know for his years on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, also played (among other roles) the bizarre character Freakshow in Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle, though I suspect a lot of people who … Continue reading