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Charles J Sykes, who formerly a hosted a conservative radio talk show in Wisconsin, now thinks the U.S. far right has gone a bit too far right. (He has a book coming out next October called How the Right Lost … Continue reading
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Illegal immigrants have been responsible for some horrendous crimes, which is one reason people want to see illegal immigrants deported. There’s also the belief that immigrants, legal or not, take jobs away from people born in the country. In fact, … Continue reading
The United States Department of Agriculture has ended a longstanding practice of making animal welfare reports available on its website. Previously tens of thousands of reports could be read online concerning treatment of animals at nearly 8000 facilities, including about … Continue reading
On the outside chance you haven’t seen this, here’s one of the best things NBC’s Saturday Night Live has been done in years: Link: https://youtu.be/UWuc18xISwI That’s comic actress Melissa McCarthy as White House spokesweasel Sean Spicer, and even Fox News … Continue reading
Sear Carroll MD talks about a considerable amount of research that suggests there are non-drug interventions that can significantly reduce heart disease risk even among people with genetic predispositions to heart trouble. Given that heart disease is the leading cause … Continue reading
Chief White House strategist Stephen Bannon recently said that the media “should keep its mouth shut.” CBS’s The Late Show with Stephen Colbert devotes 45 seconds to showing how that would work in practice: Link: https://youtu.be/BPMJ3i0riaE by … Continue reading
Here are a couple of videos my late brother Tom would have liked. Hank Green on notable dogs in four minutes: Link: https://youtu.be/3zghyEjA-HE As part of East India Comedy’s EIC Outrage series, comic Sahil Shah talks (mainly seriously) about the … Continue reading
Suppose you’re designing a language course. All else being equal, you’d probably want to teach the most common words first, and there are a number of references you can check for that purpose. (For example, Wikipedia’s page for the most … Continue reading
In this concise 7-minute clip John Green offers the clearest, most intelligent explanation I’ve seen of Trump’s controversial immigration order. He also calmly details his concerns without resorting to any extremes of rhetoric and name-calling. Link: https://youtu.be/sJYTj-VI_L8 (For more on … Continue reading
This is from October 16 but still relevant at least in general terms. It does run longer than most video clips I post, but I think it’s worth your time, and much of it is pretty funny. Link: https://youtu.be/k3O01EfM5fU Oliver’s … Continue reading