This PBS NewsHour segment was originally broadcast at the end of January but it’s still current because it’s about a continuing disaster, namely the collapse of local newspapers and news coverage. Link: https://youtu.be/1KvsAwvXe8M Local television stations and their websites have … Continue reading
Alex Berenson’s book Tell Your Children has provoked a lot of discussion concerning the potential dangers of marijuana. (See this favorable review from Stephanie Mencimer in The Washington Monthly here.) I haven’t read it, but I gather a Berenson has … Continue reading
Last Saturday’s episode of Saturday Night Live was one of the best of the recent past. The opening bit was a parody of Michael Cohen’s congressional testimony. Below is the sketch as aired, and following that some clips from it … Continue reading
An article by Damian Carrington in today’s issue of The Guardian summarizes some of the the problems created by warming oceans. I recommend the whole article, but here are a few extracts: The number of heatwaves affecting the planet’s oceans … Continue reading
When Stephen Colbert shows a photo of someone in the news, he almost always gives their actual position as well as an alternative one based on how they look in the picture, as in “White House spokesperson, and angry woman … Continue reading
An Associated Press article by Chad Day and Eric Tucker published Saturday points out that while Robert Mueller’s report has not yet been turned in to the Justice Department, let alone made public, a lot of its likely contents can … Continue reading
As a reader at Talking Points Memo observed, if the Mueller report more is good news for Trump and his immediate family we can expect to see it quickly, but if it gets hushed up it’s pretty likely the president … Continue reading
Reasonably funny: Link: https://youtu.be/tEpZzvSzYfI by … Continue reading
A February 23 article by Caroline Criado-Perez in The Guardian points out that across a vast range of things, from medical research to the design of tools, vehicles, and buildings, the implicit assumption has long been that the average person … Continue reading
The Anti-Defamation League has for decades has tracked anti-Semitic and other hate crimes in the United States. In a report released 2019 January 23 (summarized here) the organization’s Center on Extremism compiles the latest statistics on murders committed by persons … Continue reading