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Apologies for bringing this up again, but I wanted to make sure I put this here for reference. Maybe I’m naïve, but I think that if more people had been aware of Trump’s “University” Trump would never have won the … Continue reading
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A few days after the 2016 election, Senator Bernie Sanders appeared on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert and made some thoughtful comments about goals for the Democrats and the future. At the time it wasn’t clear what Trump would … Continue reading
Updated 2017 March 28: Despite a number of last-second amendments added in a failed effort to attract support from the far-right House Freedom Caucus, opposition to the Trumpcare bill continued to grow and the vote was postponed Thursday and canceled … Continue reading
The Boston Public Schools have embraced a bad map projection, specifically Gall-Peters. The so-called Peters projection is promoted as “more accurate,” but this is at best misleading. Even The Boston Globe, in most respects a pretty good newspaper, neglects to … Continue reading
The March 6 issue of The Nation has an interesting short article by University of Michigan history professor Juan Cole on progress toward obliterating ISIL (the self-proclaimed “Islamic State” also called ISIS and Daesh). Unfortunately the article doesn’t appear to … Continue reading
To repeat myself, some of the best long-form political journalism is being done on comedy shows. Samantha Bee, for example, has done a number of programs about the status of refugees in the U.S. on her TBS show Full Frontal, … Continue reading
I’ve been sick with bronchitis, middle-back pain, and other things, but I seem to be getting better. Below a group of stand-up comics from East India Comedy perform a two-minute song making fun of Donald Trump. (Not safe for work, … Continue reading
From Jon Batiste of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert: Link: https://youtu.be/cht7MWEyL4I by … Continue reading
Other countries aren’t thrilled with their choice of politicians either, and a small group in France wants to draft an experienced non-Frenchman to serve as president of the French Republic. They’ve put posters up around Paris and are hoping for … Continue reading
Right after the election astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson appeared on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert to talk about the cosmic view, live, immediately after the election. It’s still worth seeing, both entertaining and inspiring. There are three clips below, … Continue reading