As previously noted, Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz likes to claim that climate scientists have in “the past two or three years” switched to talking about climate change rather than global warming. In reality, of course, both terms have been … Continue reading
It’s amazing how seemlessly Donald Trump would fit in on this series: Link: https://youtu.be/I0tE6T-ecmg by … Continue reading
In the most recent Republican debate on CNN, Marco Rubio went after Donald Trump over something called “Trump University,” which I suspect most people have never heard of. Someone might be forgiven for thinking it was something like Harvard University … Continue reading
In a post yesterday I wrote in passing, “Anyone who buys into the myth that Trump is a successful businessman needs to do a little reading.” Of course, Donald Trump himself would assure you he’s “great” and “yuge,” but an … Continue reading
The GOP establishment has lately turned to Marco Rubio as the only remaining plausible alternative to Donald Trump or Ted Cruz. Trump they worry would cost them the general election in a landslide or — worse — be elected. Cruz … Continue reading
In this brief clip novelist John Green points out yet another way in which the world is better and offers some thoughts (prompted by Bill Gates) on the importance of free time and (preferably less polluting) sources of energy. It’s … Continue reading
Former Ohio Governor John Kasich is the only Republican presidential candidate still standing who’s actually qualified to be president. This isn’t to say that I agree with him about very much; I don’t. But his opponents are all pretty much … Continue reading
Under a minute and reasonably amusing: Link: https://youtu.be/3XriXDtfqCg by … Continue reading
The Affordable Care Act isn’t perfect and hasn’t nearly solved all the problems with U.S. healthcare, but so far it’s accomplished a lot to make things better. Most notably, the number of uninsured Americans is far lower than it used … Continue reading
Alleged rocker Ted Nugent is well known for bizarre utterances and right-wing extremism (see for example these items), but in 2016 it’s astonishing that even he would post the sort of thing he did Sunday to his Facebook page. It … Continue reading