There are a lot of major things going on in the world besides Donald Trump. A few examples with links to more information: Famine endangers 20 million people in Africa (Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan) and the Middle East (Syria and Yemen), … Continue reading
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The chief aim of terrorism, as its name implies, is to instill fear, and a lot of us have inadvertently aided the bad guys by exaggerating the threat. Of course, this isn’t to say that terrorism is nothing to worry … Continue reading
Jackie Broyles is disgusted by Trump, and even Dunlap is offended. Link: https://youtu.be/9omTvFE_IaY A couple of footnotes might be in order to clarify possibly obscure references to people with actual lives who might not keep up with all the political … Continue reading
Right Wing Watch, a project of the organization People for the American Way, has published an interesting list of predictions about 2015 from the far extremes of the religious and political right wing. Needless to say (I hope), these odd … Continue reading
A recent paper published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences argues that a record drought in 2007 through 2010, combined with poor agricultural practices and environmental problems, led to “widespread crop failure and a mass migration of farming … Continue reading
A week ago I posted a video from John Green about the current refugee crisis in Europe, much of which is the result of the ongoing civil war in Syria. Here John’s brother Hank (who possibly drinks nothing but espresso) … Continue reading