One arrest; more expected shortly.
Month: May 2016
You owe it to yourself to read this interesting essay the intersection of Chinese philosophy and contemporary Chinese air pollution. Just a quick excerpt: According to professor Liu, the Chinese word
Megan McArdle proposes that the Donald Trump taking over the Republican Party was an amazing coincidence the previous actions of party elites had nothing to do with. Jonathan Bernstein disposes: Repub
It seems that the octopi may be allying with the cats, jellyfish, and apes to declare war on the human race. So, why are cephalopods kicking butt when pretty much everything else in the oceans is dying? Doubleday and her co-authors are still investigating, but they suspect it has to do with rapid population turnover […]
Not only is the pizza inedible, but Domino’s also steals money from its already low-wage workers. The workers who assembled and delivered the pie clock their hours on a computer system, and thos
If a plutocrat wants to destroy a media outlet, it will be almost impossible for all but the best-capitalized to stop: Thiel’s interview with the New York Times about his legal campaign, in which a
As the endless battle to manage salmon in the Columbia River basin marches on, the courts are now forcing the govenrment agencies that manage salmon to respond to new data on how climate change will affect the salmon, making a harder case that the government is actually protecting the salmon under the Endangered Species Act. […]
Ken Starr might outdo Inspector Javert when it comes to the consensual sex of political enemies. When it comes to sexual assault by his football players, not so much: Ken Starr isn’t exactly in Bill
While I enjoy most standard breakfast foods to various degrees, the American fetish for breakfast is completely out of control. This is especially true for bacon, a vastly overrated meat. But really,
Oh hey, there’s a new Captain America: Steve Rogers comic book out today. Why does this fill me with incandescent rage? Find out below the cut!
Danielle Allen has a long essay on the attack on civic education by proponents of vocational education who think STEM fields are the only legitimate fields. There are of course an endless number of pr
I still maintain that some of the greatest heroes in the United States are those in the deepest red states fighting for reproductive rights. Opening an abortion clinic in the United States is never ea