Lysenkoism

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I did not know that Lysenkoism was rehabilitating itself in Russia: One of the most disturbing trends in current Russian science is the so-called ‘re-thinking’ of the historical role of.

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Sam Alito’s neoconfederacy

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To paraphrase an observation made on social media recently, a core premise of Sam Alito's jurisprudence is that it is categorically impossible for any Republican official to engage in racist conduct or vote for racially discriminatory legislation, because this would make him a racist too: Trump-administration...

Week 75

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The Supreme Six, with Samuel Alito speaking for them, took some more constitutional rights away from the nation this week. Republican Governor Mike DeWine of Ohio knows that this will.

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The American Way of Death

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We've talked about this occasionally here over the years, but it's worth noting again, since the New York Times has a big thing about it, that the obscenely large and growing size of American vehicles is killing a lot of people so that insecure Americans can...
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This is pretty terrifying: Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg says he was kept apart from his two young children for 24 hours after someone made a false complaint about him to child protective services in Michigan. In a Friday post to substack, Buttigieg said an anonymous caller...
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