Reading time – 1:57 . . . This is a special edition for a special reason. A regular Sunday feature will be posted tomorrow. ——————————– In a well researched essay in The Atlantic which has now been well vetted by other news agencies including Fox News, Jeffrey Goldberg has detailed some of the most hurtful,… [read more]
I Really Need Your Help With This
Reading time – 3:49 . . . My pal John Calia (find him here) describes himself as a libertarian. Because I’m a progressive we have lots to talk about and frequently do so. Last week we had an email exchange that eventually reached the shoulder shrug point because even together we were unable to find… [read more]
We’ve Always Known
Reading time – 3:42 . . . Be sure to see the Bonus Opportunity at the end of this post. ————————- Regular readers of this column will recognize my occasionally offered behavior geek comment that most people simply don’t react to danger until it is in our faces. Climate warming is an easy example, as… [read more]
Compare and Contrast – Guest Essay
Reading time – 4:39 . . . Immediately following the DNC convention and Joe BIden’s speech, regular reader and sometimes commenter Dan Giallombardo felt the need to put his reactions in writing. He gave me permission to show you his offering in this guest essay. It’s being posted today both so that you can appreciate… [read more]
The Real GOP
Reading time – 1:51 . . . President Trump signed an executive order on August 8 to temporarily delay the withholding of employee contributions to Social Security payroll taxes from September 1 to December 31 for people making less than $2,000 per month. I have just two comments about that executive order. First, this is… [read more]
Desperate To Look Like a Winner
Reading time – 1:44 . . . Trump gambles with American lives so he can brag As suggested in an interview with Dr. Stephen Hahn, head of the Food and Drug Administration, he was under extreme pressure from our “Public Health”First” president to issue emergency use authorization for treatments and preventives for Covid-19. Emergency use… [read more]
No Time To Be Silent
Reading time – 2:31; Viewing time – 3:34 . . . It was a November evening in Chicago in 2008 that was much warmer than we had a right to expect. Hundreds of thousands of us gathered in Grant Park along Lake Michigan to watch the election returns on the Jumbo-Trons set up for that… [read more]
Gaming Out the Election
Reading time – 5:25 . . . Friend Mel passed along a link to a USA Today article which reported an exercise that was conducted by both red and blue pundits who gamed out the upcoming election. The report said: “After gaming out various scenarios, the group said its conclusions were ‘alarming:’ In an election… [read more]
Recycling Geologic Time: A Textbook for Today
Reading time – 3:49 . . . The Pre-Cambrian Era dates from the origin of the Earth, through the arrival of the first one-cell organisms and progresses to multi-cell organisms. It was a truly exciting time 4.5 billion years ago. Following that was the Cambrian period of the Mesozoic Era, the beginning of which marked… [read more]
Covid-19 Safety – In Pictures
Reading time – 1:17 . . . This is for all 250,000 bikers returning from the Harley Davidson festival in Sturgis, SD. And for the people who just have to attend a Covid-19 party in a bar. And those who want to walk the school hallways the way they used to. And the people who… [read more]
