“To be a scientist is to be naïve. We are so focused on the search for truth we fail to consider how many actually want us to find it” – Valery Legesov Can you handle some truth? You should. It’s all good news. Really good news on two scientific fronts. The first front is economics:…
DetailsTalk about a blow to the solar plexus. Straight to the heart of the matter. Joe Biden set his feet and aimed at his opponent’s 42-inch mid-section. “We are living in the era of a second lost cause,” Biden said in one of the most powerful speeches in memory. That cause? The bid “to turn…
DetailsWatching the legal doings, you may be feeling what Neal Brown experienced the other day, just not with mayonnaise on your head. If you didn’t see or hear, nearly five gallons of the white gunk was dumped in celebration upon the West Virginia University football coach’s head after his team won the Duke’s Mayo Bowl. He wore a ball…
DetailsFor one who labored decades in the land of ink stains and deadlines, the dying days of December are a good time not to be there. Not because of the industry’s struggles or the issues of the day. It’s because of the annual waste of space on the “Top Stories of (insert year).” Yes, let’s…
DetailsWas he offsides? Of course, he was. The visual couldn’t have been more conclusive in the heated NFL contest: the blue line of scrimmage on the TV, the red-and-white shoe of Kansas City Chief Kadarius Toney on top of it. Five yards. Replay down. Ah, but the penalty negated a decisive touchdown! On a certifiably…
DetailsAbortion is a medical necessity. That’s a fact, though purveyors of fiction will attempt to convince us otherwise. Said fiction has led legislatures to create inhumane and dangerous policies like those that forced a brave Texas woman to appear before a judge for permission then have to rush to another state to have a medically necessary abortion. The…
DetailsHe billows nonsense like an uncapped geyser. He launches white lies like a legion of snowblowers. When it comes to shamelessness, Donald Trump is a warp-speed, high-velocity offender. Who can keep up? Special Counsel Jack Smith can. Thanks to video tape and social media, Trump just keeps awarding prosecutors what it will take to convict…
DetailsUpon voting to expel George Santos from Congress, Nebraska Republican Rep. Don Bacon pronounced, “We’re not going to tolerate people that lie and steal in our ranks.” Goodness, Congressman. Do you hear yourself?’ A Republican in good standing in Congress swears to one thing only. Hint: It’s not to support and defend the Constitution, as…
DetailsIf 4.9 percent economic growth isn’t good enough news for you (China would kill for that). If inflation’s downturn doesn’t boost your spirits (3.2 percent – enough now to end the Fed’s tight-money push). If various economic indicators (notice gasoline prices lately?) don’t temper your worries as the forces of right-wing zeal ready their battering…
DetailsThis is Penny Lane’s second Thanksgiving. I expect her below-the-dinner-table behavior to be exquisite. Penny is a sweet-as-frosting rescue who’s almost a dog. “Almost,” I said. And, no; this isn’t a “not yet” thing. When I say “almost,” it means, “We’re still speculating.” We thought we had a dog when we brought her tiny-ness home…
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