From Inverse: Watching the new anti-vaxx propaganda film with true believers. From the NY Times: A look at global coral die-off. From NatGeo: Mapping the war in Syria. From Fusion: A strange horror story from the Internet Age. As we…
From Inverse: Watching the new anti-vaxx propaganda film with true believers. From the NY Times: A look at global coral die-off. From NatGeo: Mapping the war in Syria. From Fusion: A strange horror story from the Internet Age. As we…
Before there was gangster rap or heavy metal or even psychedelic rock, there were The Outlaws. Johnny Cash got himself banned from the Grand Ole Opry for smashing the footlights while high. Waylon Jennings refused to play the Opry because…
Cruz scored a big win in Wisconsin. It doesn’t look like much on paper – Trump still only needs to collect about 54% of the remaining 888 delegates in order to lock up the nomination – about the same position…
Though the outcome of Wisconsin’s primaries look pretty predictable, there is still an interesting data story to watch. It would be fascinating to see an overlay of Trump’s strongest counties/precincts with the areas where George Wallace experienced his greatest success…
Remember that time you had an intelligent, thoughtful conversation about abortion with someone who held a different opinion? Neither do I. That’s a problem. When the Texas Legislature was fighting to pass new restrictions on abortion rights in the 2013…
It will be quieter than usual around here for the next couple of months. This is a very intense time at the day job, culminating with a big trip to Southeast Asia in May. It’s all great stuff, but it…
From The Verge: Corporate Plutocrats are rescuing America…again. From GQ: Lawyer defending Trump’s campaign manager once bit a stripper. I mean, who hasn’t? From Quanta: Why Alpha Go is such a big deal. From Quartz: Antarctic ice melt is a…
From the NY Times: California’s big experiment with the minimum wage. From The Week: Why we are so hostile to one of our best friends: Doubt. From The New Yorker: Dexter Filkins explores disappearing glaciers. From Wired: Look on the…
Blue States are the epicenter of American capital investment and economic growth in the new economy. Republicans are supposed to the be the party of “big business” and commerce. Yet almost all new venture capital investment happens in Democratic-controlled regions.…
Last July we started a GOPLifer comments-section pool to guess the date when Donald Trump’s campaign finally collapses. The winner would get a free copy of The Politics of Crazy. Here’s the definition of a ‘collapse’ for the purposes of…
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