Seattle The day’s papers told the story of Donald Trump’s self-inflected political barn burning pretty well. Here’s a sampling: From Steven Law, a Mitch McConnell acolyte now running Crossroads America PAC: “The Republican Party is caught in a theater fire; people are running to different exits as fast as they can.” From comedian Jena Friedman: …
Government and Peer Pressure are Hobbling Scientists
New Orleans Just when I thought I might be out of my element and moving into the quicksand of squishy opinions in areas outside of my expertise, I just caught a lifeline thanks to Scientific American. Ok, what the heck am I talking about? Careful readers and listeners may remember my objections to the way …
The Politics of Negativity
New Orleans As I drove out of Little Rock before dawn, I started flipping through radio stations to hear what was on besides KABF in a bit of informal early morning market research. I listened for a bit towards Pine Bluff to a panel of politicos who headed the Republican, Democratic, and Libertarian Parties in …