When it comes to fighting back against Trump, there are so many issues it may be hard to figure out what to focus on first. Here’s my take: Choose the issue or issues that have the following attributes, specifically for you: You are passionate about the issue. You have applicable knowledge or skills. You know… Continue reading

Right now, I’m not particularly optimistic about democracy and political discourse in the United States. There are so many things to love about our country, but She has been quite broken for most of my politically aware lifetime, and I have trouble imagining a nearby future in which this changes meaningfully. I left a long… Continue reading

Just before the midterm election, I wrote a pretty misinformed post about how broken the US health insurance system is. While my level of due-diligence when it comes to the protections afforded by the Affordable Care Act was pretty lacking, I did then–and still do have some serious concerns about whether the pre-existing condition protections will continue to… Continue reading

Boing Boing: Geographers calculated 81% odds Osama was in Abbottabad with “island biogeography” theory In 2009, UCLA ecosystem geographers authored a paper predicting the whereabouts of Osama bin Laden. Using probability models they otherwise apply for studying, say, endangered birds, they calculated an 80.9% chance that the al Qaeda boss was in Abbottabad, Pakistan– where… Continue reading

Reuters.com: Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden dead: U.S. officials President Barack Obama was to make the dramatic announcement shortly in a hastily called, late-night appearance at the White House: That the mastermind of the September 11, 2001, attacks was killed in an American-led operation in a mansion outside Islamabad. It is a major accomplishment… Continue reading

Kevin Jones, quoting Obama from an NBC interview, in which his comment was taken out of context, and made to mean something completely different: Obama: “…I think that this is a — just an idea that got in folks heads, and the media’s run with it. I was down there a month ago, before most… Continue reading

I must say I don’t envy the job that the Obama administration faces when it comes to fixing all the things that are broken. The fact is that we’ve been on the wrong track for much of the last 30 years, as a result of corporate greed, back-room deal-making, and no small degree of bigotry,… Continue reading

I couldn’t say it any better myself: “And no, you can’t ban shoes, someone else will just throw their laptop or phone or pen and pad. All you can do is be the kind of leader that people do not want to throw shoes at.” Continue reading

Obama wins by a landslide. The USA will never be the same again. Continue reading