A Proverb to Consider

Challenge your own preconceptions as vigorously as you challenge others’.  Seek truth by following the evidence wherever it leads.  Be Continue reading →

Flawed Assessments Caused $2 Billion Shift in Property Taxes, Study Finds

In the first effort to measure the cost of Cook County’s error-ridden assessment system under Assessor Joseph Berrios, a new Continue reading →

Senators Approve Sweeping Rollback of Dodd-Frank Banking Regulations

Back on Capitol Hill, senators voted 67 to 31 in favor of a sweeping, bipartisan bill rolling back many of Continue reading →

Polar Warming Spawns More Severe Winter Storms

Originally posted on robertscribbler:
So there’s a lot of groundbreaking work going on in the climate sciences right now. And…

Did Russian trolls just try to register for a Texas Democratic convention?

On Saturday, March 24, hundreds of Texas Democratic Party activists will gather at the Austin Hyatt Regency to nominate candidates Continue reading →

Mueller Subpoenas Trump Organization, Demanding Documents About Russia

WASHINGTON — The special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, has subpoenaed the Trump Organization to turn over documents, including some Continue reading →

Two-dimensional thinking, and the limitations of human cognition

By Robert A. Vella One of my irritating frustrations in life is constantly facing the great limitations of human cognition.  Continue reading →

Quotes of the Day: In remembrance of Stephen Hawking

“We are just an advanced breed of monkeys on a minor planet of a very average star. But we can Continue reading →