Thursday Potpourri: Obama’s lament, Trump’s pardon, racist candidates, and Virginia Medicaid expansion
By Robert A. Vella In a new book coming out by former Obama advisor Ben Rhodes titled The World as Continue reading
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Archive for: May 2018
Kratos without Demos?
Originally posted on Mike's Place:
Every once in a while a book comes along and says things that you have been…
How Do Aliens Solve Climate Change?
Originally posted on The Extinction Chronicles:
https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/05/how-do-aliens-solve-climate-change/561479/ Scientists recently modeled a range of interactions between energy-intensive civilizations and their planets. The results…
Tesla in Autopilot mode crashes into California police car
LAGUNA BEACH, Calif. — Authorities say a Tesla sedan in Autopilot mode has crashed into a parked police cruiser in Continue reading
Gowdy disputes Trump’s ‘spy’ claim, says FBI acted properly
WASHINGTON — A senior House Republican briefed by the FBI on its Russia probe is disputing President Donald Trump’s allegation Continue reading
U.S. top court rejects challenge to strict Arkansas abortion law
In a setback to abortion rights advocates, the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday paved the way for Republican-backed restrictions on Continue reading
America will not climb out of the anti-science hole it is jumping into
By Robert A. Vella There is a quiet movement afoot in America and perhaps other western countries which no democratic Continue reading
Moderate House Republicans use Discharge Petition in defiance of Conservatives’ Anti-Immigration Policy
By Robert A. Vella In a move that has received little national exposure, moderate Republicans in the U.S. House of Continue reading
