Politics

How Democrats can shut down the Senate part II: the majority strikes back

Quorum-breaking can be very disruptive but does not provide a long-term option for blocking a Supreme Court nomination. In my…

6 years ago

Doctors botch blood pressure readings more often than you think

High blood pressure is a silent killer. Here’s why doctors often fail to catch it.  Picture the last time your…

6 years ago

The people going to the hospital for fireworks injuries are exactly who you think

What happens when you mix teenage boys with fireworks, in one chart. Founding Father John Adams wanted Americans to blow…

6 years ago

The Supreme Court just quietly gutted antitrust law

A decision in favor of American Express will make it easier for big tech companies to pressure workers, suppliers, and…

6 years ago

The 24 best TV shows of 2018 so far

The medium has had better years — but there are still lots of shows worth watching. It has not been…

6 years ago

Trump will now lower flags for victims of Capital Gazette shooting

The Annapolis mayor said Monday that the president had declined his request. President Donald Trump will now lower flags to…

6 years ago

Why haven’t we found aliens yet?

A new paper on the Fermi paradox convincingly shows why we will probably never find aliens. Once, when I was…

6 years ago

Please don’t spank your kids

It doesn’t work, and it teaches all the wrong lessons. Every parent struggles at some point with willful, misbehaving children.…

6 years ago

Donald Trump, the resistance, and the limits of normcore politics

There’s no returning to a golden age of American democracy that never existed. A rallying cry of the progressive left…

6 years ago

Before Trump, churches were increasingly multiracial. What next?

A new study shows that churches were becoming more diverse over the past two decades. Then Trump happened. Martin Luther…

6 years ago