Quorum-breaking can be very disruptive but does not provide a long-term option for blocking a Supreme Court nomination. In my June 20 explanation of how
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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 doctor checked your blood pressure.
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 stuff up to celebrate the
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 customers. The decision was overshadowed
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 a great year for television
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 half-staff in honor of the
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 9, my mother and I
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. Many parents regularly resort to
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 is to not “normalize” Donald
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 King Jr. famously said that