Both Sides Of The News- Take The Gloves Off
Okay, fine. This is “This Week in Space!” Except … This Week in Space!, complete with exclamation point, was always something of a weak title. So I’m stealing “Kosmos,” which was the title of a book that Darksyde and I did in the early days of DK and taking it for a spin. Space.Com: NASA decides […]
Continue ReadingShe shared the qualities of wealth, social status and ambition with her older sister, but she struggled to achieve professional recognition. Source: NY Times
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President Trump posted a new State of the Union video clip by @CarpeDonktum on Saturday that replaces the one taken down from his account by Twitter on Friday following a complaint from R.E.M. about excerpts of their 1992 hit song “Everybody Hurts” being used in the video created by the Trump supporting satirist. Bassist Mike Mills […]
Continue ReadingWhen I began this feature six years ago, there were scores of active progressive political blogs covering some measure of state politics. By the peak in 2013, there were 146 that I was perusing each week. The roster included at least one such blog in every state, and several in some states. A ton of choices for good […]
Continue ReadingDecades after aiding the Democratic presidential campaigns of George McGovern and Jimmy Carter, Patrick Caddell began to advise conservatives including Stephen Bannon. Source: NY Times
Continue ReadingThis memoir by the former deputy director of the F.B.I. joins a roster of recent and alarming books by high-ranking members of the United States’ justice and intelligence communities. Source: NY Times
Continue ReadingMaybe the Second Wave celibates were on to something. Source: NY Times
Continue ReadingThousands of migrants waiting to cross into the United States are returning home or staying in Mexico, dealing the president an apparent win. Source: NY Times
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) wished everyone a “Happy Thanksgiving” — on Valentine’s Day at the bill signing this week. Pelosi was so excited to be signing the new border bill this week that she had another brain freeze. The Democrat Speaker of the House also slipped and called the border bill “our victory” because […]
Continue ReadingHopefully the league can now support the values of the US constitution rather than pandering to those who mistake parochialism for patriotism In one of my favorite sports movies, Vision Quest, the varsity wrestling coach tells his students they can challenge the best wrestler in any weight class if they want to take his place. […]
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