Watch President Obama’s Speech Yesterday at the Islamic Society of Baltimore

It took me a few sittings to get through this speech, but it was worth it.  And how impressive is...

More on Last Thursday’s Climate Change Presentations

We were fortunate last Thursday night to receive not one but two presentations on climate change. First, Dr Washington’s presentation on...

Readings: Bernie and Hillary, Exploding GOP, Motivated Reasoning

Readings: Bernie and Hillary, Exploding GOP, Motivated Reasoning

My (19-year-old) kid never misses a chance to remind me how Bernie is his guy (and sometimes to throw shade at...

2015 Hottest Year on Record

My current favorite blogger, Jonathan Chait, takes great pleasure in skewering the flailings of climate change denialists like George Will....

Email List Confirmation

Here’s an email I’m sending to folks on our list.  If you see it here first, you can do it...

Tomasky: The Real Threat Trump Poses to Hillary—and Us

Michael Tomasky at The Daily Beast on what the Trump reality-TV-style campaign is doing to our democracy (BTW, don’t get...

How Fear and Anger Impact Our Thinking

Last week I happened to hear a fascinating piece on Morning Edition about “How Emotional Responses To Terrorism Shape Attitudes...

Chait: Sorry, Conservatives, Obamacare Is Still Working

Regardless of what the GOP wishes were true, Obamacare is working very well, thank you very much, with fewer Americans...

It’s About Walking Our Talk

As the weather turns sharply colder, it reminds us of the hardships endured by too many at this time of the...

Readings: Fear and Where it Leads Us, Revisiting the Financial Crisis, Fading Middle Class

The GOP likes fear.  They like when people are afraid because scared people can easily be stampeded into doing stupid...