Yep, that happens this weekend. I can still remember my mom teaching me how to remember it: spring ahead, fall back. I got it, but I had no idea why, what the purpose was, what it could possibly accomplish, and I… Continue Reading
Roughly 47 million Americans are getting hit by the food stamp cuts that went into effect today, and the food stamp (SNAP) program could fall even more in coming months. The House and the Senate are haggling (surprise) over two versions… Continue Reading
This article is from August 2013. This one is from yesterday. (In more positive news, this is also from yesterday, and puts a lot of the ocean warming discussion into proper context — namely, that the newest studies provide incrementally rich data,… Continue Reading
People used to say that God placed Michael Jordan on this Earth to play basketball. That’s likely somewhat true, and if you believe in arcs like that, then God probably placed Nick Saban on this Earth to coach college football.… Continue Reading
I’m not a very big fan of crack (nor should anyone be). I’ve never touched the stuff myself, nor would I have any real inclination to, especially since it’s the face of urban blight. I especially since it’s bad when public… Continue Reading
No, he didn’t get cancer and start cooking meth. But in the grand scheme of what it means to ‘break bad’ — and Jesse Pinkman’s eternal question, which is ‘Can that really be done?’ — Ross Ulbricht did it all. We still… Continue Reading
Here is Forbes’ list of the 100 most powerful people in the world; the big news here is that Putin unseated Obama at No. 1. That shouldn’t really be big news: Russia is about to be at the forefront of… Continue Reading
The Large Underground Xenon experiment, or LUX, just failed to turn up dark matter. So wait, what exactly is dark matter? Let’s quote the article, so that I can sound a wee bit smarter in the process. Even more so than… Continue Reading