Trump’s DEI Ban

Agencies are quickly seeking to comply with the President’s order.

Thoughts on Kash Patel for FBI Director

A dangerous choice that the Senate must reject.

On Qualification for Cabinet Positions

A general conversation and a lot of specifics about RFK. Jr.

My Bubble

There’s a glaring gap in my information consumption.

Fascism Side Trip: Building an Alternate Reality

This time up: JD Vance and election denialism.

Defining and Discussing Fascism (Part I)

And yes, Trump fits the definitions all too well.

Smith’s Newest Filing

More on Trump’s attempt to subvert the 2020 election.

Electoral College Bias

It could all come down to Pennsylvania.

Xtter Reactions To The Donald’s Bigly Bad Night

Sometimes the bird gives you the bird

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Where’s The Line Between Paraphrasing And “Sanewashing?”

Is it the press’s responsibility to turn nonsense into sense?

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[Updated x 3] Picking Walz Is NOT Antisemitism

The anti-DEI party is suddenly really concerned about identity

SCOTUS Overturns Chevron

The court amplified its power at the expense of the administrative state.

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Why We Can Say Crime Is Down

A deep dive into why imperfect Criminal Legal System data is still reliable

Will Trump Leaners Come Home to Biden?

The weirdness of this year’s polling gives the President’s team hope.

Another Political Signal on an Alito Home

A beach home and “An Appeal to Heaven”

The Ongoing Erosion of SCOTUS

The Alitos and the upside-down flag.

UN Radically Lowers Gaza Casualty Estimate (Or Maybe Not)

The release of a second set of figures has created a lot of hyperbole.

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Israel Used AI Machine ‘Lavender’ To Target Hamas

But humans made all the decisions that matter.

Daniel Kahneman, 1934-2024

The psychologist who won a Nobel in economics is gone at 90.

The Maine Ruling

A compelling document.

Donald Trump Removed From Maine Ballot

Another state has declared him an insurrectionist.

Where The Gays Are

A breakdown of new survey data.

Trump the Supreme Loser

He appointed a third of the Justices but has the worst record before them in modern history.

Why Trump Will Almost Certainly Stay On The Colorado Primary Ballot

A few predictions that are going to disappoint just about everyone.

How Old Is Too Old To Trick or Treat?

We can all agree that Trump and Biden are over the line. But where is it?

Trump vs. Bankman-Fried

A seeming case of unequal justice.

Bowe Bergdahl’s Conviction Overturned

The trial judge had a conflict of interest.

The Depressing State of House Republicans

We all suffer if the the unserious have power.

Thinking about the Past

Thoughts after reading Part 2 of the Reuter’s series, “Slavery’s Descendants”

Working Hard? Or Hardly Working?

What the numbers tell us about remote work and productivity.

The Never-Ending Hunter Biden Saga

Yet more allegations.

Life During Cultural Wartime

Never waste a tragedy.

Rethinking STEM Credentialing

Should we reform the way we train a high-tech workforce?

More on Alabama Districts

Diving into the structure of Alabama’s districts and highlighting deep problems.

Trump’s Been Indicted. What Now?

We’re in uncharted waters.

Culture and Our Brains

Our surroundings quite literally change how we see the world.

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The Changing Nature of the Internet

Why Google isn’t AltaVista.

Turkey’s Elections

Don’t get your hopes up.

Sunday Tabs

Some stories I didn’t get around to blogging over the past week.

The Trump Show

The real media bias.

’60 Minutes’ Past its Prime

A format unchanged since the Ford Administration* doesn’t suit the modern era.

Scott Adams Unintentionally Offers Important Political Insight

What’s that phrased about broken clocks?

Friday Fiddly Bits

A true hodge-podge.

Seattle Bans Caste Discrimination

A seemingly benign but controversial gesture.

WokeGPT?

The controversial AI has some interesting programming quirks.

Chinese Balloon Mania

Tales of threat assessment and media reactions.

Gay Wedding Cake Baker Back in Court

Here we go again.

Partisan News Easier to Read!

Another reason so many get their information from biased outlets.

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Follow Up On Yesterday’s Santos Column

Why a paper got the story right and no one paid attention and polls over opposition research

The Horrors of Trying to be Kind

The WSJ doesn’t like Stanford’s attempt to make its website more inclusive.