Trump’s Massive Deportation Plan Echoes Concentration Camp History Trump’s language about immigrants “poisoning” the U.S. repeats past rhetoric that led to civilian detention camps, with horrific, tragic results By Andrea Pitzer Some attendees of the Republican National Convention hold “Mass Deportation Now” signs on July 17, 2024, in Milwaukee, Wis. The Republican National Convention hit… Continue reading Trump’s Massive Deportation Plan Echoes Concentration Camp History
Why Slaveholders Restricted Free Speech
In the years before the Civil War, slaveholders were the greatest threat to free speech in the United States. White Southerners used state laws, a congressional gag rule, suppression of the mail, and physical violence to silence abolitionist speech because they believed it was dangerous. In 1830, for example, Louisiana penalized anyone using “language in… Continue reading Why Slaveholders Restricted Free Speech
How the Nutrition Facts Label Has Changed Food in the U.S.
The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research. The Nutrition Facts label, that black and white information box found on nearly every packaged food product in the U.S. since 1994, has recently become an icon for consumer transparency. From Apple’s “Privacy Nutrition Labels” that disclose how… Continue reading How the Nutrition Facts Label Has Changed Food in the U.S.
From Controversy to Cutting-Edge: The Fountain of Youth
Over the past several years, I’ve watched with sadness as the reputation of medical science has taken it on the chin. The pandemic polluted the public’s opinion of the purity of science and nobility of medicine. Worst of all, science was taken hostage as much as truth was. True scientists and honest doctors, asking important… Continue reading From Controversy to Cutting-Edge: The Fountain of Youth
Biden Is Out—And Discussion about Aging Is on the Loose in Politics
Biden Is Out—And the Discussion of Aging in Politics Is In The current presidential race has ensured that age will be a key and likely fraught consideration in future elections. Can science help determine how old is too old for a candidate before politics does? By Jerel Ezell Donald Trump and Joe Biden at the… Continue reading Biden Is Out—And Discussion about Aging Is on the Loose in Politics
Education’s Bottom Line: Schools Embrace Business Principles to Measure Performance
By Vince Bielski, RealClearInvestigationsSeptember 29, 2024 As most public schools struggle to recover the profound learning loss tied to the pandemic, students in Colorado’s Boulder Valley School District are racing ahead, leaving the dark days of COVID behind. Boulder Valley’s notable 2024 test scores, which easily surpassed its math and reading marks in 2019, are not… Continue reading Education’s Bottom Line: Schools Embrace Business Principles to Measure Performance
It’s Going to Hit 90 Degrees F in Alaska This Week
It’s Going to Hit 90 Degrees in Alaska This Week Temperatures in Fairbanks, Alaska, are predicted to reach a record-tying 90 degrees Fahrenheit because of a prolonged, unusually late heat wave By Andrea Thompson Downtown Fairbanks, Alaska, skyline. Temperatures in Fairbanks, Alaska, are forecast to hit 90 degrees Fahrenheit (32 degrees Celsius) on Wednesday—hotter than… Continue reading It’s Going to Hit 90 Degrees F in Alaska This Week
Is Closing the Sale With ‘Inflation’ Voters Enough for Trump?
In Pennsylvania, our most recent poll (conducted between September 22nd and 28th, with a sample size of 700 likely voters) shows Kamala Harris and Donald Trump tied at 46% to 46% – a statistical tie. The remaining 6% are undecided; 1% would choose another candidate. This poll shows a slight tightening of the race from… Continue reading Is Closing the Sale With ‘Inflation’ Voters Enough for Trump?
Physicists Reveal a Quantum Geometry That Exists Outside of Space and Time
In the fall of 2022, a Princeton University graduate student named Carolina Figueiredo stumbled onto a massive coincidence. She calculated that collisions involving three different types of subatomic particles would all produce the same wreckage. It was like laying a grid over maps of London, Tokyo and New York and seeing that all three cities… Continue reading Physicists Reveal a Quantum Geometry That Exists Outside of Space and Time
The Mystery of the Toynbee Tiles (2001, Resurrection, Jupiter)
Podcast: Download MYS331: Over the course of years and in dozens of cities across the world, strange tiles with bizarre messages began showing up affixed to streets. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli discuss the Toynbee Tiles, the bizarre ideas they convey, and who is behind them. Get all new episodes automatically and for free: Follow… Continue reading The Mystery of the Toynbee Tiles (2001, Resurrection, Jupiter)