Anyone who has lived in this decade can tell you that the United States of America has had some hard days. During another bitter election season, there were many dispiriting moments. Civil dialogue about the many issues we face was all but absent. Especially troubling was a November 4th Wall Street Journal report that civics… Continue reading Civics Worthy of America’s 250th Birthday
The Zodiac Killer’s Hidden Victims
The Zodiac Killer’s Hidden Victims < !- end of Google Analytics Code Snippet by GA4WP–> // tabnab protection window.addEventListener(‘load’, function () { // make all links have rel=”noopener noreferrer” document.querySelectorAll(‘a[target=”_blank”]’).forEach(link => { link.setAttribute(‘rel’, ‘noopener noreferrer’); }); }); ]]> Podcast: Download https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/sqpn01/MYS356.mp3MYS356: The true body count of the Zodiac Killer of the 1960s and 70s may… Continue reading The Zodiac Killer’s Hidden Victims
Why You Should Look for ‘Slow Flowers’ Grown without Dangerous Chemicals That Dominate the U.S. Market
On a low hill near the coast of Maine, the fresh petals of double daffodils shake frills of gold and peach in a gusting breeze. It is the middle of May, a clear blue sky overhead, and the lacy burgundy foliage of peonies and new stalks of twiggy curly willow are poking through swaths of… Continue reading Why You Should Look for ‘Slow Flowers’ Grown without Dangerous Chemicals That Dominate the U.S. Market
The Greenhouse Gas Windfalls Blew Hard for Solar in the Biden EPA
Fresh off its decision to claw back $20 billion in “greenhouse gas reduction” money the Biden Environmental Protection Agency parked at Citibank, the Trump administration is setting its sights on another massive chunk of planned green spending receiving less attention. Environmental Protection Agency The $7 billion Solar for All program – part of the $27… Continue reading The Greenhouse Gas Windfalls Blew Hard for Solar in the Biden EPA
The Road Map to Alien Life Passes Through the ‘Cosmic Shoreline’
The three boundaries divvied up the solar system planets equally well. But the XUV and sunlight shorelines cut very different swaths through the population of rocky planets orbiting M dwarfs, with more worlds falling on the airless side of the XUV dividing line. “We don’t know exactly where the cosmic shoreline sits for the M… Continue reading The Road Map to Alien Life Passes Through the ‘Cosmic Shoreline’
How Los Angeles Is Getting Scorched by Its Homeless Problem
Above, this TV screenshot from 2020 — of a wildfire near a homeless encampment in Los Angeles’ Sepulveda Basin area — illustrates the intersection of California’s wildfire and homeless problems, which are making each other worse. By Ana Kasparian, RealClearInvestigationsMarch 19, 2025 VENICE, Calif. – Francesca Padilla was awakened by the sound of screaming people… Continue reading How Los Angeles Is Getting Scorched by Its Homeless Problem
This Researcher Discovered the Cause of Down Syndrome, But For 50 Years Got None of the Credit
In 1960 Marthe Gautier left the lab where she had discovered the genetic cause of Down syndrome and went on to have a successful career as a pediatric cardiologist. For decades, she remained silent as her former colleague Jérôme Lejeune continued to take credit for this pioneering discovery, and history wrote her out of the… Continue reading This Researcher Discovered the Cause of Down Syndrome, But For 50 Years Got None of the Credit
New Conversations, Deep Questions, Bold Ideas in Season Four of ‘The Joy of Why’
LEVIN: Well, I think that we have an opportunity as research scientists to dig really deep into particular ideas of our choosing, but we don’t really get a chance ourselves even to talk to other people deeply in other fields, and I think that’s going to be a real pleasure. We’re going to home in… Continue reading New Conversations, Deep Questions, Bold Ideas in Season Four of ‘The Joy of Why’
Injunction Dysfunction or Tyrant Disruption? Trump-Era Judicial Paralysis Explained
Can a single judge unilaterally thwart the president of the United States? That’s the contentious question the Trump administration asked the Supreme Court to resolve last week in response to court orders blocking its effort to curtail birthright citizenship, and after a slew of decrees requiring the president do everything from halting major actions on DEI and… Continue reading Injunction Dysfunction or Tyrant Disruption? Trump-Era Judicial Paralysis Explained
Measles Outbreak in Children Grows in One of Texas’ Least Vaccinated Counties
A measles outbreak is growing in a Texas county with dangerously low vaccination rates. In late January, two school-age children from Gaines County were hospitalized with measles. Since an estimated 1 in 5 people with the disease end up in the hospital, the two cases suggested a larger outbreak. As of Feb. 12, there were… Continue reading Measles Outbreak in Children Grows in One of Texas’ Least Vaccinated Counties