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Author: Steven D
Dark Matter, or Our Failure to Address the Justified & Righteous Anger of Black Lives Matter
In the universe there is a substance that has long eluded direct detection by astrophysicists and astronomers, but which has a profound effect upon the universe: Dark Matter: Dark matter is non-luminous matter that cannot be directly detected by observing…
A Love Story
(The above is a photograph of the two of us on our wedding day, 29 years ago) We have called ourselves partners forever, it seems. She wasn’t fond of the term girlfriend, or later wife, and it never mattered to…
Monica Lewinsky’s TED Talk – Cyberbullying, Online Harassment and the Culture of Shame
I just watched one of the most amazing TED Talks I’ve ever seen, and it was given by Monica Lewinsky. Yes, that woman. I confess I hadn’t given her much thought since the end of Bill Clinton’s presidency. I remember…
Prosecutors in Eric Garner Case Censored Witnesses Who Testified to Grand Jury to Benefit Cops
Yes, I know prosecutors have a great deal of latitude with respect to how they present evidence before a Grand Jury. Usually, however, that power is used to obtain an indictment, not prevent one. However, as this report in the…
Consider the Hummingbird
I was on my way out of the local supermarket this morning, my purchases, such as they were, in tow, when I saw a crowd of people, including one of the kids who haul in the shopping carts from the…
It’s Raining Lots Harder These Days (Just as the Climate Models Predicted in 2007)
That graphic from Climate Central shows the top fifty cities in the United States with the largest percentage increase in intense rain events (comparing the decade 1950-1959 to the ten year period 2005-2014). Those dramatic increases in heavy rainfall are…
High School Art Exhibit Attacked By Cops for Depicting Police Brutality
Many, many police officers and their supporters are going ape shit very upset at a group of student artists at Westfield High School in New Jersey for daring to exhibit their artwork. Why? Because the art in question is based…
How Balt. Riot Police Helped Spark the Rioting – The Psychology of Militarized Police & Crowds
There are many factors that contributed to the riots that broke out yesterday in the lower income community of West Baltimore, the day of Freddie Gray’s funeral, despite the best intentions of community leaders, Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake and the Police…
Global Warming “Pause” That Wasn’t Explained in One Simple Video Graphic
Deniers have repeatedly claimed the global warming “hit the pause button” over the last few years. This idea that global warming had “paused” has been their biggest talking point of late. They have employed it to attack research that shows…