Year: 2016

Did Someone Ask Colin Powell’s Opinion?

If you want to hear Colin Powell unplugged, you can now read his private emails, thanks to some hackers at an outfit called DC Leaks. He’s not a fan of either of the two presidential candidates and likes to use the word...

Read More

Trump the Scientist

You probably already suspected that Donald Trump has no policy chops, but reading his answers to ScienceDebate.org’s “Top 20 Science, Engineering, Tech, Health & Environmental Issues in 2016” survey will...

Read More

Trump’s tic

How he talks. “I could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody, and I wouldn’t lose any voters, okay? It’s, like, incredible.” “There may be somebody with tomatoes in the audience. If...

Read More

Progressives Score on Last Primary Night

It’s been a pretty good night for progressives so far. First of all, Lisa Blunt Rochester won her primary and is now almost certainly going to represent Delaware as their sole House member in the U.S. Congress. Delaware...

Read More

Best income growth since 1967

“Household incomes for American families rose strongly in 2015, breaking a years long pattern of income stagnation. The median household’s income in 2015 was $56,516, an increase of 5.2 percent over the previous year...

Read More