The Pragmatic Idealist

"Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for." - Barack Obama 52 Genes Linked to Intelligence Former CIA Chief tells of Mounting Concern About Trump Team's Collusion With Russia Justices Reject Two Gerrymandered Districts

A New Museum of the American Revolution, Warts and All   The Crisis of Western Civ A New Exoplanet may be the Most Promising Yet in the Search for Extraterrestrial Life

Whether you think you can or you think you can't, you're right. - Henry Ford Fantastic Catch by Lorenzo Rally Cat The Point of Hate

"An expert is a person who has made all the mistakes that can be made, in a narrow field." - Niels Bohr The Coming Incompetence Crisis Twitter Sues Government to Block Unmasking of Account Critical of Trump Jeff Bezos Says he is Selling $1B per year in Amazon Stock to Finance Race to Space Why Expertise Matters

"Never argue with an idiot. They will pull you down to their level and beat you with experience." - Mark Twain (att.) The Weekly Standard's Arsenal to Fight Falsehoods: 'Facts, Logic and Reason'   How Uber uses Psychological Tricks to Push its Driver' Buttons     Middlebury, my Divided Campus

"Way down deep, we're all motivated by the same things. Cats have the courage to live by them." - Jim Davis Why People Continue to Believe Objectively False Things The GOP's Existential Crisis Who Killed the Iceman? Clues Emerge in a Very Cold Case Cats are Actually Nice, Scientists Find

I am an optimist.  It does not seem much use being anything else. - Winston Churchill   Yes, Trump is Being Held Accountable   U.S. Indicts Four, Including Russian Spies

There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge - Isaac Asimov   A Silicon Valley Train Gets Stuck Trump wants Faster Growth; the Fed isn't so sure Intel's Acquisition of Mobileye Remakes Autonomous Driving Landscape

Whoever, owing allegiance to the United States, levies war against them or adheres to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort within the United States or elsewhere, is guilty of treason and shall suffer death, or shall be imprisoned not less than five years and fined under this title but not less than $10,000; and shall be incapable of holding any office under the United States. 18 U.S. Code Section 2381 Data Firm Says "Secret Sauce" Aided Trump; Many Scoff   What we can Glean from Trump's Allegations of Wiretapping   Ember Temperature Control Mug   More on Treason