Hillary Clinton is blowing away the other candidates. She is frigging AMAZING tonight! 11:00p EDT update It's done. For me, Hillary Clinton is the obvious winner tonight. I was impressed by Martin O'Malley, but more as VP … [Read more...]
Archives for October 13, 2015
Pilgrim Nuclear to Shutter in 2019
Entergy announced today it plans to shutter the aging, rickety Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station in Plymouth in 2019. Ironically enough considering the energy debate on Beacon Hill focuses on how to lower energy costs, Entergy cited low energy … [Read more...]
Book Club: The Invention of Nature: Alexander von Humboldt’s New World
Nathaniel Rich offers an excellent and thought-provoking review of The Invention of Nature: Alexander von Humboldt’s New World by Andrea Wulf, a biography of Darwin's inspiration and, arguably, the inventor of our modern world Alexander von … [Read more...]
Ben Carson: Political Correctness personified
So now, thanks to Ben Carson, we're actually really having a public conversation about whether the Jews resisted the Nazis vigorously enough. The kinds of thoughts that would be just too absurd, too obscene, too flat-out stupid and deranged … [Read more...]