Anyone who follows the news knows by now that of the six officers who have been charged in Freddie Gray’s death, it is an even split in terms of race: three are white and three are black. The most severe … Continue reading →
If I were a NY firefighter—woman or man—this would make me very, very angry: The FDNY for the first time in its history will allow someone who failed its crucial physical-fitness test to join the Bravest, The Post has learned. … Continue reading →
No surprise that it is a terrorist known to the police, who most likely made a threat a very short while before the shooting: One of the suspects in the shooting in Garland, Texas, late Sunday has been identified as … Continue reading →
Europe comes to America: Two armed men were killed after opening fire on a security guard outside an exhibit of artistic depictions of the Muslim prophet Muhammad in suburban Dallas Sunday evening. The city of Garland said in a statement … Continue reading →
[Hat tip: commenter “Alifa.”] I just received the news that Russian dancer Maya Plisetskaya (whose full name should have been “the great Maya Plisetskaya”) has died at the age of 89 in Germany. Death appears to have come suddenly, of … Continue reading →
I saw the Russian dancer Galina Ulanova perform in person when I was very little, not long before her retirement at the age of fifty. She remains unique among all the dancers I’ve ever seen in person or in video. … Continue reading →
Here’s an extremely interesting segment from “This American Life” about how change—political change and change in general—occurs [hat tip: Vanderleun]. I’ve studied change. I’ve observed it. I’ve experienced it. I’ve tried to effect it, but haven’t we all? Therapists, teachers, … Continue reading →
You may not care about it, but this news makes me happy: Kate Middleton looks better a few hours after giving birth than 99.9999% of the people in the world at their most gussed-up moments. Of course, it helps to … Continue reading →
I have been trying to find some very specific information on what the medical report on Freddie Gray actually said. But other than that there was a neck fracture, that he had a head injury that may have been caused … Continue reading →
Andrew Branca is a lawyer I highly respect who writes at the blog Legal Insurrection (full disclosure: I write there at times, too). He did yeoman’s service in blogging about the Zimmerman and Ferguson cases, as well as many others, … Continue reading →
This is why I used to love the TV show “Rescue 911”:
Continue reading →Everyone who diets knows how hard it can be. Here’s another discovery that, if true, shows one of the many reasons why: He explains that these [specialized AGRP] neurons read circulating signals in the blood to detect when an animal … Continue reading →