Is it racist to say…
…that the Chinese are really really really good at this sort of thing? I can’t say I like it better than the original version, but I’m certainly in awe of it:
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Trump tweets and the uproar ensues
Just go to a site like Drudge today and you’ll see the furor in the list of headlines, which I reproduce here minus the links: Get out of USA, Trump tells congresswomen! Cortez fires back: We don’t fear you! President … Continue reading →
Dreaming of math class
Commenter “Socratease” calls my calculus class “the stuff of nightmares.” That is quite literally true, because after experiencing the horror of that class, and the ensuing and resounding “F” I received (my first and only in a long student career), … Continue reading →
Annals of math: how calculus did me in
[NOTE: This is a repeat of a previous post I happened to run across the other day and enjoyed all over again. The original comments were entertaining, as well.] The college I attended had a fairly rigorous set of science … Continue reading →
AOC, Pelosi, Obama, and the race card
AOC is drawing some criticism from other Democrats: Rep. Wm. Lacy Clay (D-Mo.) unloaded on Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) on Wednesday for “using the race card” after Ocasio-Cortez accused Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) of being racially insensitive. Clay, a member … Continue reading →
Language and politics: getting used to the newest Newspeak
I want to highlight the ideas stated by “Paolo Pagliaro” in this comment: One fundamental principle – identified and exploited by both Goebbels’ Propagandaministerium and the KGB in Soviet Russia – is that endless repetition of a slogan INFALLIBLY modifies … Continue reading →
Finding a family through 23andMe
Genetic testing can reveal a lot of secrets, sometimes painful ones that tear families apart. And yet—as in this video—sometimes they bring them together in mysterious ways. [NOTE: The video can’t be embedded, but if you click on the link … Continue reading →
Alex Acosta is out
Acosta has resigned: President Donald Trump announced Acosta’s resignation Friday morning with Acosta at his side. Trump said the secretary called him Friday morning to say that the decision to resign was his. “I thought the right thing was to … Continue reading →
A little addendum to the shoe post: signs of the times
I am gratified to see all the responses to the shoe post of yesterday. So much so that I thought I’d add that I noticed a listing on airbnb that said under “rules”: “This is a shoe-free house.” I think … Continue reading →
The Brooklyn preschool exposé
I’m not sure why I initially clicked on this article in New York Magazine entitled “The Battle of Grace Church What happened when Brooklyn’s oldest nursery school decided to become less old-fashioned? A riot among the one percent.” Maybe because … Continue reading →
Boris Johnson…
…has been getting the Trump treatment from the press.
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Have you noticed how many people seem to have adopted the custom of asking all visitors to their homes to take off their shoes? I’ve been seeing more and more of this in recent years, and it always bugs me. … Continue reading →