Employee protests, that’s what: After a day of global protests, employees at Google’s Silicon Valley headquarters added their voices to calls for major change to company policies on gender pay equity and sexual misconduct. Chants of “Stand up, fight back” … Continue reading →
And the news is very very good: Job growth blew past expectations in October and year-over-year wage gains jumped past 3 percent for the first time since the Great Recession, the Labor Department reported Friday. Nonfarm payrolls powered up by … Continue reading →
I tend to have an unofficial and unplanned schedule for blogging. I don’t always follow it, but usually I do most of my posting some time in the early-to-mid-afternoon. There are early-morning exceptions, of course, as well as late-night ones. … Continue reading →
I find this article to be a fascinating exploration of the mind of a successful scientist who thought he had a revolutionary idea, and tried to get it published. But was it actually a big idea that was misunderstood (or … Continue reading →
I was out all afternoon and as I drove home I happened to turn the radio on while Trump was giving a speech and then answering questions about the caravan and illegal immigration policy. And so I listened to it. … Continue reading →
This explains a lot: Every morning, people sleepily drag themselves out of bed, wandering through a brain fog that seems to take forever to dissipate. Early risers will deny it exists, but evidence in a new paper in the journal … Continue reading →
The other day Axios quoted Donald Trump as having said “We’re the only country in the world where a person comes in and has a baby, and the baby is essentially a citizen of the United States … with all … Continue reading →
It seems to me that we were allowed to criticize Bernie Madoff without being called anti-Semitic. And that was the case even though that criticism might dovetail with certain anti-Semitic legends about money and rapaciousness and Jews. But all of … Continue reading →
Halloween was my favorite holiday, bar none, as a child. The main reason was probably the candy. But the secondary reason—and maybe it even superseded the candy, come to think of it—was the opportunity even as a little kid to … Continue reading →
As usual, I disagree. Here’s who they polled: The 209 critics who took part are from 43 different countries and speak a total of 41 languages – a range that sets our poll apart from any other. The result: 100 … Continue reading →
One of the best compilations I've ever seen. It's a BOMBSHELL. pic.twitter.com/V0oLimbKnT — Mike (@Fuctupmind) October 29, 2018 [Hat tip: Ace.] [NOTE: Also, I put a link on the word “it’s” in the title of the post, but for some … Continue reading →
The Pittsburgh synagogue shooting has prompted a lot of speculation and discussion about the shooter’s motives for his murderous hatred of Jews, and about the basis for anti-Semitism in general. But it’s not as though people haven’t puzzled over the … Continue reading →