Capitalists could make billions stopping the climate crisis if Republicans would let them
Today, 19.7% of electricity in the United States comes from nuclear power, an energy source that produces no climate altering emissions and is so synonymous with wealth that one of the world’s best known fictional billionaires owns a nuclear power plant. If you think that’s impressive, slightly more – 19.8% – of our electricity comes from renewables, which have created mini economic booms around the … Continue reading Capitalists could make billions stopping the climate crisis if Republicans would let them
The Forward Party is Andrew Yang’s brilliant scheme to keep himself relevant
On November 2, New Yorkers will head the polls to pick their next mayor. Democrat Bill de Blasio is term limited, so voters have two fresh faces: Democratic Eric Adams, a retired NYPD officer; and Curtis Silwa, who is like if Frasier was also Batman. In heavily Democratic New York City, Adams is favored to win by a mile. To get to be the party’s … Continue reading The Forward Party is Andrew Yang’s brilliant scheme to keep himself relevant
Shutting Facebook down for a day didn’t stop conspiracy theories. It spawned more.
For one blessed day on October 4, 2021, Facebook vanished from the face of the Earth. Along with its corporate siblings – Instagram, WhatsApp, Workplace, and Messenger – the platform that CollegeHumor referred to as “the site that commits treason and also tells you what your parents are doing” was taken out by an outage that, as of this writing, remains unexplained. Facebook says it … Continue reading Shutting Facebook down for a day didn’t stop conspiracy theories. It spawned more.
Canadian voters are deciding whether to oust Justin Trudeau in an election only Justin Trudeau wanted
There are far easier ways to screw up your political career than what Justin Trudeau, Canada’s prime minister, is doing right now. Here are some easier ways: you could try to interfere with your country’s justice system to get favors for your financial backers, photos could emerge of the time you painted your face brown for an “Arabian Nights” party, and you could struggle to … Continue reading Canadian voters are deciding whether to oust Justin Trudeau in an election only Justin Trudeau wanted
Three articles that highlight how American life changed after 9/11
Airport security in the post-9/11 era After 9/11, the United States made a bunch of changes to transportation safety and security. Most of those changes, though, aren’t necessarily visible to passengers. Well, most of the real changes. What is visible is the “security theater” of intrusive safety checks and scans prior to boarding a flight. Reason‘s “Why Don’t More Countries Enforce the Airport Security Rules … Continue reading Three articles that highlight how American life changed after 9/11
The humiliating end of the War in Afghanistan
As of the middle of the day on August 13, 2021, the Taliban controls roughly half of Afghanistan. Two decades after the beginning of the longest war in American history, the U.S. needs to confront a reality it has tried to avoid since the end of the similarly-long Vietnam War: wars are not always won by the bigger army. How did we get here, so … Continue reading The humiliating end of the War in Afghanistan
A Very Special Episode of Who The Fuck Are All These Fucks: Andrew Cuomo
Update 8/10/21 12:12 PM: Andrew Cuomo has resigned as Governor of New York. The original article continues below. Assuming we can get this article up fast enough, Andrew Cuomo is the 56th and current Governor of New York, the fourth most populous state (California, Texas, and Florida) and the dominant state of the American northeast (sorry, Pennsylvania and Massachusetts, but it’s true). Cuomo’s tenure in … Continue reading A Very Special Episode of Who The Fuck Are All These Fucks: Andrew Cuomo
Saying “goodbye” to Maine’s weirdest gun store
Gulf of Maine gunsmithing has closed. The shop, whose sign adorned U.S. Route 302 in Raymond (roughly halfway between Portland and the lauded Fryeburg Fair), operated for thirty-two years before shuttering back in May, but it wasn’t until recently that the sign was taken down for good. In 2019, Mainer described the sign as “Maine’s most hateful roadside attraction.” Here’s an excerpt from their article … Continue reading Saying “goodbye” to Maine’s weirdest gun store
Brave Hero Rewarded With Prison Sentence
In 2014, an anonymous person leaked more than 150 pages of classified material that revealed a lot about the American drone program. That leak was reportedly the basis of The Drone Papers, an expose by The Intercept published the following year. The revelations in The Drone Papers shook America to its core in the way these things so often do: by being almost totally ignored. … Continue reading Brave Hero Rewarded With Prison Sentence
I need to still love the Olympics
One of my earliest television memories is watching the 1998 Winter Olympic Games in Nagano, Japan. As an elementary school kid, most of what I knew about Japan was what I knew from school or cartoons, which made it a land of ninjas and people who lost World War II, whatever that was. The Japan that came through the television screen was so much different … Continue reading I need to still love the Olympics