Author Archives: Naomi

Why must news media report EVERYTHING Trump says and does?

Posted on January 24, 2026 by Naomi

So much in this world depends upon character that attention has to be paid to bad character even when it is not deserved. — Anthony Trollope, Dr. Wortle’s School

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What’s wrong with the GOP in one sentence

Posted on January 24, 2026 by Naomi

“Our whole business system would break down in a day if there was not a high sense of moral responsibility in our business world.” Spoken by Herbert Hoover on the campaign trail in 1928, and quoted by Jill Lepore in … Continue reading →

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Ancient boomerbust

Posted on January 18, 2026 by Naomi

From Harper’s September 2025 Findings: The world’s oldest known boomerang–made of mammoth ivory, unearthed in southern Poland forty years ago, and now thought to have been fashioned between 39,000 and 42,000 years ago — does not come back.

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