Category Archives: Journalism

How scary-bad can bad leaders be? This scary-bad

What has the world managed to live through since nuclear weapons were developed? If you don’t harbor paranoid tendencies, brace yourselves for this, from Harper’s October 2025 Findings: A study of fifty-one deceased leaders of nuclear-armed states found that twenty-three … Continue reading

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Animal news: peacocks or, rather, their feathers

From Harper’s October 2025 Findings: Peacock tail feathers can be treated to emit laser beams. The one word that sits in my brain every second of every day: why? The second question about this item is, is it the whole … Continue reading

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Why must news media report EVERYTHING Trump says and does?

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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