Academic freedom? Gone---and good riddance. This was the primary thought that ran through my mind as we attended the National Association of Scholars' shindig Academic Freedom in the Age of…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmQzQbJ82jM Dude. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYKFP6JS8qQ Notable for the difference in applause. Poor Timothy Cardinal Dolan looks as if he ate day-old oysters. And don't we feel sorry for the fellow to the…

These are tweets from last night's debate---which I'm putting up the night of the debate. The timing's important because here is my prediction, the last tweet of the night. https://twitter.com/mattstat/status/788933539664232448…

Sara Reardon from Nature magazine, the most widely read science journal in the world, put the word out: what working scientist would admit publicly to supporting Trump? Why wouldn't any…

There was a bit of a mix up in communication about post order on my e-holiday (my fault), and the result is, because of articles pending at Stream and the…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Zcv93nsi7M I'm interrupting my e-holiday to write about prospect of global thermonuclear war (which is on the same scale as alien invasion) with Russia. What is it that Russia has…