What closing health centers actually means
Let’s be real. We shouldn’t need much more than these two statistics: 4 in 10 U.S. women rely on health centers like Planned Parenthood as their only source of medical care. The services Planned Parenthood health centers provide save us over $10 billion a year. But if you need to understand what those statistics mean…
Stats and soccer… turns out, possession is good.
An open letter to Representative Cathy McMorris Rodgers
Representative Rodgers had an opinion piece published in the Washington Post a couple days ago. Here is my response to it: Ms. Rodgers: With all due respect, your article is a lie and you are a hypocrite. You don’t know what you’re talking about. You voted on this bill, and posted that opinion piece, before…
Genetics as information
This is ridiculously fascinating. I mean, just the basic premise is astonishing: no two cells in anybody’s brain have the same genetic code. We are not made up of a single genetic encoding; our bodies carry around literally billions of unique combinations of our genetic code. That’s a bit world-altering, at least for me. Also,…
Intriguing and revealing Breitbart article
Breitbart posted a piece today about the recently passed budget. The piece is fascinating and not a little disturbing. It’s fundamentally a “framing” piece; there’s not much content here, it’s mostly just positioning for the 2018 elections. But there are a couple of pretty fascinating nuggets. First, I think this offers an interesting glimpse into…
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Climate change
This is who is to blame for Trump
This is in response to Jonathan Pie’s rant about the election. There is a lot of truth to his argument. But I have reached across the aisle every opportunity, and I think his argument ignores a deeper problem. You can’t have a reasonable conversation with people who aren’t reasonable. That’s not an insult; that’s a simple statement of…