Intentionally, And Irritatingly, Like A Martyr

Ezra has a really good piece about people who act as if making claims about the genetic inferiority of African-Americans makes them heroes whose speech is being suppressed rather than elites repeating the same self-justifying myths white elites have been repeating for time out of mind: What bothered me most about Harris's conversation with Murray was the framing. There is nothing more seductive than "forbidden knowledge."

What Problem Are We Trying To Solve

Gradient Ventures, an early-stage venture fund within Google, is leading a $6 million investment in a new company that's building software to let humans control cars remotely. Scotty Labs, a nine-person startup, works on "teleoperations," an emerging slice of the autonomous vehicle business that may grow more critical as the field faces closer scrutiny.

The Skripal Poisonings and the Ongoing Vilification of Putin

Sergei Skripal and his daughter were poisoned by a nerve agent on March 4 on a park bench in Salisbury, England. Skripal had been a Russian double agent, a spy who turned over 300 names of Russian spies to British intelligence from 1995 to 2004.

Kayleigh McEnany Is Asked Point-Blank: ‘Do You Think Trump Slept With Stormy Daniels?’

Republican National Committee spokesperson Kayleigh McEnany insisted on Tuesday that all of the claims of affairs and sexual harassment that have been leveled against President Donald Trump are "ridiculous" lies intended to bring down his presidency. During a panel discussion on Fox & Friends , host Ainsley Earhardt complained that "the media just can't get enough" of Trump's alleged affair with adult film star Stormy Daniels -- whose real name is Stephanie Clifford.

Cover up and collusion at Michigan State

A Michigan State University dean who was Larry Nassar 's boss is accused of groping and propositioning medical students and collecting nude pictures of them on his work computer. William Strampel , who was arrested Monday, is charged with fourth-degree criminal sexual conduct, a high misdemeanor; felony official misconduct; two counts of willful neglect of duty, according to the special prosecutor running a wide-ranging investigation of MSU.

Building More Housing Does Not Necessarily Lead to Cheaper Housing Without Government Regulation

I have long railed against simplistic ideas that the solution for housing costs in cities is to simply build more housing. First, the so-called "law of supply and demand" is more of a simplistic ideological construction of capitalism than a reality, yet it's power in our society blinds people to the many factors that go into to determining economic markets.

We’re having the wrong conversation about what’s wrong with women’s basketball

MARCH 01: Texas A&M Aggies guard Danni Williams and Texas A&M Aggies guard Chennedy Carter watch the replay against the Arkansas Lady Razorbacks during the third period between the Arkansas Razorbacks and the Texas A&M Aggies in a SEC Women's Tournament game on March 1, 2018, at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, TN. It's that time of year again.

Before phony polls, Egypt arrests, expels Times reporter Bel Trew

Egypt has deported a British journalist working for The Times, the newspaper said on Saturday, describing an "increasingly oppressive environment" for media in the country ahead of next week's presidential election. The Times said its correspondent, 33-year-old Bel Trew who had been based in Cairo for several years, was arrested while reporting and "forced to leave Egypt."

Can Isolationist Trump and Neocon NSC Pick Bolton really Get Along?

While U.S. President Donald Trump has previously denounced "regime change" and "nation-building," John Bolton, his choice for national-security adviser, has been a vocal proponent of American intervention abroad. In selecting former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton as his new national-security adviser, U.S. President Donald Trump has tapped a man whose foreign policy record stands at odds with central elements of Trump's stated vision of America's role in the world.