Dr. Collins talks a lot about honesty in science and whether or not science can be trusted, but he says nothing about the criminal justice system which makes many mistakes, many based on junk science.
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Thursday, October 17, 2024
Tuesday, October 15, 2024
As dozens of wrongful convictions have demonstrated, the American criminal justice system is flawed. That a state can approve death while refusing to consider critical evidence should give all Americans pause. Are we more willing to accept a potentially innocent man’s execution than to revisit a case?
In the coming days, Roberson should be spared from death and granted a new, fair trial.
Monday, October 14, 2024
Saturday, October 12, 2024
Some Democrats worry, for instance, that the party still isn’t doing enough to engage low-propensity Black and Latino voters, particularly young men. There is time to repair this. Democrats also wonder if they failed to define Trump early in the cycle, letting him slowly rehabilitate his favorability numbers. Still others fear they didn’t remind voters early on of the horrors of Trump’s first term, leaving them with rosy memories of his presidency—including blue-collar voters’ fond impressions of the Trump economy. Those latter two problems may not be repairable in time.
-Greg Sargent in The New Republic
Friday, October 11, 2024
"Fascist to the core": Former Trump official Milley warns against "dangerous" second term
Trump appointee Mark Milley called the ex-prez the "most dangerous person ever"
By GRIFFIN ECKSTEIN
News FellowThursday, October 10, 2024
Mary & Randy, the Florida evacuees I've met in Starbucks this week, are back for their last morning before starting to work their way back to Anna Maria Island in the Tampa area. Luckily for them, Milton came ashore 20-25 miles south of them so they think they had no storm surge. Randy explained that hurricanes wobble as head toward land and you never know until the last where the storm will find land. If Milton had come across their little island, it could have wiped out the whole island and their house and boat. Good for them. Florida will recover but it will take time and effort. Many were not so lucky.
As Randy and Mary depart Starbucks, Randy says that the roof at the Rays baseball stadium in Tampa was designed to withstand winds of 150 MPH and the highest recorded wind from Milton was 101. Add the damage inside the stadium by the wind and rain and the lawsuits will be fast furious. As I always say, technology always eventually fails usually at the worse moments.