Saturday, March 21, 2026

A small act of scientific civil disobedience

Big science publications put important peer-reviewed research behind expensive paywalls. But some scientists have found creative ways around them.

Orwell, radioactive pigs, Godzilla, and, of course, Trump

George Orwell is not the only journalist to turn iconoclastic prophet.

U.S. attorney Preet Bharara was investigating Fox News when Trump fired him

Reports indicate Trump may pick one of Roger Ailes’ former lawyers to replace Bharara.

The press is essential, whether presidents like it or not

If you want to make journalism better, subscribe to your local paper.

Trump’s Twitter distraction

The wiretap tweet was not crazy or manic – it was strategic.

Deniers rally conservatives to dismiss climate science as “fake news” and share Breitbart stories...

A whole panel was created called “Fake Climate News Camouflaging an Anti-Capitalist Agenda – and What President Trump Plans To Do About it.”

Progressive or Bust’s provocative meme assaults liberals’ hypocrisy

Rather than demean their civil rights struggle (which, by MLK’s design, enlisted many whites), the meme means to honor it as a needed and noble one.
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Spurned reporters should dump Trump briefings and turn to investigative journalism

We need less advertising (or “public relations” in some versions), and a helluva lot more journalism these days.

Bill O’Reilly hosted a fake Swedish defense “advisor” to fearmonger about refugees

Swedish Armed Forces Press Secretary: "We do not know who he is."