Must Read/Watch
- Corey Robin, The Limits of Liberalism at Harvard
- Mike the Mad Biologist, Republicans Will Be Lost In The Wilderness Until They Take Governing In Opposition Seriously
- Steve Almond, The FBI’s Nothing Burger
- Strong Towns, A People-Centered Transportation System
- Danny Hakim (NYT), Doubts About the Promised Bounty of Genetically-Modified Crops
Should Read
- Carolyn Johnson, Why employees feel so pinched by health-care costs
- Patti Neighmond, Poll: Cost Of Child Care Causes Financial Stress For Many Families
- Mike the Mad Biologist, Washington Post And MTV Columnists Should Get Paid No More Than $12/Hour
- Barry Ritholtz, Doomsayers Keep Getting It Wrong on Higher Minimum Wages [Ed.: In case you doubted The Mad Biologist.]
- SNL, Black Jeopardy
- Chris Dillow, Whose Racism?
- Micah Uetricht, They Don’t Care About Us
Worth Reading
- Hanna Rosin (NYT), Why Are Americans So Anxious?
- Michael Khodarkovsky (NYT), Playing With Fear: Russia’s War Card
- Jenna Wortham (NYT), Obama Brought Silicon Valley to Washington
- Amanda Schaffer, Tech’s Enduring Great-Man Myth
- Noah Smith, Want More Startups? Build a Better Safety Net
- shem, Fuck You Startup World
- Eric Westervelt and Anya Kamenetz, National Science Test Scores Are Out, But What Do They Really Tell Us?
- Mike the Mad Biologist, Our Scientific Infrastructure Is Decaying
- Anya Kamenetz, Making Science Teaching More Than ‘A Backup Plan’
- Chad Orzel, The Surprising Power Of Really Simple Physics
- Dave Lee, Tesla shows off solar roof tiles
- Michelle Innis (NYT), Australia Climate Report Predicts More Hot Days and Harsher Fire Seasons
- Bill McKibben (NYT), Why Dakota is the New Keystone
- BBC, In pictures: Living off-grid [“Culturally, it’s not easy to make a living whilst living in an off-grid community,” says Jake. “Living without fossil fuels is much more labour intensive and it’s hard to find the balance… I won’t deny that it’s mentally and physically challenging, especially in winter…”]
Ending on a Positive Note
- Alastair Bland, After A Long Day Of Fighting Climate Change, This Grain Is Ready For A Beer
- Beth Gardiner (NYT), Food Industry Goes Beyond Looks to Fight Waste
- Air & Space Magazine, First Photo From Space