The demographic underpinnings behind the blue shift, by David Jarman "I support the troops, but they did volunteer …," by Mark E Andersen Why are so many conservative politicians brandishing guns, by Ian Reifowitz GOP will repeat Ryan budget history by adopting Camp tax plan next year, by Jon Perr What if legislators didn't have to draw majority-minority districts? Democrats would lose big, by Stephen Wolf Women's History: Latinas, by Denise Oliver Velez Obama's foreign policy doctrine and why it makes sense, by brooklynbadboy The Vaccination Intervention, by DarkSyde Conservative ideology sentences citizens to poor health and permanent poverty, by Egberto Willies Our Corporate Anthem, by Mark Sumner
George Takei Deems Limbaugh Inconsequential - We Agree. So How Does Rush Stay On Air?, by Leslie Salzillo Christie defends Kochs and falsely claims Democrats are intolerant of abortion opponents, by Christian Dem in NC Christiegate: Bogus Traffic Study Excuse Officially Dies, by ericlewis0
Christie defends Kochs and falsely claims Democrats are intolerant of abortion opponents, by Christian Dem in NC
Christiegate: Bogus Traffic Study Excuse Officially Dies, by ericlewis0
The president and first lady hosted an event at the White House, honoring the “foremothers” of American music, including legendary singer Aretha Franklin. [...] The “Women in Soul” event—held in the East Room—was the latest “In Performance at the White House” series celebrating American music. It included performances by Franklin, as well as Tessanne Chin, Melissa Etheridge, Ariana Grande, Patti LaBelle, Janelle Monáe and Jill Scott.
The “Women in Soul” event—held in the East Room—was the latest “In Performance at the White House” series celebrating American music. It included performances by Franklin, as well as Tessanne Chin, Melissa Etheridge, Ariana Grande, Patti LaBelle, Janelle Monáe and Jill Scott.
Oh, Alaska. What did we do before we knew of your weird ways, thrown into harsh illumination on the national stage thanks to half-term grifterbilly Sarah Palin? If not for that fortuitous bit of happenstance, we would never be checking out an Alaska-based blog, and we would never have known about the Republican (of course!) Fairbanks borough assembly member who does not like Ms. Magazine oh no he does not, and he will make sure it doesn’t appear in his local grocers.
The first bricks of a canal house in Amsterdam have been printed, bringing the world a step closer to 3D-printed buildings. We’ve seen plans for a wide range of printed architecture, from ornate algorithmically-designed rooms to moon habitats that look like the Teletubbies set, but Dutch architects DUS are taking things full-scale with a life-size, habitable canal house.
n a just-published study in the journal Developmental Science, lead author and post-doctoral fellow Melissa Kibbe and Lisa Feigenson, associate professor of psychological and brain sciences at Johns Hopkins University's Krieger School of Arts and Sciences, find that most preschoolers and kindergarteners, or children between 4 and 6, can do basic algebra naturally. "These very young children, some of whom are just learning to count, and few of whom have even gone to school yet, are doing basic algebra and with little effort," Kibbe said. "They do it by using what we call their 'Approximate Number System:' their gut-level, inborn sense of quantity and number."
"These very young children, some of whom are just learning to count, and few of whom have even gone to school yet, are doing basic algebra and with little effort," Kibbe said. "They do it by using what we call their 'Approximate Number System:' their gut-level, inborn sense of quantity and number."