In his 2008 book The World Without Us, which tries to imagine what would happen on Earth if all humans suddenly disappeared, Alan Weisman suggested that humanity’s bronze artifacts would be the longest-lasting evidence of our former presence. Other sources (e.g., this article) say bronze can l[...]
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Who deserved a Nobel Prize, Ayn Rand or Toni Morrison?
Toni Morrison got a Nobel Prize, Ayn Rand didn’t, despite being more influential. That wasn’t decisive. Rand was a smart, serious, thinker; no question about that. (Bio here; profile here.) She wrote The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged, which inspired generations of young people to beco[...]
March 21st, 2019 - 11:48 am § in Misc.
White cop pulls gun on 4 black students for broken tail light
A Lynchburg, Virginia cop ordered 4 black college students out of their car at gunpoint, ordered them to the ground, and handcuffed them after pulling them over for a broken tail light. The cop claimed he “smelled marijuana,” but no drugs were found on the students or in their car. The p[...]
March 19th, 2019 - 12:31 pm § in Misc.
Virginia school cop is a recruiter for a white supremacist group
A Virginia school resource officer has been suspended from his job and is facing dismissal after activists poring over online chat messages identified him as a recruiter for a white supremacist group. Although he’s been removed from the school, and may not remain a cop, how did he get the job [...]