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May 2nd, 2024 - 1:21 am § in Misc.

Welcome to Steve’s blog

Dr. Steve Schwartz, a University of Washington medical researcher, created this blog to discuss campus issues, and it soon expanded to a wide range of subjects. Although he’s no longer with us, a contributor still posts articles that readers may find informative, interesting, or simply entertaining and funny (read statement of purpose here). Use the search term “handbill.us” to find this page on the internet. To scroll back to older posts, click on ←Previous Entries halfway down this page.

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Does Trump have a mandate?

That’s what Republicans claim. But 2024 was one of American history’s closest elections,

and the historically unpopular Trump is the only president to start

with a negative approval rating. Read story here.

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April 28th, 2024 - 3:40 pm § in Misc.

In memory of Dr. Steve Schwartz, who created this blog

Professor Stephen M. Schwartz, M.D., Ph.D., the founder and proprietor of The-Ave.US, passed away from COVID-19 on March 17, 2020. Read local press coverage here and here. Steve joined the University of Washington Medical School’s faculty in 1967 and had taught there since 1974. He was world-f[...]

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April 28th, 2024 - 1:00 pm § in Misc.

Selected Movie & Article Links

Below are links to a sampling of our most interesting, infuriating, or just plain funny movies, articles, and essays. Selections for this list are entirely arbitrary. The-Ave.US has over 24,000 posts, so this isn’t an index. ABOUT THIS BLOG Welcome to The-Ave.US, an introduction to this blog ([...]

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January 19th, 2025 - 4:28 am § in Democrats, Donald Trump, Politics

Did Trump win or Democrats lose?

It’s not a rhetorical question. It goes to what Democrats must do to win elections: Mobilize people who didn’t vote, or change their approach to voters. A popular media theme is that Trump won because Democratic turnout collapsed. But a Vox article here argues he won the arguments on inflat[...]

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January 19th, 2025 - 1:00 am § in Donald Trump, Economics, Foreign Affairs, Politics

Is Trump right about tariffs?

The starting point of any discussion about tariffs is their bad reputation. Wikipedia says (here), “There is near unanimous consensus among economists that tariffs are self-defeating and have a negative effect on economic growth and economic welfare.” However, the same Wikipedia article [...]

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January 18th, 2025 - 12:31 am § in Donald Trump, Law and Courts, Politics, Republicans

GOP ex-legislator arrested for Covid relief fraud

Carolina Amesty, 30, a Venezuelan immigrant who served a single term in Florida’s legislature (read her bio here), is with embezzling $122,000 of Covid relief funds, an Orlando TV station reported on Friday, January 17, 2025 (read story here). She’s accused of diverting the money “[...]

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January 17th, 2025 - 6:21 pm § in Humor

Greenland weather report (video)

So you think Greenland should become part of the United States, huh? Then you’d better get ready for this: Return to The-Ave.US Home Page[...]

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January 17th, 2025 - 2:09 am § in Donald Trump, Humor, Politics

Bartender’s advice to Trump voters (video)

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January 17th, 2025 - 12:15 am § in Donald Trump, Foreign Affairs, Politics, Republicans

A big colonial power is eyeing Greenland’s vast mineral wealth

Nobody cared about Greenland’s riches when they were buried under ice. But the ice is melting (see story here), and now a colonial power is eager to exploit the arctic island’s oil, copper, and rare earth deposits. It even has diamonds (see article here). The colonial power is Donald Tru[...]

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January 16th, 2025 - 7:57 pm § in Economics, Politics

Taxes and spending, 2025 edition

Let’s tackle taxes first. Scott Bessent, a hedge fund manager about to become Trump 2.0’s treasury secretary, warns of “economic calamity” if Congress doesn’t pass tax cuts for billionaires (see story here). If you believe this, you deserve to pay taxes so he doesn̵[...]

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January 16th, 2025 - 7:12 pm § in Donald Trump, Politics, Republicans, Schools & Colleges

How stupid are Trump voters?

In the final days before Trump retakes office, the news media are full of stories about federal spending cuts. Raw Story noted here, “A CNN analysis found that all 15 of the states that rely most heavily on federal support for public schools in 2022 backed Trump in November, while all but two[...]

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