Today: The Salem Witch Trials
The following appeared in The Writer’s Almanac: On this day in 1692 eight citizens of the colony of Massachusetts were hanged for their supposed connections...
Category : Ignorance
Florida: COVID Cases Surge in Schools
As you know, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis issued an executive order barring school districts from adopting mask mandates. Every family should make it’s own decision,...
John Merrow Thanks Tucker Carlson for a Truly Stupid Idea
John Merrow, former PBS education reporter, thanks FOX News pundit Tucker Carlson for one of the silliest ideas ever. Merrow writes: I am coming out...
Tennessee: Top Vaccination Official Fired for Urging Teens to Get Vaccinated
Dr. Michelle Fiscus, the top vaccination official in the Tennessee, was fired for encouraging teenagers to get vaccinated. She is a public health official who...
QAnon Cult Panicked by Biden’s Inauguration
I don’t pretend to understand the QAnon cult, but it seems to believe that the federal government is controlled by satanic pedophiles and that Trump...
BREAKING NEWS! QAnon Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene Appointed to House Education and Labor Committee
The House Republican conference just indulged in a sick joke: It assigned Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene to the House Education and Labor Committee. Rep. Greene...
Georgia’s QAnon Member of Congress Supports “Execution” of Leading Democrats
Our democracy is in peril. A significant number of GOP senators oppose any accountability for a president who invited violent terrorists to attack the U.S....
Washington Post: How Trump’s Denial and Mismanagement Worsened COVID
As of this writing, at least 340,000 people have died of COVID. Washington Post reporters wrote a comprehensive account of how Donald Trump bungled the...
Brianna Keillor Takes Down Marco Rubio for Mocking Education
After President-Elect Biden announced his new national security team, a group of experienced, highly competent professionals, Senator Marco Rubio mocked them in a tweet, mostly...