


Presidents and Aspirants
We’re one year away from what promises to be a tumultuous presidential election. You might prepare by reading any or all of these four books. 1. The Presidents: Noted Historians Rank America’s Best—and Worst—Chief Executives, by Brian Lamb and Susan Swain (Public Affairs, 2019), turns their C-SPAN interviews with historians into chapters on presidents in order from best to worst, Read More ›

A Small City Homeless Shelter Faces Internal and External Problems

Threats to the United States now at a Whole New Level

Tents Pop up as Burien Sanctioned Camp Opens Without Warning

School Choice Hypocrisy: Good for My Children, but Not Yours

Origin of Life: Information
Life depends on information, but can unguided material processes produce the information needed for the first life? This episode of Long Story Short shows why unguided natural mechanisms can’t produce new biological information, and therefore can’t explain the origin of life. REFERENCES AND NOTES 1. Sara Walker & Paul Davies, The Algorithmic Origins of Life, 10 J. Royal Society Interface Read More ›

Jonathan Choe on the Crisis of our City Streets

Weakness and Underestimating Enemies Invites War
