The difference in reactions to the disturbances in Ferguson, Mo., where a white police officer shot an unarmed young black man nearly two weeks ago, sadly isn’t surprising. Many white Americans reportedly think the black community’s anger over Michael Brown’s death – indeed, the growing movement in Ferguson to address longstanding inequities — and the Read more →
When President Obama addressed the nation Monday on crises in war-torn Iraq and Ferguson, Mo., millions likely waited with anticipation for inspiring and defining words. Across the country, the attention was focused not on the Middle East but on what the president would have to say about Ferguson, which has swirled in turmoil since police Read more →
There’ll be no school this week in the Ferguson, Mo., school district, as efforts to quell violence related to a police shooting fail to stop the unrest. The announcement appears on the St. Louis Post-Dispatch website: “We believe that closing schools for the rest of this week will allow needed time for peace and stability Read more →
I admit to having a minor phobia about blood-sucking insects and arachnids. I empathize with volunteers enlisted to drag sheets through fields to gather specimens in the pursuit of scientific research. As kids, my friends and I used to push our bikes across a dewy meadow at dusk and sneak into adjacent woods to watch Read more →
In what looks like a super-sized version of the popular vintage toy called Electric Football, scientists at Harvard University have revealed what they say is the largest robot swarm ever. Read more →
Thirteen-year-old Trisha Prabhu of Naperville, Illinois, has devised a project to help stem cyberbullying, the practice of posting mean or hurtful messages on social media. Read more →
A team of hackers — in the original sense of the term — is restoring those images from tapes that were squirreled away carefully almost fifty years ago. Read more →
Baseball players hardly ever get hurt so badly that an ambulance is driven onto the field. But it happened tonight in New Britain, Connecticut, to Byron Buxton, the Twins’ top prospect, the top prospect in all of baseball. Buxton and another outfielder collided tonight going for the same ball. Just before the collision. @RockCats Buxton going Read more →
August is a vastly underrated month.
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I haven’t posted audio of my daily conversation with Mary Lucia on The Current in months, but I’ve gotten a number of messages this afternoon asking me to do so. The subject, of course, is Robin Williams and it relates to the post I wrote this morning on the subject. I got a nice note Read more →
It’s not been a particularly prideful 24 hours for Republican Party insiders on social networks. Read more →
This is one of those days when a guy playing a piano at an airport in Prague is the faint string of civilization we’re grasping for.
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Cubs fans created the worst “tradition” in the history of baseball — throwing a home run from the other team back onto the field — and a play yesterday highlighted it.
Especially in his frenetic appearances on late-night TV, it was difficult watching Robin Williams. Anyone who has battled depression or had a loved one tortured by it knew that his genius came from a dark place. Read more →
An old train car goes on a high tech mission. Read more →
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