A Trump-suporting relative of mine pretty much told me not too long ago that, if my son lived into adulthood, I’d have Donald Trump to thank for it. He said this in response to my criticism of Trump, which, as I’ve come to learn, is somewhat easy to find on the internet. When I responded […]
Tag Archives: Nobel Prize
I hereby officially withdraw my Nobel Prize nomination for Donald “There is no longer a nuclear threat from North Korea” Trump
Posted in Mark's Life, Politics, Uncategorized Also tagged Alro, ballistic missiles, CIA, dictators, Donald Trump, FOX News, international relations, Iran, Kim Jong Un, legitimizing dictators, negotiations, North Korea, nuclear proliferation, nuclear war, nuclear weapons, Pyongyang, sanctions, Sean Hannity, Singapore, South Korea, the draft, war 27 Comments
St. Patrick’s Day is stupid… Today should be Make Out with a Scientist Day
Proving once again that scientists are totally awesome, researchers discover first tremors of the big bang, proving, among other things, that the earth is more than 6,000 years old… A few days ago word came out that a scientific discovery of enormous magnitude had been made, and today we know what it was. Scientists studying […]
Posted in Science, Uncategorized Also tagged Andrei Linde, anti-science, anti-vaccination, astrophysics, big bang, Chao-Lin Kuo, cosmic inflation, creationism, Dick Crane, Jenny McCarthy, Make Out with a Scientist Day, physics, St. Patrick's Day, Stanford, vaccines, Young Earth Creationism 71 Comments
How should we talk with our young daughters about Malala Yousafzai?
Tonight I have a question for those of you out there with young daughters… I’m wondering how, if at all, you’re talking with your daughters about Malala Yousafzai, the incredibly brave Pakistani 14 year old, who, several weeks ago, in response to her vocal activism on behalf of girls in her country, was shot in […]
Posted in Civil Liberties, Mark's Life Also tagged assassination, Clementine, District Child Assembly Swat, Education, Malala Yousafzai, Pakistan, school, sexism, Swat Valley, Taliban, teachable moments 15 Comments