Tragically Funny Quotes on Democracy
Reading Time: 4 minutes Devastatingly accurate comments on democracy.
Labor Day: Art From the Great Depression
Reading Time: 5 minutes Paintings, drawings, and prints from a dynamic period when President Franklin D. Roosevelt saved America by putting people — including artists — back to work
More Nasty Things in Your Water
Reading Time: 3 minutes For decades, PFAS Chemicals — used in making firefighting foam, non-stick pans, and fabric protectants — have been seeping into groundwater, rivers, lakes, and even into our bodies. Now what?
What We Lose When the Elephants Go
Reading Time: 3 minutes Stunning facts about elephants, revealing great intelligence and depth of feeling, and videos showing them reacting to music as humans do. Elephants got rhythm!
Inside the Ferguson Protests
Reading Time: 17 minutes A close look at what set off the Ferguson riots five years ago, and a closer look at the long-term abuse and predation the police subjected black citizens to every day.
How Epstein Got Rich: Clue Buried in Lawsuit?
Reading Time: 3 minutes A witness quotes a very interesting offhand comment by Jeffrey Epstein that may reveal at least one way he became so rich.
Dancing Bird Becomes a Star, Baffles Scientists
Reading Time: 3 minutes You have to see it to believe it! A bird that boogies with skill, invention, and exuberance.
Israel: Settlers and the Two-State Solution
Reading Time: 3 minutes The struggle over every inch of land in Palestine has led to decades of conflict and could ignite the entire region at any time. Two videos explain one aspect of this problem — mainly from the Palestinian viewpoint — and highlight why no solution is in sight.
Bees: Bugs You Cannot Live Without
Reading Time: 2 minutes Two videos on the amazing contributions bees make to our very existence.
Welcome to the Museum of Moments
Reading Time: 3 minutes A collection of fascinating old documentaries capturing street scenes from New York and several cities in Europe, before and after World War I and II.
Another Outbreak of the Bloody Ebola Virus
Reading Time: 3 minutes Ebola is one of the most frightening infectious diseases in the world — and it is spreading.
The Paradox of Global Warming and Colder Winters
Reading Time: 1 minute Climate change may be understandable, but how can change related to global warming possibly lead to colder winters? It’s actually not that complicated.
Trump and the Mystery of Stupidity
Reading Time: 6 minutes Witty, hilarious, and incisive comments that explain stupidity — and breathtaking specimens of the thing itself as shown in statements of US politicians.
Recycled Plastic: From Rubbish to Masterpiece
Reading Time: 2 minutes Inspiring videos on innovative ways in which recycled plastic is getting a second life.
Tornadoes: Mayhem in the Merry Month of May
Reading Time: 2 minutes Tornadoes are dreadful, destructive things. Worse yet, they have been straying out of their own territory in recent years. But our little report is about their fascinating appearance and behavior, and we present a spellbinding video that shows what the excitement is about.
Immigrants! Who Needs Them?
Reading Time: 2 minutes The US is facing a physician shortage, and immigrants are ready to fill these vital positions — if the US government would only let them.
Mueller’s Problem: Trump Eats Evidence for Lunch
Reading Time: 2 minutes I could never understand why anyone would expect President Donald Trump to leave behind evidence of collusion with Russia. After all, Trump eats evidence.Former employee Omarosa Manigault Newman witnessed him indulging in this unusual diet after a meeting with Michael Cohen. In her book, Unhinged: An Insider Account of the Trump White House, she wrote, Read More
What Gun Background Checks Can’t Detect: Stupidity
Reading Time: 6 minutes Even if background checks legislation passes, it won’t detect a gun owner’s potential for doing spectacularly reckless things.
Oh What a Tangled Web… Timely Quotes on Lying
Reading Time: 7 minutes The God’s honest truth, according to these observers, is that everyone lies