Agreed re: difference. Tangential to this topic: I must admit I'm pretty disheartened by how COVID-19 has devolved into people arguing about who's pro or anti-science rather than using this as an opportunity to be an adrenaline shot in recruiting the next generation of scientists; analogous to the o...

Traverse City area makes sense to me, as does Washtenaw County and Marquette. Ontonagan and Alger counties are pretty interesting and unexpected. Perhaps it's an artifact of their low populations? And hopefully by Flag Day the hospital system ends up being in better shape. I like that deadline! We ...

You can support Israeli right of sovereignty and security while also advocating for the protection of basic human rights for Arab Israelis and Palestinians. What percentage of the population of Israel is Arab? Do those Arabs living within Israel have rights? What percentage of the Palestinian terri...

The evidence surrounding the lab leak theory is still largely circumstantial - and as of yet, nothing conclusive has emerged. I will concede that the WHO investigation has been an embarrassment. They do not provide the methodology, nor the results, to support their conclusions and heavily rely on te...

Operation Warp Speed is a product of the Trump administration and it successfully leveraged the strengths of the public and private sectors to expedite the R&D, approval, and distribution of the COVID-19 vaccines. Any reasonable outlet acknowledges that, including The Atlantic and The New York Times...

Why would anyone set the bar at the atrocities of Nazi Germany? Because oddly enough, many of the people that claim America is systemically racist also support groups that call for the destruction of Israel and death to all Jews. I answered your question. Wanna take a shot at mine? Sure. I have no ...

Why would anyone set the bar at the atrocities of Nazi Germany? Because oddly enough, many of the people that claim America is systemically racist also support groups that call for the destruction of Israel and death to all Jews. I answered your question. Wanna take a shot at mine? Sure. I have no ...

Why would anyone set the bar at the atrocities of Nazi Germany?

As a rule of thumb, I never trust anyone who associates themselves with Barbara Walters...

Why the hell is anyone looking at his fly, much less obsessing over it?

The key lesson here is to be patient and avoid overreacting. Science is not the truth, but a messy method in which we try to understand the universe in which we occupy. Science dictates that our understanding is based on evidence and adapts to the presence of new evidence; and it's perfectly accepta...

Tangentially related question, what would you all consider your personal record for most skits you actually laughed at in a single episode of SNL? I don't recall that number ever going above 3 or maybe 4 on a "great" episode. It's always been several misses with sporadic hits for me. Of the late nig...

I think what some of you fail to grasp is that the 500.00 per week is a STARTING wage for an entry level position for someone with limited work experience in the 18 to 26 age range. A talented hard working individual can easily progress to earning upwards of 50,000.00 per year by the end of year on...

This is a place where I feel like the answer is somewhere in the middle of both parties. On the one hand, it doesn't make sense for the government to disincentivize work by paying people more money to stay out of the job than they would if they worked full time. On the other hand, the wages currentl...

It's quite cumbersome seeing politicians thinking they're above their own laws. They almost always get busted, too. I get that being Governor is stressful, especially in Michigan, but come on...