This is why Republicans work so hard to keep history out of schools. They don’t want white children to know what their parents and grandparents did.

Just posted this exploration of the new approaches to geothermal energy production that may increase its use. Renewable energy that is not intermittent is essential. andthewest.stanford.edu/2024/in-the-sh…

Hamilton in Federalist 69: The US President “would be an officer elected by the people for four years; the king of Great Britain is a perpetual and hereditary prince. The one would be amenable to personal punishment and disgrace; the person of the other is sacred and inviolable”

The illogic of the Court’s immunity ruling was laid bare in Justice Jackson’s dissent: “The official-versus-unofficial act distinction seems both arbitrary and irrational, for it suggests that the unofficial criminal acts of a President are the only ones worthy of prosecution.

When Lincoln was shot he wore a coat embroidered with “One Country, One Destiny.” I’ve turned to those 4 words to help me process this moment. This assassination attempt was one of the worst events I’ve seen in our democracy. It feels like we are a country unmoored…THREAD

“Disagreement is inevitable in American democracy. It's part of human nature. But politics must never be a literal battlefield — God forbid, a killing field.” — President Biden in remarks tonight from the Oval Office.

President Biden: "In America, we resolve our differences at the ballot box, you know that's how we do it, at the ballot box, not with bullets. The power to change American should should always rest in the hands of the people, not in the hands of a would-be assassin."

“In America, we resolve our difference at the ballot box … not with bullets,” Biden said.

Just WOW:

Many thanks to Dr. Gill who has been fighting the fight against dust for decades.

Crowd at Lincoln Memorial as Martin Luther King, today 1963, says, "I have a dream":

I have so much admiration for my journalism colleagues across the nation. I deeply believe the public only benefits from more journalism -- and more journalists.

I only hope that they are as fortunate as I am to work for an institution as strong as The New York Times in its conviction to remain independent in the weeks and months ahead. It's essential for the future of American democracy. And please vote. Your voice deserves to be heard.

Removing dams from the Klamath River in Northern California seems like a clear win for fish and rivers. So why do some locals hate it? Some of their reasons are real, some imagined, and all important to understand. hakaimagazine.com/features/the-o… via Hakai Magazine

Two recent views of the nation's future, Jack Smith's below and Fiona Hill's here, coincide. Both should be taken seriously. politico.com/news/magazine/…

JD Vance He's the only professor in the country that teaches a course on Ukrainian history. He's a great professor with a lot of work. His book, Bloodlands, was fantastic. I highly recommend it. You just dislike him because he doesn't like the Sec Def pick, but the pick was controversial

Having served as a Moscow correspondent in the early days of Putin's reign, this reminds me of how the Kremlin took over its own press pool and made sure that only compliant journalists were given access.

At great personal risk, reporters in countries like Moldova, Cypress and Myanmar have been fearlessly covering stories no one else will touch. Now, with $130 million in cuts, many are cutting staff or preparing to shut down. New from me, w/ Ben Mullin nytimes.com/2025/02/26/bus…

Spoke on the The Wall Street Journal What’s News podcast about the renewal of Israeli airstrikes on Gaza — the most extensive strikes since a fragile cease-fire was reached in January podcasts.apple.com/il/podcast/wsj…

A Palestinian co-director of an Oscar-winning film who was attacked by Israeli settlers in the West Bank and then detained by Israeli forces was released from custody Tuesday after being blindfolded and beaten, his lawyer said. My latest wsj.com/world/middle-e…