Trofim Lysenko is one of history’s most prolific, if lesser known, mass murderers. The head of the Institute of Genetics at the Soviet Academy of Sciences from 1940 to the mid-1960s, Lysenko demonstrated that you don’t need a Gestapo or Red Guard to cause death on a massive scale, just bad brains. Lysenko dismissed Mendelian …
Re: Guidance for Federal Financial Assistance (2 CFR), Vol. 91 Fed. Reg. No. 103 (May 29, 2026) Sections addressed: [200.205], [200.300], [200.340], [200.432], [200.454], [200.461] (plus additional provisions listed below) What is at stake The stated goals of this proposal — transparency, accountability, and oversight of taxpayer dollars — are ones I share. But its operative …
The 6-3 SCOTUS decision in Louisiana v. Callais, essentially gutting the Voting Rights Act, adds a new verse to a very long and sad song. Here we are, 250 years into this experiment we call the United States of America, and we’re still unable to erase the stain of slavery from our collective soul. …
Traitor. It is a strong term, especially when applied to the current Vice-President of the United States. But hear me out, and see if my logic is sound. The Merriam-Webster definition of traitor is as follows: 1: one who betrays another’s trust or is false to an obligation or duty 2: one who commits treason …
The president of the United States is insane. His inner toddler, never very well hidden, is now running the show. Trump is proudly smearing the contents of his mental diaper over everything within reach: He has turned the White House into a gaudy homage to his idea of grandeur, while placing mocking commentary under the …
Dear President Trump, We all know how popular and important you are. People across the world wait on your every word, knowing that the wisdom you provide will make them stronger, smarter and happier. That is why I think it is important to warn you about JD Vance. He pretends to be your friend and …
Turning points in history are rarely expected. They are triggers, tipping the scales suddenly in one direction or the other. During my life, the assassination of JFK, 9/11, COVID and Chernobyl come to mind. Such events catalyze reactions that can be neither predicted nor controlled. John F. Kennedy was the last truly unifying president of …
I used to travel fairly regularly between Boston and DC, and spent a lot of time at Logan Airport waiting for the USAir shuttle. One such day, as the gate was closing for the previous flight, an oddly proportioned young man came storming up to the gate, and began berating the woman behind the counter. …
On November 23rd, 2020, as Trump was busy attempting to overturn an election that he had lost, I wrote a letter to the Washington Post. Rather than describing what I wrote, I’ll just re-print it here: “As anyone who has personally had cancer or watched a loved one deal with the disease can tell you, …
This past weekend, here in Massachusetts we celebrated the 250th anniversary of the battles of Lexington and Concord. Much of the actual fighting took place during the British retreat back to Boston in the village of Menotomy (now Arlington), between Lexington and Medford. It was there that militias from multiple towns in the Massachusetts Bay …