Tariffs on Brazil Could Leave Coffee Drinkers With a Headache

Wow, going after coffee drinkers and caffeine addicts? That’s an unforced error. Talk about messing with the wrong crowd, and a likely bipartisan one at that. Perhaps this will finally unite Americans like few other issues can.

This is what democracy looks like in Philadelphia.

ABC Says Terry Moran, Suspended for Social Media Posts, Will Not Return ABC News suspended Mr. Moran on Sunday after he wrote on X that Stephen Miller, the deputy White House chief of staff, was “a world-class hater.”

The capitulation is breathtaking.

Opinion | A.I. Will Destroy Critical Thinking in K-12

"Personally, I do not trust McMahon to responsibly administer anything having to do with A.I. when she repeatedly confused A.I. with A1, the steak sauce, in a speech this year."
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I’m happy to report that I’ve been appointed by the ASA to be the next Editor of Contexts Magazine! I look forward to working with the current editorial leadership and staff to continue this publication’s esteemed tradition. Many thanks to the ASA Publications Committee for their vote of confidence!

Opinion | Why No One Should Trust This Trump-Putin Phone Call There are too many unanswered questions that raise suspicions.

"Our nation has never so brazenly sold out a country struggling to be free... If Trump and Vance do that, the mark of Cain will never wash off. They will go down in history as “Neville Trump” and “Benedict Vance.”” www.nytimes.com/2025/03/18/o...

Trump Administration Aims to Eliminate E.P.A.’s Scientific Research Arm More than 1,000 chemists, biologists and other scientists could be laid off under a plan to dismantle the Office of Research and Development.

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After Trump’s Victory, Republicans Trust the Election System Again Surveys taken since Donald Trump’s win show a resurgent faith among the president-elect’s supporters, and little Democratic appetite for conspiracy theories.

This reads like a headline from the Onion

Amid cuts to basic research, New Zealand scraps all support for social sciences Scientists shocked as “blue-sky” Marsden Fund has half its budget shifted to research focused on helping economy

I hope this isn't a harbinger of what's coming to Washington in January...

Opinion | Nurses, Chaplains and Teachers Should Not Be Replaced With Technology We’re increasingly becoming a society where very wealthy people get human care, like concierge medicine and private schools with tiny class sizes.

Here's a terrific NYT column on #TheLastHumanJob by @allisonpugh.bsky.social and her important findings on the loss of "connective labor" and the degradation of modern life for everyone but those in the super-affluent classes.

Trump Plans Tariffs on Canada, China and Mexico That Could Cripple Trade The president-elect said that he would impose the across-the-board tariffs on Day 1 and that they would stay in place until the three countries halted the flow of drugs and migrants.

In addition to that, all citizens will be required to change their underwear every half-hour. Underwear will be worn on the outside so we can check.

Hi Jonathan! Hope you had a nice birthday, and everything is going well in Chicago.

Florida Tries a Subtler Way to Curb Progressive Ideology: Cut Sociology Conservatives in Florida have moved from explosive politics to subtler tactics to uproot liberal “indoctrination” in higher education by removing classes like Sociology from core requirements.

Well, this isn’t good.

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Opinion | End the Criminal Cases Against Trump Democracy’s ultimate verdict has been delivered.

Um, no.
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If confirmed by the Senate, I believe Sean Duffy would be the first US Cabinet member ever to get his start on MTV's The Real World.

Eric Adams's Budget Cuts Have Set Up New York City's Parks to Burn By cutting the exact people meant to keep the city's parks free from fallen, dead trees and keep the forests healthy, the mayor has set up a tinderbox that's already igniting.

NYC is on fire because Eric Adams took a hatchet to the Parks Department budget, firing 51 forestry specialists who remove the dead trees and invasive species most likely to ignite during dry periods.

Some basic math about cutting government Putting the wild Muskawamy numbers in perspective

Muskawamy are claiming they will cut $2 trillion in government spending, and 75% of federal employees. Are such numbers feasible?
No, unless they absolutely gut state capacity and the safety net. 🧵
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