Subject Exhibits a Proclivity to Self-Harm
Portside
Carolina poet Dan Albergotti ponders the death of democracy--and worse--asking: "Who chose this suicide?"
Lessons from Trump’s Health-Care Debacle
Project Syndicate
Activism matters. And political morale changes quickly.
Five Questions Investigators Want to Ask Michael Flynn
The Hill
Flynn could be questioned about which associates of Trump — including the president himself — knew about his associations with Russia, what they knew, and when they knew it.
Look at Two Fractals and Call Me in the Morning
The Conversation
Aesthetic images can induce staggering changes to the body, including radical reductions in the observer’s stress levels.
Make Every Democratic Senator Filibuster Gorsuch
Campaign for America's Future
Gorsuch is likely to vote to further loosen remaining restrictions on campaign donations by billionaires and corporations, restrict voting rights, allow the expansion of partisan gerrymandering, close courthouse doors to workers and consumers, overturn environmental and financial regulations, mix church and state, and make it more difficult for women to control their bodies and their health.
Parameter Ghosts
PARAMETER GHOSTS // from big blue boo on Vimeo.
Parameter Ghosts is an animation of otherworldly beauty. Technically, it's a random walk through the four-dimensional parameter space of strange attractors.
Tribute to Ahmed Kathrada
#AhmedKathrada (Uncle Kathy) , who died this week, was a giant of the South African liberation movement. His voice lost none of its edge or clarity until the end.
Nepotism, Impeachment & the Freedom Caucus
First Daughter Ivanka Trump gets a White House job, recently impeached South Korean President Park Geun-hye is arrested, and Donald Trump fights with his fellow Republicans.
Bob Dylan | Nobel Prize
Bob Dylan will accept the Nobel Prize in Literature at a private meeting Stockholm and will send a taped acceptance lecture.
Trump/Nunes Story Gets Weirder
Plus, Seth takes a closer look at Trump and the GOP's plan to allow Internet companies to sell people's Internet data.
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