Trumps 50 Year Mortgage

Mary Cunningham Morning Brew
Yet total interest on that same 50-year loan would accrue to about $816,000, almost double the $438,000 in interest paid over a 30-year term, he calculated.

Message at the Shore

Gene Grabiner
Poet Gene Grabiner offers an allegory of our demented leadership.

Is Our Universe Inside a Black Hole?

Neil deGrasse Tyson breaks down intriguing new evidence that our universe is inside a black hole and the edge of our universe is an event horizon.

Drop in U.S. Religiosity Among Largest in World

Benedict Vigers and Julie Ray Gallup
About half of Americans now say religion is not an important part of their daily life, a 17 point drop over the last decade. Such large declines in religiosity are rarely seen.

Media Monopoly Fuels Climate Denial

George Monbiot The Guardian
The fundamental problem is this: that most of the means of communication are owned or influenced by the very rich