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The Truth About Aliens Is Still Out There

February 22, 2023 There, about, still, Aliens, Truth0 comment

The question is not whether aliens exist—I’m firmly in the “Hell yeah, they do!” camp—but rather when we’ll have enough hard evidence to end the decades-long debate over said existence. Believers in UFOs have gotten some tantalizing clues over the past few years. Those 2019 New York Times videos of zig-zagging, Tic Tac–like vessels with curious propulsion are always worth a rewatch. Likewise, the huge New Yorker feature by Gideon Lewis-Kraus, “How the Pentagon Started Taking UFOs Seriously,” is pretty much required reading before you offer a qualified opinion on…

White House cites special counsel’s probe in declining to be transparent about Biden classified docs

January 17, 2023 White, special, cites, docs, transparent, Declining, Classified, about, counsel's, Biden, House, probe0 comment

The White House on Tuesday defended its lack of transparency with the public about classified documents that were discovered in President Biden’s home and former office, saying a special counsel’s probe restricts what can be released. The Washington Times stories: White House

White House deletes tweet about Social Security after Twitter adds fact-check

November 2, 2022 FactCheck, White, Twitter, adds, tweet, deletes, after, security, about, House, Social0 comment

The White House on Wednesday deleted a tweet crediting President Biden for increasing the size of Social Security payments, which had actually gone up because of a cost-of-living increase tied to inflation. The Washington Times stories: White House

Survey: Half of federal chief data officers are unclear about responsibilities

November 2, 2022 half, data, Unclear, Officers, responsibilities, about, federal, survey, Chief0 comment

Chief data officers in federal agencies have been in the government for a long time, but that doesn’t mean they are clear on their responsibilities. That’s according to a recent survey of CDOs conducted by the Data Foundation. The chief data officer role in federal agencies was established in 2018 by an act of Congress. In the four years since, the Data Foundation has conducted surveys of the people who fill these roles responsible for data governance. This year, the survey sponsored by Guidehouse found that while CDOs tend to…

Justice Jackson’s Crucial Argument About Affirmative Action

November 2, 2022 action, crucial, Argument', Affirmative, Jackson’s, about, Justice0 comment

Yesterday, an hour and a half into the marathon hearings about whether colleges can use race as a factor in admissions decisions, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson began to rub her temples as she looked down at her notes. “We’re entertaining a rule where some people can say what they want about who they are and have that valued in a system,” she said. “And I’m worried that that creates an inequity in the system with respect to being able to express our identity.” Black and Latino applicants would be limited…

Do Voters Care About John Fetterman’s Stroke?

October 17, 2022 about, voters, John, care, Fetterman’s, Stroke0 comment

Every second of every day, oxygen-rich blood is coursing through your brain. Your heart pumps it up through your chest and neck, along tinier and tinier arterial tubes, twisting and turning among the grooves and lobes of gray matter until it reaches the brain cells it’s meant to nourish. But this journey can be interrupted. An artery can get clogged—often by a free-floating, gelatinous clot—which halts the flow of blood. The clog will starve your brain’s cells of oxygen. Within moments, your brain’s tissue will start to die. This is…