"Science" Editorial: Accelerating science with AI   Dear Commons Community, Darío Gil and Kathryn A. Moler have an editorial essay in today’s edition of Science entitled, “Acce […]

University of Virginia Asked Its Community to Weigh in on Trump’s Compact – “Stand your ground.. it’s what Thomas Jefferson would have wanted.”     Faculty, staff, students, and alumni rally at the University of Virginia to oppose President Trump’s proposed “Compact for A […]

George Will refers to Trump and company as "A sickening moral slum of an administration" Trump Fights Sleep During Cabinet Meeting on Monday – The New York Times   Dear Commons Community, George Will, The Washington Po […]

Online Students Critical for Sustaining University of North Dakota! Dear Commons Community, Online programs in the North Dakota University (UND) System and the nonresident students enrolled in them are […]

Goldman Sachs: Mass Layoffs are Climbing to the Highest Levels in Over a Decade! Courtesy of Bloomberg. Dear Commons Community, Mass layoff notices are climbing to unsettling levels, a new study by Goldman Sachs has […]

The Dishonesty of the Northwestern University Deal with the Trump Administration! Dear Commons Community, Jonathan Zimmerman, a professor at the University of Pennsylvania, had an opinion piece yesterday in The […]

How 200 New Yorkers Foiled an ICE Raid Before It Even Began Immigration activists interact with NYPD as they block a garage used by ICE vans during a protest against a purported ICE raid on Canal […]

The Oxford English Dictionary 2025 Word of the Year Is ‘Rage Bait’ Credit…Amir B Jahanbin Dear Commons Community, Oxford University Press has chosen “rage bait” — defined as “online content deliber […]

Slain National Guard Member Sarah Beckstrom’s Ex-Boyfriend Said She Called Her DC Deployment ‘Pointless’ Sarah Becktsrom.  Courtesy of the Associated Press. Dear Commons Community, Adam Carr, the  ex-boyfriend of Sarah Beckstrom, the 20- […]

Has Marjorie Taylor Greene Really Seen the Light? Marjorie Taylor Greene. Credit…Damon Winter/The New York Times. Dear Commons Community, Tressie McMillan Cottom had an opinion essay […]

MacKenzie Scott’s college roommate once loaned her $1K. Now it’s the billionaire’s turn to invest! Jeannie Tarkenton (AP Photo/Megan Varner) Dear Commons Community, Jeannie Tarkenton, a Princeton University classmate once loaned […]

"Carmen" at The Met! Scene from Carmen Dear Commons Community, Yesterday, my wife, Elaine and I saw Georges Bizet’s Carmen at The New York City M […]

Peter Hegseth – “Kill them all” on board drug vessel Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth.   Photo: Yves Herman/Reuters. Dear Commons Community, The US military carried out a follow-up s […]

Book: Whither the world’s winds – Simon Winchester probes the history and future of the planet’s gentle breezes and brisk gales   Dear Commons Community, Yesterday, Science had a review by Sara Boon, a freelance writer from Vancouver Island, of Simon […]

Trump Plays with Crime Facts in Washington, D.C. – There have been 24 homicides since Federal Troops have been deployed! Photo:  Cato Institute Dear Commons Community, On Tuesday, Trump discussed his crime-fighting efforts in Washington, D.C., claiming […]

National Guard member Sarah Beckstrom dies after DC shooting (Photo credit: MS NOW) Dear Commons Community, One of the two National Guard members shot in what authorities described as a […]

Happy Thanksgiving 2025!   Dear Commons Community, May you and yours have a Happy Thanksgiving.  If you are in New York, take in the Macy’s Parade – a tradition in the Big Apple like no other. Tony

Another Jonathon Kozol Book: "Savage Inequalities" Dear Commons Community, Two weeks ago I blogged about the book, Amazing Grace by Jonathon Kozol.  I have just finished another book by […]

Layoffs surge and consumer confidence tanks just in time for Thanksgiving – Thank you Trump! Trump attends a meeting with healthcare companies Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk, November 6, 2025.  REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst© provided by A […]

A federal judge dismissed the prosecutions against former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James! James Comey and Letitia James Dear Commons Community, A federal judge yesterday dismissed the prosecutions against former FBI Director […]