The death of Chuck Berry over the weekend at the age of 90 has led to an outpouring of respect for a man widely recognised as one of the most important founding figures of rock and roll. His place in the music canon is undoubtedly deserved, and is likely to be enduring. Berry’s musical legacy
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Alejandra “Ali” Campoverdi is running for Congress in California’s 34th district. A former White House aide in the Obama administration, Campoverdi blasted Donald Trump in a recent campaign video. “If Donald Trump wants to have a conversation about women’s bodies,” says Alejandra Campoverdi, “let’s start with mine.” WATCH: I refuse to let @realDonaldTrump & Republicans
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When science fiction author Isaac Asimov devised his Three Laws of Robotics he was thinking about androids. He envisioned a world where these human-like robots would act like servants and would need a set of programming rules to prevent them from causing harm. But in the 75 years since the publication of the first story
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The Trump administration has released its proposed 2018 budget, and within it are some things worth cheering. Trump’s “America First budget” includes needed cuts to the regulatory state, defunds efforts to purchase more Federal land, eliminates funding for 19 minor government agencies, and makes significant cuts to a number of more significant ones — including
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair apologized for doing “too little” in response to the Irish Potato Famine of the 19th century that killed one million people and brought about the emigration of millions more. But in fact, the English government was guilty of doing too much. Blair’s statement draws attention to the question of what caused the
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