One of the most misunderstood creatures in this country is crotalus, a genus of venomous pit vipers most people simply call rattlesnakes. Crotalus horridus, also known as the timber rattlesnake or canebrake snake, epitomizes the deeply ambivalent relationship Americans have with this animal, which Benjamin Franklin considered a symbol of our nascent country-and which...
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Update: An explanation of the delegate selection process, as well as CD vote totals. Overview of the primary, by the New York Times.
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Update: Blood drive in Southern Brooklyn – Saturday 11/10/2012, 12-6 PM, Kings Plaza Shopping Center, 5100 Avenue U, Brooklyn, New York 11234. Volunteer opportunity this Saturday, courtesy of Rockaway Recovery. The details are listed below. Local businesses and news media are doing what they can to help out those who’ve been heavily-impacted by Hurricane Sandy.
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Update to the Update: The Atlantic has some remarkable pictures of the storm. More Hurricane Sandy photos and videos, courtesy of GizModo. The New York Daily News is tracking Sandy. Atlantic City is living up to its name, and parts of the Bronx appear to be underwater. Half of the people living in my...
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One of the most exasperating aspects of the current immigration debate is the persistent use of cliches, which have come to replace logical, factual arguments. Probably the worst purveyor of myths about immigration policy is the Roman Catholic Church in the United States, whose bishops and priests have repeatedly demonized Americans-including much of the...
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