Update on the War on Science
Shawn speaks with In The Moment host Lori Walsh on South Dakota Public Radio LISTEN
Don’t Know Why
Shawn talks with Norah Jones and music producer Matt Whyte about creativity, being comfortable not knowing why, and The War on Science on...
Life is change
In one month, my wife left a 17 year career in politics and my mom died. My mom was an immigrant who advocated for immigrants, and who lived
The March for Science is a March for Democracy
Cross-posted at Huffington Post The upcoming March for Science is in many ways a March for Democracy, and if you like freedom and...
A Plan To Defend Against the War on Science
The challenge of creating a public able to parse evidence-free “facts” rests with the press, educators and other thought leaders...
America, We're Better than This
Yesterday I posted about the tragic shooting of Philando Castile in a placid Saint Paul, Minnesota suburb. My son lives where it happened...
Texas Lt Gov. Dan Patrick Must Resign Over Anti-LGBT Tweets in Wake of Club Shooting
Cross-posted at Huffington Post ORIGINAL POST: Hours after a gunman reportedly massacred 50 people at an Orlando gay nightclub. Texas...
Minnesota sitcom is like ‘The Office’ – but nerdier
Mary Jo Pehl plays Elisabeth Crönk, the newly hired second assistant general manager of the Renaissance Festival in “RenFest.” Reprinted...
A Science Quiz for the Candidates
Cross-posted at Huffington Post In the days following the historic Paris climate summit, in which 195 countries for the first time agreed...
The War on Science
ISBN-13-978-1571313539 "Wherever the people are well informed," Thomas Jefferson wrote, "they can be trusted with their own...