In 2012, astronaut Ron Garan did an AMA on Reddit. In between questions about aliens (he didn’t see any in space) and where his coffee came from (recycled urine), he responded to a question about why we should accept the risks of a future mission to Mars. Garan quoted a colleague: “If the dinosaurs had […]

A lot has happened in the last six weeks, to put it mildly, and it can be hard to see through the dust and tell what’s actually ongoing.  The government threatened tariffs, backed off, then did the tariffs, and then started carving out tariff exceptions for connected-enough constituencies.  We did showy military deportation flights then […]

Welcome to The Logoff. Today I’m focusing on Donald Trump’s effect on the economy, because we’re seeing some early indications of how the president’s policies are affecting the rest of us — and because the markets may influence his behavior going forward. What’s the latest? We got two early signs of how Trump’s economy is doing today. The […]

Spoiler warning: This post contains spoilers for the winner(s) of The Traitors’s third season. Bambi. Gaggy. Ciggy Mommy. Newlywed. America’s Sweetheart.  Former Bachelorette star and podcast host Gabby Windey has, at times, embodied all those ideals, and now she can add one more title to her bio: Traitors season three winner.  Windey, along with fellow […]

The iconic musical Hamilton canceled its high-profile plans to perform next year at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, reports the New York Times. The news comes just weeks after President Donald Trump got himself declared chair of the Kennedy Center. “This latest action by Trump means it’s not the Kennedy Center […]