Nate Silver was right. His ideological antagonists were wrong. And that's just the beginning of the right's self-created information disadvantage. Reuters Before rank-and-file conservatives ask, "What

When doors open at the new location for the Museum of History and Industry at South Lake Union this December, visitors will be greeted by an audacious, 56-foot-tall kinetic sculpture: the permanent marquee installation by Northwest artist John Grade . Over 130 cubic-feet of computer-cut and…

THIS WAS SUPPOSED to be the race that Tagg Romney took easy. When his father ran for governor of Massachusetts in 2002, Tagg signed on as a full-time staffer and even served as the campaign manager for Mitt’s running mate. Four years later, when Mitt began to run for president, Tagg moved his family…

In theaftermath of the violence and death following the internet distribution of anexecrable anti-Muslim film, Muslims around the world expressed perplexity atthe West’s principle of “free speech.” Ho

In the 60 years after World War II, the United States built the world's greatest middle class economy, then unbuilt it. And if you want a single snapshot that captures the broad sweep of that transfor

Its getting to be Spring (at least in most of the country) and soon we’ll all be outside taking pictures. For a lot of people that’s going to include taking pictures the kid’s sporting events (or if y

Link: Executive Summary (pdf) Executive Summary This report contains the findings of a study carried out by the Centre for Academic Practice & Learning Enhancement (CAPLE) and Centre for Educational Technology and Interoperability Standards (CETIS), at the University of Strathclyde. The study…

In the comments of this post about chemistry sets and science education, gwdonnelly asked: As a kid I loved playing with tools, fire, magnifying glasses, etc, etc. Along with some mates I made thermit