Another Shoe Drops in the Florian Jaeger Affair
WBNS-10TV Last month Madison Pauly reported on Florian Jaeger, a linguistics professor at the University of Rochester: Celeste Kidd was elated when she learned, in 2007, that she had been invited to interview for a Ph.D. program at the University of Rochester in New York….As she began the interview process, Kidd was told that in…
Donald Trump’s Hometown Papers Denounce His Roy Moore Support
A day after President Donald Trump defended Roy Moore, the Republican Senate candidate in Alabama accused of sexually abusing teenage girls, the president’s hometown papers agree: Trump is backing a “perv.” One of those rare days when arch-rivals came up with the same headline… pic.twitter.com/HxLjoSrmbi — Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) November 22, 2017 The nearly identical…
The Pixies Have Mellowed Out, But They’re Still Selling Out Shows
The Pixies. Travis Shinn Joey Santiago, lead guitarist of the Pixies, is in LA and—predictably—stuck in traffic. But rather than rage about it, he says it puts him in an ethereal mood. “Traffic moves a little bit and a car honks,” he tells me over the phone. “It’s a nanosecond, calm down.” The Pixies are on the…
I Went to a Potluck That Embraced Awkward Political Conversations
Guests gathered in the Bay Area for a potluck and political conversation. J.T. Trollman It’s that time of year when we gather with family and friends to share a meal and catch up, swap stories, and perhaps, if your family is like mine, steer clear of talking about Donald Trump over our turkey dinner. …
Native American Dishes You Can Cook This Week
Courtesy The Sioux Chef Lakota Chef Sean Sherman, known as “The Sioux Chef,” is on a mission to revive the pre-Reservation cuisine of Indian tribes—food that’s largely gone missing from the American diet. Now Sherman is out with a new cookbook, The Sioux Chef’s Indigenous Kitchen, featuring sumptuous recipes for North Woods ingredients: think griddled…
The Mayor of San Juan Isn’t Finished With Donald Trump: “Power Does Not Make You a Good Person”
San Juan, Puerto Rico Mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz, and Committee on Homeland Security ranking member Rep. Luis Gutiérrez, D-Ill., attend a House Democratic Leaders news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2017. Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP Ten days after Hurricane María ripped through Puerto Rico—lashing the island with 155-mile-per-hour winds and pounding rain…