Data analysis says the Republicans are in a downward demographic spiral.

How to get the attention of your favorite expert.

Amazing / dismaying history of how British sub-groups that settled different US regions kind of determined modern partisanship.

Great New Yorker piece on the inimitable Anthony Bourdain.

Don’t worry: binging Netflix can be a healthy habit.

Success in nine words: do all the crap you don’t feel like doing.

Punxsutawney Phil: incompetent or evil?

More on fighting Trump: former congressional staffers on best practices for making Congress listen.

Californian dreams and their winner-takes-all industries.

Amazing, vintage Jewish sci-fi: On Venus, have we got a rabbi!