I know, right? Like claiming the Revolution was fought mainly to preserve slavery... our willingness to colorize history today is mind-blowing. And dangerous.

...and while Housing First programs have shown some promise for addressing homelessness at the individual level, they haven’t been shown to be as effective at the community level. Nor do they have a stellar record of addressing the issues of mental illness, addiction, lack of employment and social isolation among homel…

While “housing supply, rising rents, and stagnant wages” may be responsible for homelessness, leaving substance abuse, it’s pretty weird to leave out substance-abuse, addiction and lack of access to mental health care.

Highly recommend using Dakboard (free version available) to create a DIY family dashboard you can put on a wall with an old monitor and a Raspberry Pi (or any family computer or tablet) to keep a live, central calendar visible.

A lot of clubs/schools/organizations have online calendars for which iCal feeds are available…

This.

The general public believes the average company makes a 36% profit margin, when the actual average is about 8%. Yes, there are huge salary gaps that sensationalize the issue, and yes, executives are also incentivized to maximize profit. But most CEOs aren’t Martin Shkreli, thankfully. The truth is generally somewhere…

In a free market, using open and honest practices to maximize profit is a company’s job, as the author points out. To an Exxon shareholder, it’s an expectation. Considering supply and demand can result in higher profit, and most corporations aren’t engaged in deceptive practices, price gouging, etc. (monitored by…

Ok, characterize it however you like... I’d prefer that the law didn’t change, but like most Americans historically, our system government and its institutions are distinct from the people who hold its offices and their political viewpoints, so our disapproval should be directed accordingly. And anger is justified,…

Burning a cake is somehow not protest? Did I miss a memo?

I’ve always been a fan, Claire.

Disagree, protest, lament...but a passive-aggressive expression of hatred towards our country because some of our fellow citizens don’t believe what we do is a bad look.

Or hey, maybe the symbolism of lighting your flag cake on fire isn’t the best for the 4th of July. Maybe add the fruit after the flambe?