Senior Counsel at the Brennan Center, working on criminal justice policy and understanding the impact of federal funding cuts. Hopefully building a better world for everyone, especially two little girls. Views my own, dad jokes and sci-fi takes welcome.
I forgot to post this working paper when we put it online a couple months ago, but we think it's really cool and you should read it. tl;dr: State targeting of even a small group of people can have an absolutely massive effect on turnout of the larger group bpb-us-e1.wpmucdn.com/sites.mit.ed...
“Miller owes his entire career to government investments in research and education. He grew up in Chicago and went to public schools. Neither of his parents went to college.” This is what public investment does, allow people to follow this path
How Trump’s “America First” Administration Could Shut U.S. Scientists Out of the Next Nobel-Worthy DiscoveryA proposed White House rule would give political appointees unprecedented control over scientific funding. One physicist, who helped discover the Higgs boson, explains how the rule would’ve stifled that breakthrough.www.propublica.orgIf you haven't picked up Emily Wilson's translation, please do! And don't miss this interview about a fascinating, tough call she had to make while translating one of the poem's very first words. www.nytimes.com/2017/11/02/m...
The First Woman to Translate the ‘Odyssey’ Into English (Published 2017)The classicist Emily Wilson has given Homer’s epic a radically contemporary voice.www.nytimes.comEMILY WILSONNow that many people are buying my 2017 metrical verse translation of the Odyssey in great numbers (thank you, Mr Nolan!), or at least, gazing at it and wondering whether to buy it, I thought I should share some thoughts on the cover design.
Anything Josh Ritter but this line, which he puts in the voice of Joan of Arc, is really something: "Christ walked on water, we can wade through the war -- you don't have to tell me who the fire is for" www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMhq...
To the Dogs or WhoeverYouTube video by Josh Ritter - Topicwww.youtube.com
