Words For the Wise
Michael BalterPolitics, science, academia, #MeToo, investigations
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On having the same birthday as Donald Trump.
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Today is June 14, and that means there are three things you can celebrate.
You can celebrate Donald Trump’s birthday. He is 80 years old today.
You can celebrate my birthday. I am 79 years old today.
You can celebrate Flag...
The high stakes battle for who will take on Mike Lawler in NY's 17th Congressional District.
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I live in New York’s 17th Congressional District, which is currently “represented” by Congressman Mike Lawler. I put that word in quotes because in reality Lawler represents not the people of this district—he has voted for ev...
L.A. dodges a bullet: Two smart women will run for mayor, the reality show idiot is gone (for now.)
Los Angeles mayor Karen Bass/ official portrait.
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It’s an interesting question whether Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass would have preferred to face Republican reality star Spencer Pratt in the November runoff election, or the fo...
RIP Alan Riding (and so much of the American press corps in Paris.)
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Alan Riding, one of the New York Times’ most legendary correspondents, died this past Saturday in Paris. He was a very warm, likable man. I had the most contact with him in the first half of the 1990s, soon after I arrived in...
Just following orders, again. And just asking questions, again.
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You may have seen this news this afternoon (East Coast time) that the Kennedy Center—the entertainment complex formerly known as The Donald Trump and The John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts, and previously...
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Michael Balter is a journalist/journalism instructor based near NYC. Over 40+ years, he has written for Science, Scientific American, NYT, WaPo, SciAm, L.A. Times, CJR, Bon Appetit, Islands, SAPIENS, etc.
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