Новости за 30.01.2017

President Donald Trump’s executive order denying certain refugees and immigrants entry into the United States has been met with spontaneous nationwide protests and widespread condemnation by journalists and politicians—even some members of his own party. “We ought to all take a deep breath and come up with something that makes sense for our national security and again for this notion that America has always been a welcoming home for refugees and immigrants,” said Republican Senator Rob Portman. Читать дальше...

When Adventure Time premiered in 2010, I was sixteen, and the first episode was widely sent around my high school with some variation on the line: Can you believe this kid’s show? It’s so *trippy*. It was that association with psychedelia that very likely got the show from children to stoners, and from stoners to the broader audience of teens and young adults it now enjoys. Google the show, and you’ll find no shortage of professional TV criticism focusing on Adventure Time’s technicolor aesthetic... Читать дальше...

Iranian scientist Samira Asgari was one of many people from around the world caught in President Donald Trump’s executive order banning people from seven Muslim-majority countries from entering the U.S. On Saturday morning, Asgari was scheduled to fly from Frankfurt to Boston, where she had a visa to work as a post-doctoral fellow at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, to study the relationship between genetics and tuberculosis. But before she could board her flight, she was stopped by an U.S. consular... Читать дальше...

After President Barack Obama took office eight years ago, conservatives were reminded that, to quote Adam Smith, there is a great deal of ruin in a nation.