Trump’s War on Knowledge
In a great article capturing the current efforts to make stupid “right”, Ariel Dorfman pulls together the stings in “Trump’s War on Knowledge.” From the NY Review of Books NYR Daily column, Oct 12, 2017.
Chile
LEGATION ATTACHE IS SHOT FOR MURDER
SANTIAGO, Chile, July 5.— Wilhelm Beckert, former chancellor of the German legation, was shot here today for the murder of a Chilean messen- ger of the legation on February 5, 1909. Beckert embezzled funds of the lega- tion and attempted to cover up his crime by making it appear that he had been burned to … [Read more…]