Give it a rest: After witnessing the frenzy of false hope swirling around the Electoral College vote on Monday, Jim Newell wants everyone in the Democratic Party to just go home, fix a mug of glogg, and have a good think until 2017 rolls around.
Does Trump matter?: In the latest in a series of columns about the damage our PEOTUS could do internationally, Josh Keating asks whether Putin even needs Trump to accomplish his goals. Maybe; maybe not.
I’d prefer not to: Why is it so hard to get lesbians to sign on to participate in scientific research? Public health researcher Marybec Griffin-Tomas, who struggled to fill out a sample for a recent study, wonders if the relative flexibility of female sexual identity might have something to do with it.
Added value: At last! Rogue One is the first Star Wars movie since 1983 that makes the rest of the films more interesting to watch, Sam Adams writes.
For fun: Stevie Wonder. “Superstition.” Sesame Street. 1973!
That kid in the red shirt,
Rebecca
