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Not a bad idea. If I were a woman looking to take an Uber late at night, I would probably opt for a female driver if given a choice. The problem though is that there won't be enough female drivers to meet the demand.

I posted some polls today. Early results suggest a lot of my followers believe that European-ancestry people are more American than people from other groups, even if those other people have ancestors who have been here a lot longer than theirs. (See attached example.) What,…

Second poll for American citizens only. Which of these US citizens is most American? (1) Navaho person in Arizona (2) European-ancestry person whose ancestors arrived in 1600s (3) Subcontinent Indian-ancestry person who arrived in 2015 (4) All are equally American

Obama has not been formally charged with treason because he has not committed treason. That is, there is no evidence of him "levying war against the United States [i.e., taking up arms against it] or adhering to its enemies, giving them aid and comfort." The above definition…

In physics, the lived experiences of black women deserve the same weight as "white empiricism."

I was matching a movie from the 70s last night and a character mentioned cream soda. It occurred to me that I hadn't thought about cream soda since I was a kid. (Does it even still exist?) Cream soda falls into the same class of foods/drinks that root beer and pancakes do — the…

If you follow me you know that I prefer legal immigrants who can instantly add value to America. This is why I like high-achieving Indian immigrants. No doubt racism and envy drive a lot of white rightwing antipathy toward Indians in the US, but these aren't the only reasons…