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A low-cost wireless solution to help get you through those pesky internet outages

If you’re like me, what once were tolerable home internet outages now seem to last forever. My basic online needs aren’t great — reading…

Nov 1, 2020

A low-cost wireless solution to help get you through those pesky internet outages

Nov 1, 2020

Lindsay Ellis’s Axiom’s End, a smart and thought-provoking first-contact thrill ride

I am a big fan of Lindsay Ellis and her video essays analyzing film and literature. I can’t click “play” quickly enough when one of them…

Sep 3, 2020

Lindsay Ellis’s Axiom’s End, a smart and thought-provoking first-contact thrill ride

Sep 3, 2020

Tickling the tail of the COVID-19 dragon

In trying to come up with a metaphor that captures the ill-considered approach used by many Republican governors to address the COVID-19…

Jun 28, 2020

Tickling the tail of the COVID-19 dragon

Jun 28, 2020

It’s time for us to have “the talk” about COVID-19 and the need to stay the social distancing…

I think it’s time we sat down and had “the talk,” the facts of life talk, that is. In this case, it’s going to be the facts of life under…

Apr 15, 2020

It’s time for us to have “the talk” about COVID-19 and the need to stay the social distancing…

Apr 15, 2020

It’s time to submit your Official Georgia Absentee Ballot Application

If you’re a registered voter in Georgia, you should receive an Application for Official Absentee Ballot in the mail by Friday, April 10…

Apr 6, 2020

It’s time to submit your Official Georgia Absentee Ballot Application

Apr 6, 2020

Some hygiene tips for Facebook posting in the era of COVID-19

If your Facebook newsfeed is anything like mine these days, it is filled with COVID-19-related posts, some of them good, some of them bad…

Mar 21, 2020

Mar 21, 2020

Embracing impeachment rope-a-dope: the critical importance of pursuing Congressional subpoenas in…

Holding the American electorate in low regard is hardly something new. Quoting journalist and social commentator H.L. Mencken from a 1926…

Nov 23, 2019

Embracing impeachment rope-a-dope: the critical importance of pursuing Congressional subpoenas in…

Nov 23, 2019

“A Warning” — just say no to more Trump porn

Although “A Warning” by an unnamed a senior Trump administration official won’t be released until November 19, advance copies are out and…

Nov 8, 2019

“A Warning” — just say no to more Trump porn

Nov 8, 2019

It’s all in the timing: a tale of two detonations

You might think that this double-barrelled cannon sitting next to City Hall in Athens, Georgia could be prop in some sort of misguided…

May 19, 2019

It’s all in the timing: a tale of two detonations

May 19, 2019

On Trump’s running out the clock on Congressional subpoenas: why the Supreme Court is of little…

As I have discussed elsewhere, one constructive side-effect of the Donald Trump administration and its abundance of deliberately…

May 14, 2019

On Trump’s running out the clock on Congressional subpoenas: why the Supreme Court is of little…

May 14, 2019

The better angels of Robert Mueller’s nature

As I scoured the Mueller Report the past couple of days for yet more evidence of presidential crimes, I found myself in the position of…

Apr 20, 2019

The better angels of Robert Mueller’s nature

Apr 20, 2019

The fine legal mess we are in with the National Emergencies Act

One of the few upsides of having Trump as president is that it has inspired me to take a closer look at constitutional law. The legal…

Feb 20, 2019

The fine legal mess we are in with the National Emergencies Act

Feb 20, 2019

Calling bullshit on tribalism as the source of our political woes

I’d like to call bullshit on laying the troubles this country is enduring on some faceless monster called “tribalism.” Which is not say…

Aug 29, 2018

Aug 29, 2018

Someone is responsible for destroying American democracy and, surprise, it’s not the Russians

One of my favorite science movies is Steven Soderbergh’s 2011 Contagion. Not only is it smart and riveting, it also features three strong…

Jul 23, 2018

Jul 23, 2018

A few cautionary words on behalf of accused Russian agent Mariia Butina

I rise to speak on behalf of — but necessarily in defense of — Mariia Butina, the Russian political science graduate student now in federal…

Jul 18, 2018

A few cautionary words on behalf of accused Russian agent Mariia Butina

Jul 18, 2018

A call for international action against the Trump administration for its crimes against humanity

I believe that it’s time to open up a new front against the Trump administration and its cruel and inhumane treatment of families and…

Jun 21, 2018

A call for international action against the Trump administration for its crimes against humanity

Jun 21, 2018

Feeling good about Donald Trump feeling bad

I know that this admission makes me a “bad person” — I’ve been called worse — but I take a considerable amount of consolation in knowing…

Apr 23, 2018

Apr 23, 2018

Some biology Easter eggs for you from the movie Annihilation

Alex Garland’s new science-fiction film Annihilation is a wonderfully crafted exploration of a thought-provoking concept: what if our first…

Apr 1, 2018

Some biology Easter eggs for you from the movie Annihilation

Apr 1, 2018

The real Russian victory with the election of Donald Trump, no pee-pee tape required

I find it laughable that people, including former CIA Director John Brennan, believe that the Russians have something on Donald Trump that…

Mar 21, 2018

The real Russian victory with the election of Donald Trump, no pee-pee tape required

Mar 21, 2018

I ain’t ‘fraid of no post: the real Russian threat to our electoral system

Not to come off as a complete contrarian, but I’m not all that worried by the kind of threat posed to our electoral system by the brigade…

Feb 18, 2018

I ain’t ‘fraid of no post: the real Russian threat to our electoral system

Feb 18, 2018

Marc Merlin

Marc Merlin

My interests include science, politics, philosophy, and film. I am the former Executive Director of the Atlanta Science Tavern a grassroots science forum.

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