Delightful Middle East News, Unscientific American

<p>In so far as a scientific statement speaks about reality, it must be falsifiable; and in so far as it is not falsifiable, it does not speak about reality.  –Karl Popper</p> <p>The Middle East is thawing.  Bahrain and the UAE and Israel are cozying up and it's now obvious that if this had happened 8 years ago, it would have been front page news for weeks.</p> <p>Scientific American broke its 175-year policy of not endorsing Presidential candidates.  Why?  In part, because Trump wanted to repeal Obamacare (really!).  If you disagree with leftwing legislation -- just that alone -- you're unscientific now.</p> <p>A person who won't read has no advantage over one who can't read.  –Mark Twain</p>