02-19-2021

Articles

The lighter days of CNN’s Cuomo Brothers show are long gone

Some television shows age much better than others. For CNN, last spring’s prime-time banter between Chris Cuomo and his older brother, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, looks worse in hindsight as the governor’s administration is questioned about its role in failing to disclose the true number of COVID-19 nursing home deaths.

This Basic Math Shows How Wind Energy Failures Contributed To Texas’s Deadly Power Loss

Why did Texas lose power? Math — apolitical, non-ideological, and sometimes cruel math. During such an extreme cold for which Texas is mostly unprepared, the demands on the electric grid exceeded its output capacity. The majority of Texans heat their home with electricity, and, under typical circumstances, it makes sense.