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Trofim Lysenko, left, speaking at the Kremlin in 1935, with Joseph Stalin standing, right. (Wikimedia Commons) Trofim Lysenko was an agronomist who in the 1930s caught Stalin’s ear with a bogus theory: that grain seed could be conditioned to grow quicker and more abundantly in all sorts of climates, like growing bananas in New York and apples in the Arctic. Stalin loved it and made Lysenko’s theory law. He became the Soviet Union’s leading geneticist. He was flacked in honors, including three Stralin prizes and six Orders of Lenin prizes. The moment scientists began questioning his meth...

Although I approve of the idea that a president can, all on his own, pardon or offer clemency to people in prison who have been the innocent victims of corrupt judges, incompetent juries or their political enemies, in practice it often leaves something to be desired. Just in the past 20-odd years, we’ve seen a financial philandering fugitive, Marc Rich, granted a stay-out-of-jail card because he had contributed a handsome sum to Bill Clinton’s re-election campaign. We saw Barack Obama pardon domestic terrorists because he recognized fellow community organizers when he saw them. And ...

United Press International | Dec 23, 2020 | News | 3 File Photo White House Coronavirus Coordinator Dr. Deborah Brix says she will retire after the transition of President-elect Joe Biden’s administration is complete. In an interview with Newsy Tuesday, Birx said she will help with the Biden transition but will retire soon after, saying that the holidays have been hard on her family — primarily after reports that she’d traveled to Delaware with relatives over the Thanksgiving holiday against the advice of health officials. “I will be helpful in any role that people think I can be hel...

Dr. Deborah Birx, top gov't COVID-19 expert, to retire after Biden transition By (0) White House Coronavirus Response Coordinator Dr. Deborah L. Birx speaks to reporters during a briefing with members of the White House Coronavirus Task Force at the White House on November 19. File Photo by Chris Kleponis/UPI/Pool | License Photo Dec. 23 (UPI) -- White House Coronavirus Coordinator Dr. Deborah Brix says she will retire after the transition of President-elect Joe Biden's administration is complete. In an interview with Newsy Tuesday, Birx said she will help with the Biden transition but wi...