current events

News you can use. Alexander Acosta is resigning from what cabinet post in response to criticism of a lenient plea deal for Jeffery Epstein that he approved of as the…

A Wednesday tradition. Name either the California congressman who just exited the race for the Democratic presidential nomination or the impeachment-happy billionaire who just entered it. What outspoken member of…

This would be a good time to do a round on sesquicentennials but current events is a Wednesday tradition and there is one question I really want to ask today.…

It's been a while, so my definition of "current" for this one will be a bit generous. Florence is the first major hurricane of the 2018 season, but it is…

Perhaps a little less current than usual since I haven't done one in a while. Four time Wimbledon winner Novak Djokovic is a citizen of what country? 17 people died…

No time like the present. What Pulitzer-prize winning conservative columnist and pundit (and Harvard trained psychiatrist) died this week at the age of 68? What U.S. brand is most closely…

As long as stuff continues to happen I'll keep asking questions about it. What is the most recent entry in the following (ordered but incomplete) sequence: Sir Barton, Whirlaway, Citation,…

Such as they are. It was announced this week that Microsoft is acquiring what software development and version control platform that is widely used by the open source community? What…

Sorry for the extra long weekend. Once more unto the breach! What is the name of this woman, a former Obama aide and the subject of recent controversial tweet? What…

Same as it ever was. What African nation recently applied to rejoin the Commonwealth of Nations (aka the British Commonwealth) after leaving in 2003? Prior to the Las Vegas Golden…