By now you know that Donald Trump won the New Hampshire Republican primary by double digits, an unimpressive "only" 11%.  The way the upcoming primaries are shaping up, Nikki Haley has no chance of overtaking Trump, and,  as I detailed yesterday, the best hope for any kind of Republican victory is for Trump to embrace Haley as his vice-presidential running mate .  It was mostly a waste of time and effort for Democrats, but  Joe Biden also won , easily, through a write-in campaign. Last week Wednesday , I compared the two scientific journals most respected by researchers and academia.  From  Quora : But  iLovePhD  shows that #2 is not  Science , but  The New England Journal of Medicine , which is fine for the medical profession.  I thought the  Journal of the American Medical Association  would be higher rated, but it is only at #11. Last week,  FeedSpot  listed its 45 Best Science Magazines. Science  is #1. Scientific American  #2. Discover Magazin e #5. Popular Science Magaz

Ron DeSantis has dropped out of the Republican primary race, and endorsed The Donald.  Note the GOD OVER GOVERNMENT sign.  That is a surprise.  I thought both he and Nikki Haley were planning to hang in to the end, hoping Donald Trump would be judged so guilty that he couldn't continue his campaign.  Trump should win the New Hampshire vote over Haley on Tuesday, and crush her in South Carolina on February 24.  Thus, as she was governor of that state, look for her to drop out before or soon after that date. In case you were wondering what this fuss was about Biden not being on the New Hampshire primary ballot,  Democrats bypassed Iowa and New Hampshire, and will count South Carolina as the first primary state , even though no one of any substance is running against him.  New Hampshire, however, got pissed off about being sidestepped--although they say they are required by law to do this--so went on with the ballots anyway, showing his absence.  Thus, if Democrats choose to show up,

Joe and Jill Biden came and went.  A lot of unanswered questions about the Lahaina Apocalypse.   A  Star Advertiser  article  this morning about how this all started seems to exonerate Hawaiian Electric as the cause.  The number of deaths stayed steady at 115, with a thousand or so still missing.  A horrid thought is that most of them might forever be unidentified, for the fire was so sudden and hot that it was like an incinerator, and bones were turned to ashes, then scattered by the nearly hurricane speed winds, perhaps making it impossible to determine who is who and what is what.  Yevgeny Prigozhin, leader of the Wagner group that revolted exactly two months ago, apparently was killed, and probably assassinated, in a plane crash near the town of Kuzhenkino today.  Putin strikes again.  Here is a  list of who he has eliminated  in suspicious ways. Surely you will want to watch live from Milwaukee the  first Republican presidential debate  on Fox News today at 9PM EDT.  Trump will no