Opinion | When the Mad Lead the Blind
WASHINGTON — For weeks, the hottest ticket in town has been the British director Simon Godwin’s searing “King Lear” with a phenomenal Patrick Page, put on by the Shakespeare Theater…
Russia Leaves Neoliberal West to Join World Majority | naked capitalism
Yves here. As many of you know, despite being willing to give economists with a broad range of views a hearing, Putin’s approach to the economy has been pretty neoliberal,…
Clarence Thomas Proves Its Time for Supreme Court Term Limits | naked capitalism
Yves here. With so many news stories with the volume at 11, the Clarence Thomas bribery scandal (there’s no way to pretty this up even in the absence of an…
Death Toll From Russian Attack in Eastern Ukraine Climbs to 9
Rescuers on Saturday continued to pick through the rubble of an apartment block in the eastern Ukrainian city of Sloviansk as the death toll from Russian strikes there a day…
At Christianity’s Holiest Site, Rival Monks Struggle to Turn Other Cheek
JERUSALEM — As Orthodox Christians descended on Jerusalem this Easter week to visit the holiest site in their religion, a more earthly concern hovered over the holiday: Would rival monks…
For Former Friend of Boston Marathon Bomber, a Burden of Shame and Betrayal
Mr. Eddafali and his family had immigrated to the United States from Morocco in 1999, when he was 6, and he spent years reconciling his Muslim faith with his emerging…
Why China’s Leader Hasn’t Called the President of Ukraine
The last time President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine and China’s top leader, Xi Jinping, spoke, they celebrated 30 years of diplomatic ties, hailing their “deepening political mutual trust” and their…
The End of Faking It in Silicon Valley
SAN FRANCISCO — Faking it is over. That’s the feeling in Silicon Valley, along with some schadenfreude and a pinch of paranoia. Not only has funding dried up for cash-burning…
Bans on Transition Care for Young People Spread Across U.S.
Ten states in the past three months have passed laws prohibiting what is known as gender-affirming care for young people, in a rapid effort by Republican lawmakers across the country.…
Gunfire and Blasts Rock Sudan’s Capital as Factions Vie for Control
NAIROBI, Kenya — Gunshots and explosions rang out on Saturday morning in several parts of Sudan’s capital, Khartoum, as months of rising tensions between rival factions of the armed forces…