Opinion | The Truth About Your Bacon
We used to raise hogs on our family farm here, and to be honest I didn’t much like them. Defenders of farm animals sometimes compare pigs to dogs, but our…
Maine woman, 87, fights off then feeds hungry burglar
Marjorie Perkins woke to find an intruder standing over her. Neither of them expected what happened next.
Opinion | The Most Important Trial in U.S. History Should Be Televised
The only issue that Americans on all sides of our vast political divide seem to agree on is that we cannot agree on anything. Even basic facts have become matters…
Opinion | The Normal Paths to Beating Trump Are Closing
In the quest to escape Donald Trump’s dominance of American politics, there have been two camps: normalizers and abnormalizers. The first group takes its cues from an argument made in…
Joshua Sills: Philadelphia Eagles player acquitted of rape and kidnapping
Joshua Sills, 25, an offensive guard for the NFL franchise, is found not guilty by a jury in Ohio.
Opinion | Coup-Coup-Ca-Choo, Trump-Style
WASHINGTON — The man who tried to overthrow the government he was running was held Thursday by the government he tried to overthrow, a few blocks from where the attempted…
Anna Netrebko: Top Russian soprano fired over war sues Met Opera
Anna Netrebko was dropped by the Met Opera last year after refusing to denounce Russia’s president.
Links 8/5/2023 | naked capitalism
Dear patient readers, Links are a little light at launch today due to the need to say at least a little about the blockbuster RKF, Jr. suit against Google for…
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. v. Google Alleges First Amendment Violations via YouTube Censorship as a State Actor | naked capitalism
This has been such a depressing election season that the blockbuster lawsuit filed by Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. on Friday night is a welcome surprise. It also means that RFK,…
Imran Khan Sentenced to Prison, Dashing Hopes of Political Comeback
Former Prime Minister Imran Khan was arrested on Saturday after a trial court sentenced him to three years in prison, a verdict that will most likely end his chances to…