Opinion | Catch the Smug Mug on That Thug!
WASHINGTON — If there were any justice in the world, Donald Trump would have taken the Mug Shot of Dorian Gray. As with Oscar Wilde’s charismatic and amoral narcissist, the…
Opinion | Protecting Competition Is a Vital Goal
Americans have been living as subjects in a large-scale experiment in letting big companies do as they please, and the consequences are increasingly apparent in daily life. Compare the United…
Book Review: Two Critiques of America’s Ailing Health Care System | naked capitalism
Yves here. The first book is all about a topic we have discussed regularly: the horrorshow known as electronic health records. The second is about the cost and consequences of…
Ukrainian Commander Urges More Defenses in the Northeast
As Kyiv and Washington debate where Ukraine should commit troops along the war’s front line, Ukraine’s top general in the east has called for more reinforcements in a patch of…
The NYT & WSJ’s Critical Articles About Kiev’s Counteroffensive Explain Why It Failed | naked capitalism
Yves here. Even though Alexander Mercouris discussed these two pieces major stories separately, there’s merit in looking at them together, particularly since Korybko’s recap covers some tidbits that got left…
Spanish Soccer Federation Says It Will Sue Over Player’s Account of Kiss
Spain’s soccer federation late Friday threatened legal action to protect its president’s reputation after a member of Spain’s victorious women’s World Cup championship team said he had forcibly grabbed and…
Kremlin Considers How to Bring Private Military Group Under Its Control
The Kremlin is considering options on bringing the private military group Wagner under its direct control after the presumed death of its leader, Yevgeny V. Prigozhin, according to U.S. and…
Trump and His Co-Defendants in Georgia Are Already at Odds
In the Georgia case, the question of whether to change the venue — a legal maneuver known as removal — matters because it would affect the composition of a jury.…
Fact-Checking Vivek Ramaswamy on the Campaign Trail
Vivek Ramaswamy, an entrepreneur and author, commanded considerable attention during the first Republican primary debate as his standing was rising in national polls. Railing against “wokeism” and the “climate cult,”…
What China’s Economic Woes May Mean for the U.S.
The news about China’s economy over the past few weeks has been daunting, to put it mildly. The country’s growth has fallen from its usual brisk 8 percent annual pace…