Opinion | Let’s Talk About Biden, Trump and … Taylor Swift
Bret Stephens: Hope you had a lovely Thanksgiving, Gail. Peggy Noonan had a terrific column last week in The Wall Street Journal, making the case for why Taylor Swift should…
In Countdown to Iowa, Trump Is Coasting, as DeSantis and Haley Clash
Negative mailers are overstuffing Iowa mailboxes. Attack ads are cluttering the airwaves. And door knockers are fanning out from Des Moines to Dubuque and everywhere in between. The Iowa caucuses,…
Opinion | Trump Has a Master Plan for Destroying the ‘Deep State’
I study government bureaucracies. This is not normally a key political issue. Right now, it is, and everyone should be paying attention. Donald Trump, the former president and current candidate,…
After Historic Drinking Water Settlements, PFAS Personal Injury Lawsuits Loom | naked capitalism
By Shannon Kelleher, a staff reporter. Originally published at the New Lede. In the wake of landmark settlements requiring chemical giants 3M and DuPont to pay billions to US water…
Opinion | Should Big Tech Get to Write the Rules of the Digital Economy?
One reason that the idea of free trade has fallen out of fashion in recent years is the perception that trade agreements reflect the wishes of big American corporations, at…
Opinion | The Witch Hunt Underway in Russia
When Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, the Feminist Antiwar Resistance quickly formed and became one of the loudest protest movements in the country. More than 100 of its activists have…
Can Certain Foods Really Reduce Your Cancer Risk?
On average, more than one in three people in the United States will develop cancer at some point in their lifetime, according to the American Cancer Society. And many of…
200 Years of the Monroe Doctrine Is 200 Too Many | naked capitalism
Yves here. Some useful background on the Monroe Doctrine. Even early on, US ambitions exceeded its reach, and its view became more expansionist over time. By John Raby, a retired…
A Final Wave of Sex-Abuse Lawsuits as One-Year Window Closes in New York
In the year since a one-time window opened in New York State allowing people to file sex-abuse lawsuits even after the statute of limitations had expired, more than 3,000 civil…
Huge Turbines Will Soon Bring First Offshore Wind Power to New Yorkers
The pier on the Connecticut coast is filled with so many massive oddities that it could be mistaken for the set of a sci-fi movie. Sword-shaped blades as long as…