Just about every state in America has cracked down on fentanyl distribution, by stepping up arrests and increasing prison sentences. But few places are as aggressive as Riverside County, Calif.,…
A chorus of doomsayers say that comedy is dead, a casualty of the thought police. Others counter that our idea of what’s funny is simply changing with the times, getting…
Should your insurance company be allowed to stop you from getting a treatment — even if your doctor says it’s necessary? Doctors are often required to get insurance permission before…
When it comes to fiction, humor is serious business. If tragedy appeals to the emotions, wit appeals to the mind. “You have to know where the funny is,” the writer…
In December, Ellicia Chiu and Cher Su had just a few boxes in tow when they moved into a walk-up apartment in New York’s Lower East Side neighborhood. Before their…
Last week, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced, to immediate controversy, that she would deploy 1,000 members of the National Guard and the State Police to patrol New York City’s subway system…
Yves here. From very early in the war in Ukraine, experts have talked about the summer of 1914 feeling, of weak leaders, of aristocrats confident that any war would be…
Yves here. Tom Neuburger continues to document the high cost of global warming inertia. By Thomas Neuburger. Originally published at God’s Spies This is your regular reminder that no one…
Even as gangs terrorized Haiti, kidnapped civilians en masse and killed at will, the country’s embattled prime minister held on to power for years. Then, in a matter of days,…
Vice President Kamala Harris plans to meet with abortion providers and staff members on Thursday in the Twin Cities, a visit that is believed to be the first stop by…