Feeling Terrible After Your Covid Shot? Then It’s Probably Working.
A new study has an encouraging message for Americans who shy away from Covid shots because of worries about side effects: The chills, fatigue, headache and malaise that can follow…
California, Land of the Car, Could Soon Have Speed Cameras
California likes to think of itself as a cutting-edge lab for policymaking, a place where laws get passed first and then copied around the country. But for years, it has…
Interested in an Electric Vehicle? Consider Buying Used.
If you’re in the market for an electric vehicle, the time might be right to consider a used one. The high cost of electric vehicles has long dissuaded many people…
An Officer Is Charged With Murder. Colleagues Briefly Drop Their Guns.
When England’s prosecution service announced last month that a police officer would be charged with murder after fatally shooting an unarmed Black man in London, the news was met with…
In Gaza, some cheer returning fighters as others brace for Israel’s response.
Updated Oct. 7, 2023, 6:45 a.m. ET Oct. 7, 2023, 6:45 a.m. ET Israel and Gaza were at war on Saturday after Palestinian militants launched an early morning assault on…
Migrant Crisis Tests New Yorkers Who Thought They Supported Immigration
Carin Bail said she was walking with a friend in Queens this spring when they stopped to talk with a woman who was holding a baby and crying. The woman…
From the Fringe to the Center of the G.O.P., Jordan Remains a Hard-Liner
As a co-founder of the conservative House Freedom Caucus, Representative Jim Jordan, Republican of Ohio, once antagonized his party’s leadership so mercilessly that former Speaker John A. Boehner, whom he…
Days Before a Vote, Republicans Feud Over How to Choose a New Speaker
House Republicans, divided and demoralized after the ouster of their speaker this week, are now quietly feuding over how to elect a successor. The dispute, which erupted on Friday, suggests…
2:00PM Water Cooler 10/6/2023 | naked capitalism
By Lambert Strether of Corrente. Hat tip to Karabiner Elements, suggested long ago by alert reader Bobbo. Rather than take my MacBook in to repair the keyboard with the failing…
American Society Wasn’t Always So Car-Centric. Our Future Doesn’t Have To Be, Either. | naked capitalism
Yves here. This post provides a much-needed antidote to fixation on green energy wunderwaffen as the way to combat global warming. We’ve stressed the need for radical conservations, as in…