Inside the Manhattan Courtroom at the Center of American Politics
It was about 2:30 on Monday afternoon when the first 96 potential jurors filed into a drab courtroom in Lower Manhattan to encounter the world’s most famous defendant: Donald J.…
Day 1 of Trump’s Criminal Trial: Five Takeaways
The criminal trial of Donald J. Trump, the nation’s 45th president and the Republican Party’s presumptive nominee, started Monday with potential jurors assembling in a drab courtroom in New York…
More Economic Effects of Our Ongoing Covid Pandemic (with Cognitive Dysfunction and the Labor Market) | naked capitalism
By Lambert Strether of Corrente. Previously in this series of round-ups, we looked at Covid and global GDP, as well as GDP in various counties; at the effects of interventions,…
Bank of Korea considering forward guidance overhaul | Reuters News Agency
Economy 05 April 2024, 11:20 am 1 minute By Reuters News Agency Reuters exclusively reported that the Bank of Korea is considering overhauling how it provides guidance on the likely…
Four Wild Ways to Save the Koala (That Just Might Work)
It was spring in Queensland, Australia, a season when many wild animals find themselves in trouble, and the Currumbin Wildlife Hospital was a blur of fur and feathers. A groggy…
Philip Johnson’s Brick House and Its Hidden Boudoir, Exposed
Diptych, dyad, dialectic: The relationship between the first pair of buildings Philip Johnson designed for his estate in New Canaan, Conn., has taxed the metaphorical imaginations of critics and architectural…
He Was Blinded in One Eye, but Salman Rushdie’s Vision Is Undiminished
Last May, nine months after the knife attack that nearly killed him, Salman Rushdie made a surprise appearance at the 2023 PEN America literary gala. His voice was weak and…
Opinion | Iran Just Made a Big Mistake. Israel Shouldn’t Follow.
It would be easy to be dazzled by the way Israeli, American and other allied militaries shot down virtually every Iranian drone, cruise missile and ballistic missile launched at Israel…
Opinion | For Israel, Revenge Should Be a Dish Served Cold
After several days during which Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei repeatedly vowed that “the evil Zionist regime” would be punished for its April 1 attack on Iran’s embassy complex in Damascus…
Far Right’s Ties to Russia Sow Rising Alarm in Germany
To enter a secret session of Germany’s Parliament, lawmakers must lock their phones and leave them outside. Inside, they are not even allowed to take notes. Yet to many politicians,…