Opinion | What Linda Lavin Whispered to Me About Love and Need
Dec. 27, 2024, 2:30 p.m. ET Americans used to be enthusiastic about the idea of progress. If you had attended any of the World’s Fairs that were put on over…
Opinion | The Shame That Keeps Millions of Girls Out of School
Every year I choose a university student to accompany me on my win-a-trip journey, which is meant to highlight issues that deserve more attention. My 2024 winner was Trisha Mukherjee,…
The Year Ahead
Four days into the year and it’s all possibility right now. You have an idea of how things will go — what you’re looking forward to, what’s going to be…
Michael Hudson’s Introduction to Giorgio Buccellati’s At the Origins of Politics | naked capitalism
If you liked Michael Hudson’s introduction to Friedrich Schurtz’s book, the Origins of Money, this is a companion introduction dealing more with technology and urbanization than with money. Giorgio Buccellati…
How Hybrid Tactics Targeted NATO Allies in 2024: Drones, Exploding Parcels, Sabotage
When mysterious drones began appearing over oil rigs and wind farms off Norway’s coast about three years ago, officials were not certain where they came from. But “we knew what…
‘The Interview’: Antony Blinken Insists He and Biden Made the Right Calls
Four years ago, after the tumultuous first Trump administration, President Biden came into office promising to rebuild old alliances and defend democracy. The man tasked with doing that on the…
Biden to Dole Out 19 Medals of Freedom, and One Unmistakable Message
With 16 days left in a political career that spanned a half-century, President Biden is expected on Saturday to confer one of the nation’s highest honors on core members of…
Who Are the 19 Recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom?
President Biden is expected to recognize an expansive cast of public figures, celebrities and cultural luminaries on Saturday with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor, covering…
Jimmy Carter’s Funeral: See the Full Schedule of Events
Over the next six days, various dignitaries, supporters and ordinary citizens will celebrate Jimmy Carter at several funeral events across the country that honor his life and career in public…
Tracing the New Orleans Attacker’s Secret Radicalization
His electric truck was already headed toward New Orleans, traveling from his trailer home outside Houston and past the twinkling oil refineries to the east, when Shamsud-Din Jabbar began capturing…