Opinion | I Wish My Father, Ronald Reagan, Could Remind Trump What America Stands For
My father spoke only once to me about why he wanted to be president of the United States. It was the night of his inauguration in 1981. I had been…
Opinion | Musk Doesn’t Understand Why Government Matters
Elon Musk’s life is a great American success story. Time and again, he has anticipated where the world was headed, helping to create not just new products but new industries.…
Links 3/8/2025 | naked capitalism
Chastity or Fornication? London Review of Books Athena Spacecraft Declared Dead After Toppling Over On Moon CNN Misdiagnosis of Chronic Conditions as ‘In Your Head’ Causes Lasting Damage The Conversation…
Days of Clashes in Syria Kill More Than 300 Civilians, War Monitor Reports
Three days of clashes between forces from Syria’s new government and fighters loyal to the ousted dictator Bashar al-Assad have killed more than 300 civilians and scores of combatants from…
Russian Strikes Kill 20 in Eastern Ukraine
Russian strikes killed 20 people in the war-torn eastern Ukrainian region of Donetsk on Friday night, a sign that Moscow is stepping up bombardments of cities critical for Ukrainian logistics…
How Mayor Eric Adams Lost New York City
Pearson retained his privileged position even after October 2023, when he sparked a physical altercation with security guards at a migrant shelter by refusing to show his ID, in accordance…
Gene Hackman Lost His Wife and Caregiver, and Spent 7 Days Alone
Before Gene Hackman faded from public view in his adopted hometown of Santa Fe, N.M., the locals would see the aging movie star on the golf course or in his…
Starship Explosions Show SpaceX No Longer Defying Gravity
For SpaceX, 2025 should have been the best year yet. Elon Musk, the founder of the private space company, is one of the most influential people in the Oval Office,…
Elon Musk Is Making Republicans Sweat and Giving Democrats a New Target
He held court in the Oval Office in a T-shirt and blazer with a child clinging to his shoulders. He takes private meetings on Capitol Hill, offering his phone number…
Trump’s Affinity for Putin Grows More Consequential Than Ever
In early 2017, American intelligence agencies delivered an unequivocal judgment about why President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia had ordered a sprawling effort to sabotage the recent American presidential election.…