Imagine these words as the first speech delivered by the incoming Secretary of Education.Today, I am here to deliver bitter medicine: American education has failed. Teachers and parents, administrato [...]

DOGE represents a harbinger of deregulation for an incoming Trump administration, especially with Dogecoin enthusiast Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy at the helm. [...]

Getting rid of the agency would cause a lot of harm and wouldn't really change school curriculum. [...]

After a bruising campaign season and a humiliating defeat at the polls, this week saw Dems' internal conflicts spilling out into public view. Party insiders are now engaged in tit-for-tat Twitter battles that do nothing to offer the party a roadmap back to political contender status. Instead, they confirm normies' worst caricatures of Democratic dysfunction. [...]

North Carolina voters spoke loud and clear two weeks ago when they elected Democrats to some of the most prominent statewide offices. [...]

Austin in an exclusive interview with NBC News called women in the military a strong asset. Trump's choice for Secretary of Defense has cast doubt on women in combat roles. [...]

The election has led some women to take the lead from the South Korean feminist protest by boycotting relationships with men. [...]

When electric power was a novel idea and just beginning to be adopted in urban centers, the industry had a Wild West feel to it as multiple companies strung wires, opened power plants, and sold electricity on an unregulated market. Competition was fierce, but state and local governments concluded that the inefficiencies and redundancies endangered the public and imposed higher costs. [...]

Peter Thiel during an interview with Bari Weiss last week spke about how modern science is failing to balance skepticism and dogmatism. [...]

The China-Saudi Arabia-Iran Trilateral Joint Committee met for the second time in the Saudi capital, more than a year after the Chinese-brokered deal that resumed relations between Saudi Arabia and Iran. [...]

The China-Saudi Arabia-Iran Trilateral Joint Committee met for the second time in the Saudi capital, more than a year after the Chinese-brokered deal that resumed relations between Saudi Arabia and Iran. [...]

Iranian officials have repeatedly denied pursuit of nuclear weapons. In recent months, however, the rhetoric from state media and hard-liners has increasingly shifted. [...]

Iranian officials have repeatedly denied pursuit of nuclear weapons. In recent months, however, the rhetoric from state media and hard-liners has increasingly shifted. [...]

Daraa, located close to the Jordanian border, is experiencing competition between armed groups and rampant drug smuggling amid the government’s inability to control the situation. [...]

Daraa, located close to the Jordanian border, is experiencing competition between armed groups and rampant drug smuggling amid the government’s inability to control the situation. [...]

International Atomic Energy Agency chief Rafael Grossi denied Israel's contention that a shuttered Iranian nuclear facility had restarted activity at the military complex it struck in Parchin, Iran. [...]

The latest indictment seeks lengthy prison sentences for the bank executives over a scheme targeting soccer stars. [...]

The latest indictment seeks lengthy prison sentences for the bank executives over a scheme targeting soccer stars. [...]

Hezbollah Secretary General Naim Qassem said the group agreed to negotiate with the United States and Israel on a cease-fire, but all depends on the Israeli position. [...]

Justin Klawans, The Week Cockroaches and E. coli are among the recent problems encountered in the skies [...]

Editorial, Issues & Insights By big cuts and a lot of creativity, government can be made both much smaller and better. [...]

Wayne Duggan, U.S. News & World Report The Berkshire Hathaway chairman continued to shed shares of Apple and Bank of America in the third quarter, among other moves. [...]

Hannah Docter-Loeb, Slate You can stay in the loop without checking in constantly. [...]

Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes These white-glove services are spreading fast as a way to manage and pass on wealth. [...]

Rachel Greszler, Heritage Foundation The rideshare industry works because it provides two crucial things: on-demand rides for customers, and flexible employment for drivers. Unfortunately, a [...]

Donald Lambro, Washington Times Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney has to do two things really well at his convention: Lay out in dramatic terms how bad the Obama economy is and [...]

Ezra Klein, WonkBlog I see that the Republican convention will feature a debt clock ticking away behind the speakers. It will also, as I understand it, consist entirely of speakers who [...]

Rick Newman, US News By now, everybody knows what's wrong with the economy: There aren't enough jobs, Europe is stuck in a financial quagmire and Washington is playing chicken with tax and [...]

Jason Ma, IBD Corporations are scaling back investment, hiring and inventories ahead of steep year-end tax hikes and spending cuts, the most concrete sign to date that uncertainty over the [...]

In this day and age, sorting out holiday gifts often proves a headache, especially for those already hard-to-shop-for folks. Surfing the mass of TikTok influencer gift reels and stumbling across the same dozen recommendations via online aggregators offers little inspiration for the immensely difficult process of sourcing the perfect present. The qualifications for a good […] The post Why Cowboy Boots Make a Perfect, Unique Holiday Gift appeared first on InsideHook. [...]

Finding the best gifts for the women in your life can be overwhelming. It’s why we took the liberty to narrow the big wide world of women’s products into one comprehensive gift guide. (You can check that out here.) However, we understand that we might need to get even more specific, particularly as it relates […] The post The Best Women’s Gifts Under $100 appeared first on InsideHook. [...]

We know the holidays aren’t exactly sexy, but once you’ve maxed out your credit cards on holiday shopping, spent some time tolerating your least favorite family members and reached listening capacity for “Let It Snow,” you deserve to put up your feet and take a load off (literally). It’s why we’ve gathered some of these […] The post 21 Best Sex Gifts for Sexier Holiday Sex appeared first on InsideHook. [...]

Not many writers can say they dramatically reshaped their area of expertise. But in the case of Arthur Frommer, who died this week at the age of 95, that would be an accurate reflection of his impact on how millions of people think about travel. In the mid-1950s, he published two books that made international […] The post Remembering Arthur Frommer, Who Changed the Way We Travel appeared first on InsideHook. [...]

Have you noticed that EVs are starting to get…a little weird? Automakers are past the initial phase of electric vehicle development: converting existing gas-powered platforms into battery-powered machinery, and doing their best not to scare off customers with unusual or daring features. Now, the normalization of EVs in the eyes of the market has seen […] The post Drivers Are Just Trying to Get Used to EVs. Why Complicate It? appeared first on InsideHook. [...]

There was a time when my mom would drag my begrudging 12-year old self into Free People, and I would pout outside the change rooms waiting for her to hurry up. Eagerly wanting to leave so that we could immediately sprint to what I believed to be the much cooler Urban Outfitters. Now, in my […] The post The Best Gifts for Her From Free People appeared first on InsideHook. [...]

For years, travelers have had — broadly speaking — two options when it comes to spending a night somewhere. If you wanted to spend a night with plumbing, a roof over one’s head and a selection of amenities, you’d stay in a hotel. If you wanted to be closer to nature, you could pitch a […] The post Some Hotels Are Embracing an Outdoors-Forward Approach appeared first on InsideHook. [...]

Earlier this year, Volkswagen and Rivian announced the establishment of a strategic partnership. At the time, Volkswagen Group CEO Oliver Blume explained that the purpose of the joint venture was “to create a leading technology architecture” for upcoming EVs from both companies. Now, as Autoweek‘s Jay Ramey reports, that collaboration has made its formal debut. […] The post Can VW and Rivian’s Partnership Help Them Weather the EV Storm? appeared first on InsideHook. [...]

I like ice. That’s not a controversial statement unless you’re talking about clear ice. But I pretty much use 2-3 medium cubes in every drink I make at home. The problem? Our tiny freezer can only fit about two ice trays (three on a good day) and if two or more of us are drinking, […] The post Review: Do You Need a Smart Ice Maker? appeared first on InsideHook. [...]

Remember Brooks Brothers? You know, the menswear retailer and white-collar bastion that’s been outfitting working men in classic style — think hopsack jackets with patches on the elbows and crispy corduroy shorts — for a century? Yeah, those guys. Well, with Thanksgiving quickly approaching you know what that means…it’s time for Black Friday deals. As […] The post It’s Time to Shop the Brooks Brothers Black Friday Sale appeared first on InsideHook. [...]

Ronald Beaty, RealClearHistory On a cold November night in 1989, the Berlin Wall, that stark symbol of division, crumbled under the weight of human desire for freedom and unity. This event, [...]

Carl Hulse, NY Times The last five presidents have all had periods where both the House and the Senate were in friendly hands — but most lasted just two years before the backlash set [...]

Greg Rosalsky, NPR Chinese immigrants sacrificed to create America's first transcontinental railroad. Its completion may have contributed to a backlash that led to the first major [...]

Staff, History-maps The conquests of Alexander the Great were a series of conquests that were carried out by Alexander III of Macedon from 336 BCE to 323 BCE. They began with battles against the [...]

Elizabeth Prine Pauls, Encyclopedia Britannica Native American - Tribes, Culture, History: The thoughts and perspectives of Indigenous individuals, especially those who lived during the 15th [...]

Christian Orr, The National Interest Since the Cold War thankfully never became a full-scale "hot war," the GUPPYs ended up never firing any shots in anger. [...]

Andrew J. Bacevich, New York Times An implicit question haunts this illuminating and richly detailed memoir by Michael G. Vickers, the senior intelligence official at the center of [...]

Jonathan Jarry, McGill University Did Nazis love yoga? That is the provocative title of one chapter in the recently published book Conspirituality: How New Age [...]

Hannah Osborne, Live Science A giant predator that lived 240 million years ago was decapitated with a single, brutal bite from a deadlier creature, scientists have said. [...]

Agence France-Presse MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay — Uruguay will melt down a bronze eagle found on a sunken World War II-era German destroyer off its coast 13 years ago, and recast it as a dove [...]

Minnesota is having a challenging year, so challenging they are approaching California as the wackiest state, according to other states. They have a chronic anti-Semitism problem, including a member of Congress who may soon have to register as a foreign national, a Governor so completely associated with violent protests that mainstream Democrats were baffled he was designated as their Vice-Presidential nominee in the 2024 election, and rampant distrust of science that made Robert F. Kennedy Jr. the darling of events there. read more [...]

Nearly 30 years ago, Minister Louis Farrakhan called for the Million Man March—a gathering of Black men to stand up for the power of Black people in reaffirming vigilance toward our civil rights and societal responsibilities. Now, as a Black transwoman, I see in the current government a need for similar action in Washington, D.C., for the transgender community, the LGBTQ+ community, Black people, Muslims, Latinos, and every other minority group.read more [...]

USERN (Universal Scientific Education and Research Network, https://usern.org) is a non-profit, non-governmental organization that supports interdisciplinary science across borders. Founded in 2015 by a distinguished Iranian Immunologist, Prof. Nima Rezaei, USERN has grown to acquire a membership of 26,000 members in 140 countries, from 22 scientific disciplines. From November 2022 I am its President.read more [...]

Attorney Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his US followers over the last 25 years have staunchly opposed vaccines, latching on to any claim that they cause autism or should be available for lawsuits even if they harm no one.They really won't like a new experimental vaccine for Smallpox and Monkeypox that avoids the side effects of a current live virus version while not needing two doses, as the replication-deficient virus version does. It uses the horsepox virus as a protective agent to confer the safety of a multi-dose vaccine in a single shot. read more [...]

Italy as we know it today had not been such since the days of the Roman Empire. You can see that last remnant today in the existence of The Vatican smack in the middle of Rome but at one point they held a substantial amount of territory. Like Americans, Italians are inherently rebellious. If you are on a plane flight and a flight attendant complains about someone smoking a cigarette, savvy travelers know it's an Italian in the bathroom. It is part of the reason Americans love Italian people. Unlike Americans, Italians had to fight not only each other for over [...]

In 2008, fresh off a decisive victory over Democratic establishment candidate Senator Hillary Clinton in the primary and one over highly-regarded Senator John McCain in the general election, President-elect Obama began to engage in worrisome behavior.His transition team, those who set the tone for his Cabinet and first 100 days, was over-represented with UFO believers. His inner circle included a guy who thoughts girls can't do math. I was only two years into science media by then so I believed that science academics were a cross-section of America - diverse - and that President George W. Bush hated science and [...]

Nowadays we study the Universe using a number of probes and techniques. Over the course of the past 100 years we moved from barely using optical telescopes, that give us access to the flux of visible photons from galaxies, supernovae, and other objects of interest, to exploiting photons of any energy - gamma rays, x rays, ultraviolet and infrared radiation, microwaves; and then also using charged cosmic radiation (including protons and light nuclei, electrons and positrons), neutrinos, and lastly, gravitational waves. read more [...]

When Senator Elizabeth Warren had her claims of native ancestry debunked by DNA testing, it was a warning shot to everyone who identifies that way - don't take a test. Most native Americans had long said that anyway, they knew how biology worked better Washington DC staffers. After five generations there is a chance there will be no evidence of an ancestor so natives have long told their communities not to participate. If there are only a few hundred in a database, the database is meaningless and natives tribes can continue their 'we agree you are and you agree you [...]

The 2024 Nobel Prize for Physics was awarded to John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton, who many have called “the godfather of AI”. The award seems apt for the time we are in.read more [...]

The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) vegetarian advocacy group has a paper out arguing that common broiler chickens not only learn more than the obvious, like which bowl has food, they get happier learning. Their marketing of the paper suggests they know who their key demographic is; middle-aged wealthy white women. And if you want them, you invoke "The Gilmore Girls", a show about a genius single mother with an equally intelligent daughter and they are best friends and talk really fast and use a lot of Proust references.read more [...]