A few days ago, there was a report that the Harris campaign is in trouble and the Trump campaign is "extremely bullish" on former President Donald Trump's chances to win the presidency. [...]

A Donald Trump victory on Election Day would raise hard questions for Democrats. How could they have lost to such a uniquely awful opponent? [...]

Elites are building a system to control and constrain Americans' self-expression and political freedom. [...]

The plummeting American birthrate has become a partisan political issue. [...]

When Kamala Harris took over Joe Biden's ailing campaign this summer, she went looking for help. [...]

She's wildly, catastrophically, incontestably out of her depth. [...]

American journalism has experienced a spectacular collapse in the last 25 years - daily newspaper circulation has declined from over 60 million subscribers to just over 20 million. [...]

I can't shield my daughter from negativity. But I can continually redirect her attention to the rocket-showing her all the ways our species is incredible. [...]

Lebanon's prime minister told AFP on Tuesday his country was ready to bolster the army's presence in the country's south if there is a ceasefire to end weeks of intense Israeli air strikes and ground incursions targeting Hezbollah.Najib Mikati said the international community had engaged in "serious efforts" to impose a ceasefire, which he said the Iran-backed militant group had already accepted. [...]

The Turkish government defended a proposed tax on credit cards on Tuesday, saying it was needed to fund the arms industry and protect the country as conflict rages in its neighbourhood.Indignant Turks, who already face double-digit inflation, called their banks to lower their credit limits after the ruling AKP party submitted the tax bill to parliament on Friday.The legislation comes as Israel's conflicts with Tehran-backed Islamist militants in Gaza and Lebanon, and missile strikes by Iran, have raised global concerns that a broader war could erupt in the Middle East. [...]

Israeli leaders insist that a retaliatory strike against Iran is on its way, but reports say the attack could be a limited one and will focus on military targets. [...]

Israeli leaders insist that a retaliatory strike against Iran is on its way, but reports say the attack could be a limited one and will focus on military targets. [...]

Thousands of Cubans, led by President Miguel Diaz-Canel and other leaders of the communist-run island, marched in Havana on Monday to express solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza.The demonstrators, including some 250 Palestinian medical students living in Cuba, carried a large banner that read "Long live free Palestine," while the president and his allies wore traditional keffiyeh scarves. [...]

The International Committee for the Red Cross called on Monday for Lebanon's health care system to be protected after reports that Israeli strikes hit medical staff during fighting between Israel and Hezbollah. "I really... appeal for the protection of healthcare workers, for ambulances, for hospitals, for primary health centres," said Nicolas Von Arx, the ICRC's regional director for the Near and Middle East."Attacks on health facilities are deeply worrying," he added. [...]

The statement comes amid a public debate on the possible revival of a process aiming to settle the country’s 40-year-old Kurdish problem through peaceful means. [...]

The statement comes amid a public debate on the possible revival of a process aiming to settle the country’s 40-year-old Kurdish problem through peaceful means. [...]

Lebanon's health ministry said at least 21 people died Monday in a rare Israeli strike on a northern Christian-majority village, far from Hezbollah strongholds, with DNA tests being conducted to identify body parts.A Lebanese security official told AFP the building "housed families displaced from Lebanon's south, and was targeted shortly after a man had arrived in a car".He requested anonymity to discuss sensitive matters. [...]

Iran said Monday it currently sees "no grounds" for its indirect talks with the United States via intermediary Oman, citing the crisis in the Middle East.In June, Tehran said it had engaged in indirect talks with Washington via Muscat, despite the two countries having no diplomatic relations. US news website Axios reported at the time that officials from Iran and the United States held indirect talks in Oman "on how to avoid escalating regional attacks". [...]

Gonzalo Schwarz, Fox News Economists who relate the American Dream to "social mobility" claim that, because fewer people are out-earning their parents now as compared to the 1940s, there's a [...]

Neal Boudette, The New York Times On a sunny Friday morning last month, Mike Duggan, the mayor of Detroit, got behind the wheel of his black Jeep Grand Cherokee to give a tour of the city he [...]

Market Minder, Fisher Investments Headlines haven't moved on, but markets have. [...]

Joseph Calhoun, Alhambra Investments As we enter the final quarter of 2024, there are a lot of questions facing investors. There are, of course, always a lot of questions because investors are [...]

Juan Londoño, Examiner While Big Tech is using innovation to enhance people's lives during natural disasters, the government seeks to micromanage these companies and break them up. [...]

Abdallah Fayyad, Vox Politicians need to get realistic about what it will take to protect Social Security. [...]

Roben Farzad, BusinessWeek September is that cruelest month for the stock market. It's the only month that has dropped on average since the Roaring Twenties. Come Monday night, when Wall [...]

Carla Fried, CNNMoney Income-starved investors looking to amp up their portfolios have been turning to foreign bonds -- for obvious reasons. The 4.2% payout on the average foreign [...]

R. Ponnuru, Bloomberg While the Romney and Obama camps have made increasingly bitter accusations about each otherâ??s plans for Medicare, a bipartisan consensus on entitlements has emerged [...]

Doug Schoen, Forbes It's a testament to how bad the American employment market has gotten that the most recent jobs report was met with applause. The Labor Department's July jobs figures [...]

There is a good chance that you, like us, woke up this morning and decided it was finally time to bust out your serious sweats. There is an equally good chance that the options available to you were limited to flimsy athleisure that, while great for hitting errands and busting out a cold-weather jog, do […] The post Outerknown’s Seasonal Sale Includes Their Perfected Sweats appeared first on InsideHook. [...]

They don’t make ’em like Orvis anymore. Closing in on two centuries of history outfitting East Coast outdoorsmen, the Vermont-based appareler’s collection of functional clothing and rugged gear has cemented it as a cult favorite among American labels. Think L.L. Bean but a little less summer camp and a little more fly fishing. As is […] The post Save Big With Orvis’s Sitewide Sale appeared first on InsideHook. [...]

When the subject of electric vehicles comes up relative to Mexico, it’s largely in the context of overseas automakers setting up operations there. That includes both Tesla and BYD exploring the idea of building vehicles there; earlier this year, CNBC reported that China was also the largest automotive exporter to Mexico. That might be about […] The post Mexico Has Ambitious Plans For Domestic EV Production appeared first on InsideHook. [...]

Maybe there’s something in the air, but life and likeness rights appear to be rumbling around the collective unconscious right now. Pink Floyd’s recent blockbuster catalog sale included name and likeness rights, and the current season of Only Murders in the Building has also included a subplot about life rights. While this can seem like […] The post Jack Nicklaus Is Enmeshed in a Life Rights Dispute appeared first on InsideHook. [...]

Few bodies of water can boast that they’ve inspired songs by both Randy Newman and R.E.M., but the Cuyahoga River is relatively unique in that world. Unfortunately, it might be more accurate to say that the river in question is infamous rather than famous — specifically, for being so polluted that it literally caught fire […] The post Ohio’s Famously Polluted River Isn’t What It Used to Be appeared first on InsideHook. [...]

What does the future of professional sports look like? Increasingly, the answer to that question involves an international reach. The NHL is reportedly looking into moving some of its regular-season games to European venues. The Chicago Bears are playing at London’s Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. And Major League Baseball has been expanding its global horizons as […] The post An Overseas Super Bowl Makes a Surprising Amount of Sense appeared first on InsideHook. [...]

There are plenty of things that can go into a memorable stay at a hotel. For some travelers, that could stem from staying in a residence designed by an acclaimed filmmaker. For others, a singular experience might arise from renting a vintage car for local travel. And if you’ve ever thought that the one missing […] The post This Hotel Lets You Stay in a 737 Without Leaving the Ground appeared first on InsideHook. [...]

There’s a new — or at least renamed — team in the NHL this year, and they call Salt Lake City’s Delta Center home. This is the outfit currently known as Utah Hockey Club, though that name is likely to change in the coming seasons. Previously, they’d called both Arizona and Winnipeg home; now, they […] The post Turns Out Utah Hockey Fans Really Like Drinking Beer appeared first on InsideHook. [...]

Dried fish bladders are not something most people would expect to compare to cocaine, and yet that appears to be the world in which we live. Recent reporting from Jo Chandler at Nature explores the growing popularity of substance referred to as “cocaine of the seas” — also known as fish maw, which is made […] The post Organized Crime Has a Growing Interest in Dried Fish Bladders appeared first on InsideHook. [...]

Happy (early) birthday, YouTube. To celebrate the site’s 20th anniversary, we present: The InsideHook Guide to YouTube, a series of creator profiles, channel recommendations and deep dives about the viral, controversial, unstoppable video-sharing giant.  Today, I want to talk about Whiskey Dic. No, not the bedroom issue. This is about Bill Eburn’s popular and engaging brown […] The post Bill Eburn Is a Whiskey Lover’s Best Friend appeared first on InsideHook. [...]

Lesley Kennedy, HISTORY President Cleveland lost his first reelection bid—then came back four years later to win back the White House. [...]

M. Newall, Philadelphia Inquirer Marquis de Lafayette gifted the sword to a soldier who had survived Valley Forge and later fought under Alexander Hamilton [...]

Paul Kengor, Spectator Resisting the revolutionaries' new holiday gets increasingly difficult as they saturate our culture with it, much as they have with an entire Pride Month. Their [...]

Alexander Lee, Historytoday One of Greek tragedy's 'big names', Euripides survives largely in scraps and fragments. What can 78 new lines from Ino and Polyidus reveal? [...]

Ashley Strickland, CNN Hairs trapped in cavities of the infamous lions that hunted humans in Kenya's Tsavo region in 1898 revealed the surprising prey of the massive cats, a study found. [...]

Kayti Burt, Time Netflix's new Korean action film, co-written by acclaimed auteur Park Chan-wook, blends class warfare with literal warfare. [...]

Michael Scanlon, SSRN This is a near-author's cut of an essay entitled "Odysseus Lost" that was published by Chronicles on January 26, 2024. The Chronicles version, which benefited f [...]

Sean Durns, Washington Examiner "Someday science may have the existence of mankind in its power," the American intellectual Henry Adams wrote in 1862, "and the human race commit suicide, [...]

Reuters History buffs will be able to stroll close to the spot where legend says Julius Caesar met his bloody end, when Rome authorities open a new walkway on the ancient site on [...]

Christine Chung, New York Times A submersible craft carrying five people in the area of the Titanic wreck in the North Atlantic has been missing since Sunday, setting off a search and [...]