Month: May 2020

President Biden waxed poetic about race in America during a commencement address Sunday at Morehouse College, an HBCU in Georgia: [...]

It seems hard to believe, but there was a time when we Americans could go days, or even weeks, without hearing about Donald Trump. That ended nearly a decade ago, when Trump decided he wanted to be president. Now, he is a constant presence on the evening news and in the morning newspaper. He ensures it by manufacturing turmoil, threats and constant controversy. [...]

A new survey of key swing states shows how it could be done, but-granting its necessity-it sure sounds difficult. [...]

The upside-down flag at Samuel Alito's house after the Capitol attack reveals how disgraceful our supreme court has become [...]

Another day, another no-confidence vote for a university president. [...]

Plus, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and others gave $1 billion to the university in foreign gifts (2007-2022) [...]

Iranians gathered on Tuesday to mourn at the funerary procession of president Ebrahim Raisi in the northwestern city of Tabriz, the capital of East Azerbaijan province where he died unexpectedly in a helicopter crash.The helicopter lost communication while it was on its way back to Tabriz after Raisi attended a joint inauguration of a dam with his Azeri counterpart, Ilham Aliyev, on their common border. [...]

Amal Clooney helped the International Criminal Court weigh evidence that led to the decision to seek arrest warrants for top Israeli and Hamas leaders, the human rights lawyer said Monday.The high-profile British-Lebanese barrister posted a statement on the website of the Clooney Foundation for Justice, which she founded with her husband, American actor George Clooney. Both she and the foundation had previously been criticized on social media for not speaking out over the civilian death toll in Gaza. [...]

The United States said Monday that arch-enemy Iran sought assistance over a helicopter crash that killed president Ebrahim Raisi, as Washington meanwhile offered condolences despite saying he had "blood on his hands."The State Department said Iran, which has had no diplomatic relations with Washington since the aftermath of the 1979 Islamic revolution, reached out afer Raisi's aging chopper crashed in foggy weather Sunday."We were asked by the Iranian government for assistance," State Department spokesman Matthew Miller told reporters. [...]

The location of the helicopter crash site was identified by Turkey’s Akinci drone, according to Turkish officials, after Ankara sent teams to help Iran's search mission. [...]

The location of the helicopter crash site was identified by Turkey’s Akinci drone, according to Turkish officials, after Ankara sent teams to help Iran's search mission. [...]

US President Joe Biden denied Monday that Israel's war in Gaza was genocide, as he slammed an "outrageous" request by the International Criminal Court's prosecutor for an arrest warrant for Israeli leaders."What's happening is not genocide," Biden told a Jewish American Heritage Month event at the White House as he discussed the conflict sparked by Hamas's October 7 attack on Israel. [...]

While the Iranian president's death in a helicopter crash may pose immediate questions about the country's future trajectory, little significant change is expected, as the ruling establishment's key workings remain strictly in the supreme leader's tight controls. [...]

Syrians in Damascus voiced concern Monday at the impact on their country of the death of Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi, as some in Syria's last main opposition bastion were celebrating.Tehran has been a key ally for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, and housewife Hazar Mazhar said "everybody is talking about the news, but I don't know if what happened will impact us, or what the coming days will bring.""I'm afraid of the impact on the economy... I hope this incident doesn't affect our livelihoods," the 49-year-old said. [...]

Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi and Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian died in a helicopter crash on Sunday along with a number of other officials. [...]

Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi and Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian died in a helicopter crash on Sunday along with a number of other officials. [...]

Richard Dewey & Aaron Brown, City Journal Financial fraud is a serious crime, but unfounded estimates of losses often influence public opinion—and criminal sentences. [...]

Julia Angwin, New York Times A.I. is looking less like an all-powerful being and more like an unreliable intern. [...]

Market Minder, Fisher Investments Delinquency rates are rising, signaling some stress—but overall, they remain historically low. [...]

Ali Velshi, MSNBC The myth that immigrants, documented or otherwise, drive wages lower and crime higher thankfully seems to be petering out. That's not enough. [...]

Ryan Vanzo, The Motley Fool Roth IRA and 401(k) accounts have attractive tax benefits but also a hidden advantage few people talk about. [...]

Sean Illing, Vox Ozempic has become hugely popular. Researchers are racing to learn more about what it does to us. [...]

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 [...]

Whether real or fictional, thefts of art and artifacts from museums remain an ongoing cultural fixation. We might read about the real-life theft of paintings from the Isabella Stewart Gardner museum or watch the planning of a Louvre heist in Lupin with equal amounts of suspense. One actual case of theft from a museum is […] The post Over 800 Stolen Artifacts Are Still Missing From the British Museum appeared first on InsideHook. [...]

Last month, as part of InsideHook’s series on the male friendship crisis, I wrote an essay on the potency of tennis partnerships. Simply put: adult men who play a weekly tennis match have got it made. It’s rare to have such a reliable blend of fitness and social interaction — and it’s little wonder that […] The post This Has Become One of Our Favorite Solo Workouts appeared first on InsideHook. [...]

This is the third installment of the 2024 edition of the French Dispatches, our on-the-ground coverage of the Cannes Film Festival. I did say, at the beginning of this festival, taking in Furiosa and the Opening Night tribute to jury president Greta Gerwig, that women’s rage and strong female characters would be a theme of […] The post In “The Substance,” Aging Is the Ultimate Body Horror appeared first on InsideHook. [...]

Although the Celtics did not take the floor on Sunday, there was no bigger winner from what transpired on the court in the NBA than Boston’s basketball team after the Pacers beat the Knicks at MSG and the Timberwolves came from behind to knock off the defending champion Nuggets in Denver. Thanks to those victories, […] The post The Boston Celtics Are Officially at Risk of Becoming the Buffalo Bills appeared first on InsideHook. [...]

Courant pitches its tech wares this way: “more than a charger, it’s a design choice.” And their wireless charging pads, stands and trays are certainly eye-catching. I’ve been buying and recommending Courant’s stuff as gifts for years, but I’ve never actually owned one of their products myself. As someone obsessed with both organization and phone […] The post Review: Courant’s Latest Charger Is a Sleek Addition to Your Home appeared first on InsideHook. [...]

Welcome to the InsideHook Guide to Summer, a collection of recommendations on everything worth doing, drinking, eating, watching and otherwise enjoying between now and Labor Day. Don’t forget the sunscreen. There’s an insane scene in Baywatch — the 2017 remake, which has a 17% critic rating on Rotten Tomatoes — where Zac Efron’s trying to […] The post Lifeguard Shape: Your Blueprint for the Ultimate Summer Body appeared first on InsideHook. [...]

The rise of fast casual dining has pushed American diners’ palates to unexpected places over the last few decades. Had you told me a decade ago that I’d be a dedicated consumer of savory-yet-spicy tofu, I’d have done a double-take — but now, I freely acknowledge that Chipotle’s sofritas are, in fact, delicious. Now, a […] The post Could the Next Big Thing in Fast Casual Involve Eggs? appeared first on InsideHook. [...]

When it comes to booking air travel, it can sometimes be challenging to understand exactly what you’re getting for a given type of fare. Different airlines have different policies around the fare categories that allow for seat selection, carry-on bags and change fees — and even experienced travelers can be challenged by the array of […] The post Frontier Announces a Big Fare Structure Change appeared first on InsideHook. [...]

Where do the clothes that you buy come from? That’s a question that can have a lot of different answers in 2024; for some, the answer can be found in domestically-produced, high-quality goods. For others, fast fashion is the preferred route, despite some high-profile companies in that category coming under fire for unethical labor practices […] The post Jake Gyllenhaal and “SNL” Took On the Ethics of Fast Fashion appeared first on InsideHook. [...]

It’s been said before, but it bears repeating: there are significant barriers for the American auto market to overcome in order for EVs to be widely used. One of them relates to charging infrastructure; another has to do with the gulf between what buyers want and what actually exists. And there’s also the question of […] The post Ford Is Reckoning With EVs’ Affordability Issues appeared first on InsideHook. [...]

Tasos Kokkinidis, Greek Reporter [...]

Nicholas Slayton, Task and Purpose Anderson shot down 16 German planes in World War II, flew bombing missions in Vietnam and served as a test pilot alongside Chuck Yeager. [...]

Gordon Corera, BBC Three decades ago, Chinese dissidents were being smuggled out of the country in a secret operation called Yellow Bird - but as one of them tells the BBC, [...]

Christian Orr, The National Interest The B-50 Superfortress, a successor to the B-29 Superfortress, was a significant part of U.S. military aviation history. [...]

Olivia B. Waxman, Time Fifty years ago, talks began for a movie inspired by real Hollywood bigwigs who helped a leader of the Black Panthers flee America. It never got made…until [...]

Joshua Fagan, Military [...]

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 [...]

By and large, particle physicists confronted with the need to awe and enthuse an audience of laypersons will have no hesitation in choosing to speak about the Higgs boson and its mysteries - undoubtedly a fascinating story that requires one to start with the 1960ies and the intuition of a handful of theoretical physicists, and then grows epic in a crescendo of colliders that sought and missed the Higgs boson, and then the LHC which finally found the elusive signal of production and decay of that particle.read more [...]

You're not  a Frank-people because you eat Doritos, despite what people writing lifestyle/diet books and New York Times journalists who gush over them want you to believe.Such claims are pure food populism by rich white people for rich white people. It's not science, it's instead not even right enough to be wrong.read more [...]

If the government promises every home a great gardener, most people recognize they won't get a great gardener at all, they will probably get someone who couldn't get a better job while the lawn service they used to use is priced out of reach.There has always been disparity in health care, but that was aggravated when President Franklin Roosevelt instituted wage caps during World War II. Companies who wanted to compete for quality workers could no longer offer more money so they offered "benefits." Like health insurance. read more [...]

The Tennessee Valley Authority couldn't be done today. When it was done, it transformed an area mired in poverty. With affordable electricity, they had water. With water, they could farm. With farming, food became affordable. In a generation, the area was transformed and soon had libraries, schools, and much better quality of life.Environmentalists need to be needed, it is how they feed their $3 billion-per-year appetite, and so TVA could never happen today. Environmental lawyers are so obstructionist and culturally corrosive, TVA can't even replace a coal plant without a lawsuit.A coal plant. When activists claim they care about climate change.read [...]

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) have become buzzwords often debated within the United States, sometimes controversially perceived as a redistribution of opportunities. However, in a global context—such as in the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) project, led by the European Space Agency and NASA—DEI adopts a unique significance. Here, it is about creating a welcoming and safe environment for all qualified researchers from across the globe.read more [...]

For around 15 years, I have joked 'that's why they got sold for a dollar' when nonsense got published in Scientific American and my statement was both funny and factually correct.They've been in decline for a while, their only hope for survival lay in what The Atlantic and Washington Post also got - a rich progressive (well, 'progressive' when it comes to other people paying taxes while they hide money offshore) who wants to say they own it as a vanity project. They have had that, thanks to the Holtzbrinck family of Germany, since 1986.read more [...]

President Biden was thrilled when Tesla announced it was creating a Tesla Supercharger network, because electric cars were not legitimate until they stopped needing government hand-outs, and few wanted electric cars until they were sure they could charge them on trips.Which no company wanted to do because there were no government handouts. Tesla believed it could solve the problem, and President Biden was going to add to an alarming federal deficit to give them handouts, but the problems seem insurmountable, because Tesla pulled out.read more [...]

Despite Vermont's Agricultural  Innovation Board (AIB), created to inform regulatory recommendations using science, flatly stating there was no basis for a ban on a class of safe pesticides called neonicotinoids, and agreement by Vermont’s Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets, the Vermont Senate just passed House Bill H706, which will ban such insecticides despite decades of safe use.read more [...]

Evolutionary psychology, the discipline that claimed we're being manipulated by flowers and evolved to like the appearance of black men, also made the bold assertion that the income of your parents during pregnancy made you...gay?read more [...]

With a porous southern border, street fentanyl continues to enter the United States and be purchased by recreational drug users, all while the U.S. government continues to treat suffering cancer patients like criminals when it comes to legitimate pain medication access. It isn't much better in Canada, according to a new study.read more [...]