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CNN's Harry Enten reports on new polls that show President Donald Trump is "basically more popular than he was at any point in term number one, and more popular than he was when he won election back in November of 2024." [...]

I've got my doubts. [...]

The president thinks tariffs are 'the greatest thing ever invented' - but his trade war seems based on fiat and whim [...]

Mayor Mike Duggan has emphasized public safety, growth, and basic city services-not progressive politics. [...]

Wednesday on the RealClearPolitics podcast, Andrew Walworth spoke to RealClearInvestigations writers Bob Ivry and Jeremy Portnoy about their in-depth look at federal agencies and programs with expired congressional charters. The duo wrote this week: "Might of the Living Feds: 1,500+ Cash-Sucking 'Zombies'" [...]

Amid the Trump administration's assault on higher education and academic freedom - shaking down institutions like Columbia, targeting pro-Palestinian scholars and students for deportation and dispatching chilling letters meant to silence dissent - last week brought an unexpected but welcome development: The University of California announced its campuses will no longer be able to require diversity statements in hiring. [...]

Mike Waltz appeared on Laura Ingraham's Fox News show on Tuesday night to discuss why he added journalist Jeffrey Goldberg to a Signal group text about war plans. [...]

Not only was President Biden "grossly incompetent," Donald Trump often complained while out of office, but his successor was a poor leader who refused to hold his own team accountable. "Nobody ever gets fired," Trump said during a Fox and Friends interview last September. "They don't fire anybody." [...]

Twenty-first-century policymakers profess a deep commitment to "public health," and they now apply the concept to the problem of violent crime in cities. When Joe Biden took office as president in 2021, for example, he promoted the adoption of public-health interventions to address an uptick of murders; last June, U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy declared gun violence a public-health crisis. [...]

Iran has sent a response to a letter from US President Donald Trump that called for nuclear talks and warned of possible military action if it refuses, its foreign minister said Thursday. "This official response includes a letter in which our position regarding the current situation and Mr Trump's letter has been fully explained to the other party," Abbas Araghchi told the official IRNA news agency.He added that the letter was delivered to Oman, which has served as an intermediary in the past in the absence of US-Iranian diplomatic relations. [...]

Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces vowed on Thursday there would be "no retreat and no surrender" after rival troops of the regular army retook nearly all of central Khartoum.From inside the recaptured presidential palace, Sudan's army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, at war with his former deputy, RSF commander Mohamed Hamdan Daglo since April 2023, had on Wednesday declared the capital "free" from the RSF. [...]

Lebanese Druze leader Walid Jumblatt has accused Israel of exploiting followers of his minority faith in Syria as part of a broader plan to divide the Middle East along sectarian lines.Israel wants "to implement the plan it has always had... which is to break up the region into confessional entities and extend the chaos," said Jumblatt, a key figure in Lebanese politics for more than four decades. [...]

Iran's top diplomat said today that the Iranians had formally replied to Trump's letter to restart nuclear talks via Oman, which has long served as an intermediary between Tehran and Washington.  [...]

Iran's top diplomat said today that the Iranians had formally replied to Trump's letter to restart nuclear talks via Oman, which has long served as an intermediary between Tehran and Washington.  [...]

The stealth bombers are some of the only warplanes in the US arsenal capable of delivering the massive conventional bombs thought to be needed to effectively damage Iran's underground nuclear facilities. [...]

The stealth bombers are some of the only warplanes in the US arsenal capable of delivering the massive conventional bombs thought to be needed to effectively damage Iran's underground nuclear facilities. [...]

The Syrian and Lebanese defense ministers will meet soon as the border between the two countries remains volatile following clashes between Lebanese tribal members and Syrian security forces. [...]

The Syrian and Lebanese defense ministers will meet soon as the border between the two countries remains volatile following clashes between Lebanese tribal members and Syrian security forces. [...]

Mohammed Hussein Mohammedie was just 19 when he left Iraq and attempted the perilous English Channel crossing in November 2021. He died alongside 26 others when their dinghy sank.His family were refugees from Iran and suffered financial hardship, his father told a UK inquiry into the capsizing of the dinghy in the early hours of November 24, 2021."He wanted to be different. He wanted to be brave," Hussein Mohammedie said of his son's ambitions to leave Iraq, during the final days of the inquiry this week. [...]

Preston Brashers, Heritage Turns out that it's easy to make people move out of your state: Just raise taxes. Recently, residents of high-tax states such as California, New York, Illinois, and [...]

Jeff Remsburg, InvestorPlace AI's impact on wealth concentration … invest in AI, or else … the great AI race with China … how will public policy affect the race? … an AI event with our [...]

Richard Epstein, Civitas Institute The EU should end its competition policy vendetta. Trump should drop his tariffs. [...]

Neil Gross, New York Times Feeling empowered is different from numerical growth. [...]

Medora Lee, USA Today While most Americans look forward to a retirement filled with relaxing moments, accountants warn that unless you're prepared, the months leading up to April 15 may feel [...]

Hayes Brown, MSNBC Between the cuts to the IRS that DOGE is prompting and congressional Republican infighting, the U.S. may crash into the debt ceiling sooner than expected. [...]

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 [...]

I love cooking and dining out pretty equally. The former is meditative and fun, while the latter is a joy, especially when the restaurant is at the top of its game, be it a fine dining establishment or just a simple neighborhood spot doing it well. But most of the time, you won’t find me […] The post Brunch Is Bullshit. Can Someone Please Just Give Me the Lunch Menu? appeared first on InsideHook. [...]

If you’re looking at cross-training as a way to get fit, it’s not hard to see the appeal of rowing, which covers a lot of fitness bases. We’ve had a lot of good things to say about the rowing machines made by Hydrow over the years, and this week the company announced a new partnership […] The post Soho House Announces Hydrow Partnership appeared first on InsideHook. [...]

First off, no, I didn’t get a chance to try The 51 by The Glenrothes, a just-released 51-year-old whisky from the Speyside estate. But I did get to drink through the rest of the distillery’s range and see The 51 in person. And that packaging alone shatters any expectations you may have about luxury whisky bottlings. […] The post This Might Be the Most Unique Packaging Ever for a Whisky appeared first on InsideHook. [...]

Sex toy retailer Lovehoney is currently taking up to 70% off during one of its biggest sales of the year. Oftentimes, when large sexual wellness sites host sales, they’ll exclude top products from discounts, so you’re left shopping for less desirable items. This is not to say those items are total garbage, but when it […] The post Lovehoney’s Massive Sale Is the Perfect Time to Beef Up Your BDSM Game appeared first on InsideHook. [...]

There are few partnerships more consistent than Uniqlo U, the ongoing seasonal collaboration between the Japanese label and Lemaire designers Christophe Lemaire and Sarah-Linh Tran. Enough so that the biannual drop has become something of a holiday for menswear enthusiasts — a routine opportunity to grab expertly designed staples that are both subtle and trendy […] The post Uniqlo U Is Oversized, Affordable Menswear at Its Best appeared first on InsideHook. [...]

New men’s grooming brands launch all the time nowadays. With more guys putting thought into their moisturizers, shaving creams and grooming tools, it’s only natural that the market is expanding. It can be challenging to weed through the buzz and find effective brands or products that cater to your specific needs and, overall, are worth […] The post The Best Grooming Brands to Know Right Now appeared first on InsideHook. [...]

It’s a dark day for manifest destiny truthers: multi-media creatives are now officially more abundant than seasoned ranch hands. This seems to have had little-to-no effect on the prevalence of Western boots, though. If anything, men have become more unified in their acceptance of the shoe silo as a both proper menswear icon and a general […] The post Every Guy Needs a Pair of Cowboy Boots. You Should Start With These. appeared first on InsideHook. [...]

“Where did all the good bars go?” David Coggins asks in a recent Esquire hot take. Based on my drinking experiences in the month since that op-ed appeared, I’d say — Chelsea. Lower East Side. SoHo. Greenpoint. Theater District. The point being, even discounting bars I’ve already enjoyed for a long time, I’ve been to […] The post Yes, There Are Still Plenty of Good Bars appeared first on InsideHook. [...]

Flagship supercars are rolling totems for mechanical exceptionalism. Unlike your garden variety six-figure, scissor-doored wedges — exotic by any standard — true range-toppers only come around once in a blue moon, packing bleeding-edge tech, eye-watering price tags and ultra-limited production.   The McLaren F1 debuted in 1992 as the motorsports brand’s first roadgoing offering, eventually achieving […] The post Jay Leno Said He’d Never Buy Another Supercar. Then Came the McLaren W1. appeared first on InsideHook. [...]

It’s coronation day! Amazon’s Big Spring Sale has returned, and it’s absolutely littered with stellar deals. In case you live under a rock, the drop-shipping king Amazon has an annual spring deal extravaganza that we eagerly await all winter long. We’re talking loads of high-ticket items marked down at about 50% off or more. During […] The post Amazon’s Big Spring Sale Has Arrived appeared first on InsideHook. [...]

Paul Kengor, Spectator The former Reagan speechwriter and Pulitzer Prize winner brought a devout Roman Catholicism, an abundance of wit, and a wealth of insight to his work, which helped [...]

Mark Cartwright, World History Encyclopedia Adolf Hitler (1889-1945), leader of Nazi Germany, attacked the USSR on 22 June 1941 with the largest army ever assembled. The Axis offensive of [...]

Jill Lawless, Military.com Historians consider Gordievsky one of the era's most important spies. [...]

Alexander Lee, Historytoday A male heir might have saved Queen Mary's reign, and changed the shape of global Catholicism for good. [...]

Aine Quinn, BBC In 1966, a computer dating service organised a party for single people in New York. Decades before Tinder, the BBC's Tomorrow's World was there to witness the future of [...]

Moyra Williams Eaton, Time Officials have considered balancing efficiency with providing quality care and listening to veterans essential. [...]

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 [...]

It's easy for Greenpeace employees in cities to talk about farming but in the real world, without pesticides we'd lose 78 percent of fruit, 54 percent of vegetables, and 32 percent of cereal crops. Most farmers want to optimize razor-thin margins and protect their biggest asset, land, so they are cautious about spraying too much, but the organic process leads to startling amounts of nitrogen runoff into rivers and ground water. A study claims 31 percent of agricultural soils around the world were at high risk from pesticide pollution while the old ways of German farmers recently showed they were exposing [...]

In this article I'm going to examine how student feedback plays a pivotal role in enhancing learning design and engagement, particularly in online education environments. I will explore the mechanisms by which timely, constructive feedback not only improves course content and delivery but also empowers students as co-creators in the learning process.read more [...]

If you insist you will only eat berries picked by hand near a stream, you are virtue signaling to other wealthy people that you have more money than than they do, while masking it in a halo of claiming to care about taste or renewability or other nature.No one is fooled. That is why restaurants and consumers who fetish-ize wild caught fight while claiming it is more nutritious or tastes better are so cloying. Sure, there can be differences in taste, just like if you give a chicken different feed, but that is easily solvable, and has been, like in [...]

Perhaps the most important thing to get right from the start, in most statistical problems, is to understand what is the probability distribution function (PDF) of your data. If you know it exactly -something that is theoretically possible but only rarely achieved in practice- you are in statistical heaven: you can use the maximum likelihood method for parameter estimation, and you can get to understand a lot about the whole problem. read more [...]

Environmental lawyers, especially lawyers at Natural Resources Defense Council, exist to sue companies and to have casus belli they need to suggest corporations are killing us all. It is no surprise that NRDC has hired lots of lawyers who are anti-vaccine, anti-cell-phone, anti-food (ingredients, colors, the type of seed), anti-nuclear, etc.If you don't know any scientists or Republicans, and NRDC employs neither, it is easy to demonize them because you never have them looking at you over lunch.(1) NRDC knows a Republican insider now. Their former lawyer Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. is part of the Trump administration and the "mainstream" [...]

The only real way to wipe out H5N1, the bird flu that has been ruining egg prices since last year, is to kill off all the wild birds. That is not practical but what we can do is stop buying raw pet food. All of it. Now. And never start again. You will kill your cat if it is transmitted in that food. And stop buying raw milk. All of it. Now. And never start again.read more [...]

When a tourist visits California, the first thing they notice getting off of the airplane is a warning sign that the material they are near will give them cancer. Then another one. Then another. Soon, they become invisible but not before people do searches to see how much more cancer Californians develop than everyone else.(1)Not only will most things in Walmart have a cancer warning, the building itself can give you cancer. Photo: Hank Campbellread more [...]

The Trump administration announced a major milestone for the NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory with the installation of the Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST) Camera on the telescope. Next up is the final phase of testing before capturing "first look" images and then the decade-long Legacy Survey of Space and Time will begin.read more [...]

 St. Vincent’s Hospital in Sydney, founded by Catholic nuns in 1857, reports implant of Australia’s first BiVACOR Total Artificial Heart. Invented by Dr. Daniel Timms, it is a single moving part, no valves, and a no-contact suspension system, which means no mechanical wear, and the patient lasted over 100 days while waiting for an artificial heart. He even went home with it installed.The work was led by Dr. Paul Jansz and the anonymous patient was sent home in February. He then received a donor heart early in March.read more [...]

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