Nouvelle Vague Finds the Secret of Filmmaking
Richard Linklater salutes Godard, redeems himself. Source link
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Oil: Venezuela’s Problem
How to escape the resource curse? Source link
Samsung Electronics to buy 2.5 trillion won of its shares for employee compensation
Samsung Electronics on Wednesday said it would acquire 2.5 trillion won (S$2.2 billion) worth of its own shares for employee and executive compensation. The shares will be acquired through…
Contributor: Tech can avert catastrophic fires. What's missing is coordination
A year ago Los Angeles woke up to a red sky. Schools closed, and families packed into cars not knowing when or if they would return. In the end many couldn’t. The series of destructive…
ICE’s New-Age Propaganda
For this week’s Infinite Scroll column, Brady Brickner-Wood is filling in for Kyle Chayka. Late last year, the White House’s social-media team lauded ICE’s torrential deportation efforts…
Auto dealer Tan Chong expects HK$327 million in gains from investments in 2025
Automotive group Tan Chong International said on Wednesday (Jan 7) that it expects to record an unaudited gain of HK$327 million (S$53.8 million) on its investments designated at fair…
China targets online commerce battles in latest regulatory salvo
China unveiled broad regulations on Wednesday (Jan 7) that ban major platforms such as Alibaba Group Holding from coercing online merchants into promotions, one of a raft of new measures…
A Look into the Mind of the Mamdani Marxist
The elevation of figures such as the fanatical Cea Weaver has been edifying. Source link
What’s the Plan in Venezuela?
It seems like there isn’t one. Source link
Don’t Annex Greenland
Even the results-oriented Trump foreign policy needs to distinguish between friend and foe. Source link
Tim Walz Departs on a Deluge of Fraud
The Minnesota governor was brought down by the consequences of his own irresponsible profligacy. Source link
What to Do with California’s Billionaire Tax Proceeds
A health-care union’s ‘one-time fix’ for federal Medicaid cuts could easily become permanent. Source link
Beijing’s Long Game Meets Washington’s Gamble
Venezuela has become a proving ground for the emerging world order. Source link
Bugs Not a Feature
The week of December 29, 2025: Insect disappointment, the debt, silver, California’s proposed wealth tax, and more. Source link
Tim Walz’s Unsurprising Two-Step from the Political Stage
The financial scandals that long shadowed the Minnesota governor finally caught up to him. Source link
Hack Walz Down
Tim Walz exits stage far left, undone not by extremism but by scandal. Source link
Legal Questions over the Maduro Extraction Won’t Help Him in Court
As a matter of American law, the ex-dictator hasn’t a leg to stand on. Source link
Teddy Roosevelt Would Be Proud
Donald Trump carries on in TR’s tradition. Source link
The Maduro Raid Was a Strategic Victory and a Tactical Success
Maduro’s fall presents the communist Chinese with a comprehensive embarrassment. Source link
In Venezuela, the Era of Escaping Consequences Is Over
In the wake of the narco-regime’s takedown, five lessons emerge — for the region, for the U.S., and for the world. Source link
How Consent Can—and Cannot—Help Us Have Better Sex
The latest and most vigorous addition to this genre is “Sex Beyond ‘Yes’: Pleasure and Agency for Everyone” (Norton), by Quill Kukla, a professor of philosophy and disability studies at…
A Photographer’s Portraits of Her Dad
In the nineteen-eighties, Janet Delaney took pictures of her father at work, and came to a deeper understanding of who he was. Source link
Elon Musk company bot apologizes for sharing sexualized images of children
Grok, the chatbot of Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company xAI, published sexualized images of children as its guardrails seem to have failed when it was prompted with vile user…