The Affordability Crisis Is Really a Billionaire Crisis
You can watch this episode of Right Now With Perry Bacon above or by following this show on YouTube or Substack. You can read a transcript here. Health care premiums are extremely high for…
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Transcript: Trump Erupts in Crazed Tirade over 2026 as GOP Panic Grows
But I just want to bear down on this one point, Monica. Trump’s takeover of the GOP was supposed to be about a rejection of GOP plutocratic, anti-safety-net politics, right? Trump himself…
RFK Jr. Takes a Dangerous Step on Vaccines
Changing the CDC website to suggest a link between vaccines and autism could have devastating real-world consequences. Source link
Our Movie Heritage at 70
Recalling the film history that inspired National Review. Source link
Washington Is Fighting the Wrong Battle on Health-Care Costs
Despite what politicians claim, drugs are not the main driver of growth in health-care spending — and capping their prices would only worsen the problem. Source link
Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade is the perfect event for our attention-addled age
In an age of high-turnover trends, ubiquitous screens, and fractured attention spans, a lengthy televised parade organized by a venerable department store sounds like a relic of a bygone…
IHH Healthcare’s Q3 net profit rises 15% to RM616 million
Revenue is up 16% at RM6.6 billion, on the back of strong performances from key markets Malaysia and India IHH Healthcare on Wednesday (Nov 26) posted a net profit of RM616 million…
Transcript: It’s Sanders v. Schumer in Several Key Dem Primaries
Now why wouldn’t you say it was blue? Well, because you’re worried about what some folks who are dead set about shifting our politics to make us all believe that the sky is brown, right?…
When Is It Time to Flee?
“Fleeing the land of the free,” as termed by Jayesh Rathod, a law professor at American University researching trans Americans leaving the country, is not just a matter of a few…
The Lawyer Who Killed Roe Is About to Get a Promotion
Since Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Duane Benton announced on October 24 that he would take senior status, thus creating a new vacancy for President Donald Trump to fill on a…
How to be a thought leader (without feeling cringey)
The number of people who have come to me whispering, “I want to be seen as a thought leader.” And yet when I say, “Amazing, let’s put you on camera,” I’m suddenly met with . . . crickets.…
Your Polestar EV can now power your house—and save you money
When it’s parked in your garage, the Polestar 3 can now help you save on your electric bill. The automaker is the latest to roll out bidirectional charging for its electric vehicles,…
Trump Erupts in Frantic Tirade over 2026 as GOP Slips into Fresh Panic
This week, the White House leaked plans to extend Affordable Care Act subsidies for some of the millions of people who stand to lose out from their expiration. But that’s on ice after…
The AI Hype Index: The people can’t get enough of AI slop
Separating AI reality from hyped-up fiction isn’t always easy. That’s why we’ve created the AI Hype Index—a simple, at-a-glance summary of everything you need to know about the state of…
Singapore stocks track Wall Street gains; STI up 0.4%
Across the broader market, gainers outnumber losers 280 to 258, after 1.3 billion securities worth S$1.3 billion change hands Singapore stocks ended higher on Wednesday (Nov 26), tracking…
McKinsey cuts about 200 tech jobs, shifts more roles to AI
The company is not ruling out additional reductions across different functions over the next two years McKinsey & Co cut about 200 global tech jobs in the past week as the consulting firm…
MOH orders Cordlife to stop collecting new cord blood in fresh blow to company
Embattled cord-blood bank Cordlife received a notice from the Ministry of Health (MOH) to stop collecting, testing, processing and/or storing new cord blood, effective Wednesday (Nov 26).…
MOH orders Cordlife to stop collecting cord blood; company calls for trading halt
Embattled cord-blood bank Cordlife received a notice from the Ministry of Health (MOH) to stop collecting, testing, processing and/or storing new cord blood, effective Wednesday (Nov 26).…
Hiew Yoon Khong's exit: help list Mapletree or merge it with CapitaLand
Lay the foundations for Mapletree’s next chapter and let retail investors own equity in it HIEW Yoon Khong has been group chief executive officer of Temasek’s wholly owned Mapletree…
Japan's Nikkei surges after Wall Street's gains
Japan’s Nikkei share average surged on Wednesday (Nov 26), with tech stocks leading the charge in a broad-based rally after Wall Street closed higher overnight on increasing prospects of…
Surgical tech firm UltraGreen.ai files for US$150 million IPO on SGX mainboard
It is offering 112.1 million shares at US$1.45 or S$1.892 apiece; of which 5.9 million shares will be offered via a public offer in Singapore Medical imaging and surgery technology firm…
Meta allegedly buried internal research on social media harms
Meta allegedly stopped internal research on social media’s impact on people after finding negative results, a court filing released Friday claims. The filing took place in a Northern…
While AI targets corner offices, hourly workers are left behind
We have reached the moment white collar workers have feared for months. Has AI finally come for my job? Companies like Salesforce claim they need fewer human employees to do the work AI…
China’s GWM targets 300,000 annual production with first Europe car plant
Chinese automakers are increasingly looking to expand overseas as a way of escaping a brutal, prolonged price war touched off by domestic overcapacity [BAODING, China] China’s Great Wall…