RTO mandates are outdated in a hybrid workplace
Microsoft is the latest tech giant to announce its new return-to-work (RTO) mandate. The first phase of the mandate is set to start in February 2026, requiring Seattle-area employees…
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Transcript: Trump’s Anti-Affordability Agenda Hits Colleges
This is a lightly edited transcript of the November 18 edition of Right Now With Perry Bacon. You can watch the video here or by following this show on YouTube or Substack. Perry Bacon:…
Trump’s Anti-Affordability Agenda Has a New Target: College
You can watch this episode of Right Now With Perry Bacon above or by following this show on YouTube or Substack. President Trump and his administration are cracking down on universities,…
Nvidia’s rising stock price takes fellow chip giants along for ride as renewed AI enthusiasm fuels fresh rally
Yesterday, after the stock market’s closing bell, Nvidia Corporation (Nasdaq: NVDA) reported its Q3 2026 financials. Investors were eagerly anticipating the results, as the company is…
The Download: what’s next for electricity, and living in the conspiracy age
I’ve combed the internet to find you today’s most fun/important/scary/fascinating stories about technology. 1 Donald Trump is poised to ban AI state laws The US President is considering…
Forget Musk’s latest pay package, his last one could wipe out years of Tesla profits
Tesla faces potential US$26 billion profit hit if it loses its appeal over Musk’s pay ruling Tesla’s gaudy US$1 trillion executive-compensation package for CEO Elon Musk has obscured a…
Lufthansa enters race for TAP stake against Air France-KLM
TAP is of interest to bigger players due to its routes to Brazil and Portuguese-speaking Africa Germany’s Lufthansa on Thursday (Nov 20) expressed an interest for a stake in TAP Air…
Transcript: Trump’s Fury at Prices Goes Wild as Crushing New Polls Hit
But the funny thing is, if you want to fix prices, this isn’t the way to do it, is it? No, it’s not. Bessent, who has the reputation of being one of the more rational members of Trump’s…
New York’s ubiquitous construction scaffolding gets a glow up
New York City scaffolding is so commonplace it has become a kind of extra architectural skin covering the city. It’s estimated that there are more than 9,000 of these “construction sheds”…
Now Is the Moment to Deregulate Obamacare
The window Republicans have won’t reappear anytime soon. Source link
Grade Inflation Is Deflating the Workforce
If colleges keep handing out meaningless grades, more testing could provide a better measure of what students have learned. Source link
Christians Should Defend the Jewish People
In these times, those who claim the faith would be wise to point young men and women to the firm path of real Christianity. Source link
Trump Gets Cozy with the Saudis
The U.S.-Saudi relationship is in a better place, even if it would behoove Trump to curb his enthusiasm. Source link
We Sued an Ohio School District over Preferred Pronouns and Won
More should follow. Source link
A Day in New Haven
The Buckley Institute’s annual conference and a visit to two of Yale’s superb museums. Source link
Hongkong Land Q3 profit falls 13% on lower contributions from its office portfolio
Hongkong Land’s underlying profit for the third quarter of its 2025 financial year is 13 per cent lower than the same period the previous year. This is primarily due to lower contributions…
IBM, Cisco outline plans for networks of quantum computers by early 2030s
IBM and Cisco Systems on Thursday (Nov 20) said they plan to link quantum computers over long distances, with the goal of demonstrating the concept is workable by the end of 2030. The move…
‘Value Unlock’ programme will help companies bridge gap with investors: industry players
Two training grants of up to S$15,000 and S$200,000 per company will be made available Industry players say training grants are important for companies to engage their investors more…
NAR says the median age of first-time homebuyers in 2025 is 40, up from 28 in 1992—but can we trust the data?
Want more housing market stories from Lance Lambert’s ResiClub in your inbox? Subscribe to the ResiClubnewsletter. Earlier this month, the National Association of Realtors (NAR) released…
MAGA’s State-by-State Plot to Butcher Democracy
Four years later, in a racial gerrymandering case from Alabama, Allen v. Milligan (formerly Merrill v. Milligan), Roberts and Brett Kavanaugh worked together to invite the Voting Rights…
How Mikie Sherrill Won Latino Voters Back for Democrats
Sherrill’s campaign was not the only organization engaging with Latino voters. Make the Road Action New Jersey, an advocacy group that encourages Latino civic participation, engaged with…
Trump’s Case Against James Comey Is Crashing and Burning
This was already an unusual move on the grand jury’s part; the cliché is that a decent prosecutor could get one to indict a ham sandwich. (Well, with some notable exceptions.) Prosecutors…
Visions of Byzantine Hell
They were just following orders, the angels, when they shoved sinners into the River of Fire, or boiled them alive in cauldrons. It’s the economy, stupid. The frescoes in the Byzantine…
Noah Baumbach’s Jay Kelly Is a Cautionary Tale
Noah Baumbach first made a name for himself 30 years ago, writing and directing intelligent dark comedies about sad boys and angry men staring down the barrel of adulthood and all the…