A Survivor’s Guide to Wicked: For Good
This sequel doesn’t improve on what was irredeemable, but at least it’s shorter. Source link
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Homeless Advocates Have Lost the Moral High Ground
The era of Housing First will be marked in history as a humanitarian disaster. Trump’s reforms are needed. Source link
Mr. Conservative and the Minister
In Nicholas Buccola’s new book, conservatives’ claim to the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. is misunderstood. Source link
Our Economy Is Not Stagnant
Both sides of the political aisle are misleadingly bleak about the state of the American worker. Source link
Why is the AI industry scared of this Palantir alum running for congress?
As the midterm election primaries inch closer, some candidates are focusing their campaigns on how they’ll regulate artificial intelligence. On the right, populist Republicans are warning…
Harrods Links With Rolex on Space for Pre-owned Watches Online and at the Knightsbridge Store
SECOND TIME AROUND: As Harrods expands and refurbishes its fine jewelry and watch rooms, it is also forging closer ties with the top brands on the shop floor, including Rolex. For the…
Choose Some Christmas Foods To Reveal Which Christmas Icon You Are
I could be Buddy the Elf, or I could be the Grinch... it really depends on the day. View Entire Post › Source link
Paramount+ Signs Marketing Deal With Arsenal Soccer Club After Winning U.K. Champions League Rights
A week after its landmark four-year, $1 billion-plus deal securing the rights to show Champion League matches in the U.K., Paramount+ has doubled-down on British soccer. The streamer has…
The Best Jokes of 2025
One of my favorite jokes requires a little setup. It’s from the first “Naked Gun” movie, from 1988, starring Leslie Nielsen as the bumbling Los Angeles police detective Frank Drebin and…
The most popular social media platform isn’t TikTok or X
Social media has become inexorably intertwined with our daily lives, but not all platforms are equally popular. For every cultural phenomenon like TikTok, there’s a Mastodon. It would be…
God Bless “A Christmas Carol,” Every One
There is a street in Naples, Via San Gregorio Armeno, where you can find shop after shop presided over by artisans whose specialty is building Nativity scenes out of papier-maché,…
How 'Stranger Things' became Netflix's 'Star Wars,' propelling it into Hollywood's stratosphere
Before the sci-fi series “Stranger Things” premiered on Netflix, several traditional studios had already passed on it. Its creators were first-time show runners, unknown young actors were…
The Supreme Court’s Ethics Code Is a Joke. Big Oil Knows That.
What do judicial ethics codes have to do with climate deception? It all comes down to simple math. Every year, the Supreme Court receives many thousands of cert petitions. To grant a writ…
The Quick and Shameful Death of Biden’s Biggest Policy
In late 2024, an operative for the right-wing gotcha group Project Veritas clandestinely filmed his Tinder date with a 29-year-old EPA employee. The employee, who talked freely about his…
Bari Weiss’s Big Secret Is That She’s Boring
“Those people don’t actually represent our values, and they don’t think that they represent the values or the worldview of the vast majority of Americans,” Weiss says, growing more…
There’s No Doubt About It: The Great MAGA Crack-Up Has Begun
Everywhere you look, in other words, Trump and his people are wrecking the country. He doesn’t know what to do about the economy. Presidents don’t have a ton of power to lower prices in…
The anti-junk gift guide
It’s that time of year again. My mailbox is stuffed with catalogs. Targeted seasonal ads from Amazon, Walmart, and Target are following me around the internet. And every other email in my…
Black Friday design deals you don’t want to miss
After Thanksgiving, brands will bombard you with Black Friday and Cyber Monday promotions. It can be overwhelming to know what to buy. After all, some deals aren’t actually all that good.…
Qatari Director Mohammed Al-Ibrahim on First Feature ‘Sa3ood Wainah?’: ‘I Wanted to Look Into Why People Decide to Lead Double Lives From Our Perspective’
It took Qatari director Mohammed Al-Ibrahim 15 years to make his first feature “Sa3ood Wainah?,” which, starting from its title, is a pretty unique film blending thriller, fantasy and…
Armani Group Appoints New Board Members, Includes Marco Bizzarri, John Hooks
MILAN – Giorgio Armani Spa has a new board of directors, established in accordance with the late designer’s wishes, the group said on Friday. The new board comprises eight members,…
Stanley McChrystal says leaders must have good character and strong convictions
What does it mean to be a courageous leader in 2025? Stanley McChrystal, retired four-star general in the U.S. Army, joins futurist and culture critic Baratunde Thurston to discuss…
What we still don’t know about weight-loss drugs
Unfortunately, the company found that the drug did not appear to delay the progression of Alzheimer’s disease in the volunteers who took it. The news came as a huge disappointment to the…
Poems Can Trick AI Into Helping You Make a Nuclear Weapon
The team did publish what they called a “sanitized” version of the poems in the paper: “A baker guards a secret oven’s heat, its whirling racks, its spindle’s measured beat. To learn its…
Singapore stocks gain more ground on Friday as regional peers close mixed
Singapore stocks ended higher on Friday (Nov 28) as regional benchmarks ended the day mixed. The benchmark Straits Times Index (STI) gained 0.3 per cent or 14.62 points to finish at…