Florida’s St. Pete Goes All Caravaggio
Boy Bitten by a Lizard and other Baroque treasures shine at St. Petersburg’s Museum of Fine Arts. Source link
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Swiss National Bank holds interest rate at zero, cuts inflation forecast
The outcome shows the central bank setting a higher bar for moving negative than for a standard rate cut The Swiss National Bank kept its interest rate at zero, judging that a weakened…
Environmentalists sue to erase Trump's 'bloated' face from appearing on national parks pass
An environmental group filed a lawsuit Wednesday asking a judge to stop the government from putting President Trump's face on a new national parks and monuments pass, saying the country…
‘Narco-Terrorism’ Is a Legally Meaningless Term
The incantations of the word are intended to mislead the public into assuming the cartels’ terror ‘designation’ has solid legal footing. Source link
Europe Is Delusional
Europe, in the year 2025, is what NPR would look like if it ran a continent. Source link
The Cheapest Way to Win the Democrats’ ‘Strange New Respect’
Just agree with the left: The GOP is led by men who hate women. Source link
Democratic Reps Warn WBD That Paramount’s Takeover Bid Raises National Security Concerns Over Saudi and Other Foreign Investors
Two Democratic lawmakers — U.S. Reps. Sam Liccardo (D-Calif.) and Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.) — have expressed “serious national security concerns” over Paramount Skydance‘s hostile takeover…
Trump’s National Security Strategy Document Is a Curious One
Being the strongest and most successful nation will mean ensuring that America First does not devolve into America Alone. Source link
KISS and Company at the ‘All-American’ Kennedy Center Honors
If Trump’s goal is to create a Kennedy Center for the people, then this year’s Honors ceremony seemed entirely designed to vindicate their tastes. Source link
The Effort to Tame Tech Is Bound to Fail
What Tristan Harris gets wrong. Source link
Mrs. Shakespeare, Credit Hog
The literal-minded Hamnet abandons cultural outreach. Source link
Trump says National Guard member who survived shooting 'got up from bed'
President Trump said Tuesday that Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe, the National Guard member who survived last month's ambush attack in the District of Columbia, got up from bed. Source link
The ‘Restrainers’ Get Their Consolation Prize
The administration’s National Security Strategy document would not create a safer world for Americans. Source link
Yes, Revive the Monroe Doctrine
We should, by all means, breathe new life into a doctrine that in recent decades has become a museum curiosity. Source link
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation Will Never Be The Same After Learning These 25 Facts
Surprising Secrets Behind National Lampoon's Classic It wouldn't be the holiday season if we didn't bring up the good old-fashioned Griswold Christmas. The classic holiday comedy National…
The Danger of Weight-Loss Drugs Going Mainstream
GLP-1s could help turn around America’s obesity epidemic. They could also bring about a new era of eating disorders for young women. Source link
One Fire, One System: Hong Kong’s Fire Tragedy and the City That No Longer Exists
Hong Kong did not simply mishandle a tragedy; it demonstrated, once again, that it has become something fundamentally different from what it once was. Source link
There Is No Such Thing as an Independent Agency
The Supreme Court should overrule a 1935 precedent and put presidents back in charge of executing the law. Source link
Right to Repair Would Help Consumers and Address ‘Affordability’
The battle over the right to repair represents a clear dividing line between supporters of certain business interests and backers of a free market. Source link
Ben Rhodes Keeps Getting It Wildly Wrong on Israel and Gaza
Setting the record straight on the recent New York Times screed by Obama’s deputy national security adviser. Source link
Pope Leo Reveals His Secret
What a 17th-century monk can still teach us. Source link
Why State Courts Should Not Set National Energy Policy
Judges are improperly turning courts into bastions of climate activism. Source link
Rein In the Presidential Pardon Power
A bipartisan pattern of executive abuse shows why the unilateral power to pardon should be reconsidered. Source link
Report: Hegseth Gave Order to Kill Boat Operators Because They Were on a Target List
Is the Trump administration claiming the power to do what previous administrations have done: compile lists of ‘enemy combatants’ and kill them? Source link