Greetings gentle reader, welcome to another installment of the Sunday Morning Movie. Today it’s a supernatural thriller, Necromancy, starring a corpulent Orson Welles. Reviews: Horror News says: On the plus side Orson Welles is given some juicy monologues that offer a taste of his faded glory. Don’t forget, this was the man who terrified an…
Rudy Giuliani speaks to the media outside Manhattan federal court in New York, Jan. 3, 2025. Ted Shaffrey/AP hide caption toggle caption Ted Shaffrey/AP Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani has been hospitalized with a broken vertebrae after a car accident, his spokesperson said on Sunday. Giuliani, 81, was traveling on a highway in…
By Despoina Kanta Japan, besides being an interesting case of an economic success, has gathered interest regarding the economics revolving around gender. A special aspect of Shinzo Abe’s economic policy in Japan was the area concerning women. The term “Womenomics” was used to describe the economic policy drawn up by former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo…
Big anniversaries demand big releases. After all, what is the point of peerless longevity if not to flaunt all that accumulated mastery? Vacheron Constantin has just turned a spry 270 years–the oldest manufacture to operate continuously since its founding–and it certainly has the horological chops to prove it. Case in point: the bombastically named Les…
(This post is part of a series that began with this post.) The overarching theme of Musa al-Gharbi’s book is examining the gap between the ideas most supported by those who are woke and the actions of those same people. While al-Gharbi isn’t overtly hostile to woke ideas as such, he is troubled by how…
ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. Reporting Highlights A Mixed Track Record: Civil rights attorney Leo Terrell, who leads Trump’s antisemitism task force, has had a legal career marred by client disputes and scathing judicial rebukes. Unpaid Bills and…
In a message released ahead of the Day, Mr. Guterres honoured the “extraordinary” contributions of people of African descent across every sphere of human endeavour. The Secretary-General also recognised the “long shadows” of slavery and colonialism, which include systemic racism, unequal economies and societies, and the digital divide (between those who are able to benefit…
Kite Boarding 📹xin_kitesurfer pic.twitter.com/IcvNeUVXQs — Science girl (@gunsnrosesgirl3) August 30, 2025 What’s the point of the University? Modern society needs mandarins UnHerd The Unexpected Reason Baboons March in Order SciTech Daily Spouses tend to share psychiatric disorders, massive study finds Nature ‘Where’s Waldo?’ Meets Sarcastic, Dystopian Visions in Ben Tolman’s Elaborate Ink Drawings Colossal COVID-19/Pandemics…
Politics / August 29, 2025 New York State is a case study in Democrats’ failure to understand the evolving political landscape. Ad Policy People gather outside the Supreme Court as it hears arguments for the landmark gerrymandering case Rucho v. Common Cause. (Aurora Samperio / NurPhoto via Getty Images) Texas Republicans forced through a partisan…
By Mr. Maverick We can all agree that intuition is a key feature of human beings. What is otherwise known as “gut-feeling” (and no it doesn’t derive from our stomach or heart), intuition is a non-voluntary process that takes place in our brains. It is the ability to understand a situation and act on it…