Politics / August 18, 2025 Anything is possible in the coming days and weeks, but it’s difficult not to feel like we are veering toward escalating violence. Ad Policy Members of the National Guard walk on the National Mall on August 14, 2025, in Washington, DC, following President Donald Trump’s deployment of federal forces and…
By Mr. Maverick At first glance, the title is semantically void, even nonsensical. Both words are synonymous and carry the same connotation. If you’re Greece, however, and you add the word ‘qualitative’ before edge and the words ‘of collapse’ next to verge, then you start to paint a picture. Let’s crash through the surface and…
Question: Suppose the demand for fentanyl is perfectly inelastic, and that the users of fentanyl steal from others to acquire the money to pay for it. In an effort to crack down on fentanyl use, the government imposes harsher penalties on suppliers of fentanyl, reducing its supply. How will this policy affect the amount of…
Newsmax will pay $67 million to Dominion Voting Systems to settle a lawsuit over the network’s coverage of the 2020 presidential election. In this photo from April 3, 2025, Newsmax CEO Chris Ruddy and former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani join others at the opening of trading at the New York Stock Exchange. Michael…
What happens when one brings together Scotland’s most storied whisky houses with a creative force of Parisian couture? The answer is “Couture Expression”, a first-of-its-kind collaboration that sees Johnnie Walker Vault’s partner with Olivier Rousteing — the visionary creative director of Balmain — in a pursuit to reimagine whisky as more than a spirit. Rousteing…
So far this year, cholera has killed more than 4,300 people across 31 countries. These figures are underestimates and there is particular concern for those impacted by war in Sudan, Chad, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, South Sudan and Yemen. In Sudan, the disease has already claimed over 1,000 lives since 1 January. It…
Fans Say Costco’s New Sparkling Protein Drink Is “Revolutionary” Delish And just like that, the CEO of Genius Gourmet, the maker of the “revolutionary” sparkling protein water just deleted his LinkedIn. 👀🫠 https://t.co/1q6jRLxz3l pic.twitter.com/uEIcEytZEl — James Li (@5149jamesli) August 17, 2025 Astronomers discover an ‘interstellar tunnel’ that connects our solar system to other stars Earth.com…
ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. During his first term, President Donald Trump frequently turned to the issue of mental health, framing it as a national crisis that demanded action. He linked it to opioid addiction, mass shootings and…
Dr. Bill Dorfman has shaped some of Hollywood’s most iconic smiles and revolutionized cosmetic dentistry through innovation, entrepreneurship, and a human-centered approach, showing that true swagger begins with self-confidence. Renowned for celebrity smiles and driven by universal impact, Dr. Bill Dorfman is the famed cosmetic dentist at Century City Aesthetic Dentistry, and known as “Hollywood’s…
Timothy Taylor, at Conversable Economist, had a post on August 13 titled “What Economic Ideas are True and Nontrivial?” He starts with a famous story that Paul Samuelson told and I’ll quote it here: [O]ur subject puts its best foot forward when it speaks out on international trade. This was brought home to me years…