At the height of the energy crisis in the 1970s, when oil prices more than sextupled, The Economist magazine showed a map of the Persian Gulf on its cover with the headline, "What's a Nice Thing Like Oil Doing in a Place Like This?" The Iranian miscreants, with whom we are now at war, ...
On Tuesday, TMZ published a story with a dramatic all-caps headline, "PETE HEGSETH BLEW BILLION$ ON FRUIT BASKETS, LOBSTER," that was accompanied by a manufactured photo of the secretary of war surrounded by a bunch of plastic lobsters. The initial story was followed by several other "news" ...
I've been hearing a lot lately about how it's "taking the easy way out" to use GLP-1s to lose weight. That may be true. But then again, you might be able to say the same thing about virtually every medical advancement. When you boil it down, chemotherapy is "taking the easy way out" of ...
Wherever you look in American politics right now, you'll find legislators saying the government still doesn't tax enough -- especially when it comes to the wealthy. California progressives are pursuing a wealth tax on billionaires, advertised as a method to raise $100 billion in a single ...
As Donald Trump's Republicans look askance as he launches what looks to some like another long-term war in the Middle East, and as the anti-Trump Democrats hold up Homeland Security funding in what looks to some like prioritizing illegal immigrants over U.S. citizens, one is tempted to ask, ...
My 11-year-old son recently went to Salt Lake City for a field trip to the Utah Symphony. He told me that as he was walking there with his class, he noticed a sign that said "F*** ICE." Yes, the word was spelled out. Several days ago, he said that while he was walking home from school, he saw ...
So much for the notion that the Supreme Court, with its 6-3 majority of justices appointed by Republican presidents, was going to be a rubber stamp for Donald Trump. That is a frequently voiced charge by partisan Democrats, and a fear of many ambivalent voters who find many of Trump's policies ...
I’ve always been partial to figure skating in the Winter Olympics. It’s probably the only Winter Olympics sport (well, aside from hockey) that I really care about knowing who won. A lot of that has to do with my mom. She watched figure skating when I was a kid and I ended up watching ...
America is tired. Not tired of debate. Not tired of conviction. Americans can handle disagreement. What they are weary of is perpetual combat. They are weary of the temperature always being set at boiling. They are weary of economic anxiety, cultural distrust and political trench warfare that ...
The other day, I caught the BEST news story. Did you know that in England there is a group called "The Tuneless Choir?" Founded by Nadine Cooper in 2016, this is a choir specifically for people who have been told that they can’t sing. The tone deaf are welcome. Everyone is welcome! There is ...
