Neal Francis sent me a thoughtful note a few days after our SPIN interview. It was like getting a response to a fan letter from one of the Cassidys—Shaun or David—in the ’70s. Francis brings the ...

Making its way around social media was the clip from “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” in which the economist Ben Stein explained the Smoot-Hawley Act, when Republicans raised tariffs in a bid to ...

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A new study from the University of Michigan, Saginaw Valley State University, and Ypsilanti Community Schools found that ...

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The Cityzens have now got their hands on the fabled European Cup after years of agonising exits, although they have a long way to go to catch record 15-time winners Real Madrid. They are at ...

Even accepting all of that as axiomatic, what has happened at MSNBC in the past several days is such an orgy of bad faith and bad ideas that it may be an industry record in that regard.

The number of people killed by police officers rose slightly in 2024, the smallest increase recorded in years, according to a report released Tuesday by Mapping Police Violence. Police ...

Technology came a long way in the 11 years since the BCS computers powered down, and Elon Musk's latest artificial intelligence bot has CFP ideas. Grok 3, an A.I. platform, doesn't care for the ...

This led to a record high of 1,082 tonnes of central bank gold purchases in 2022. 2023 saw the second-highest annual purchase in history at 1,051 tonnes, followed by 1,041 tonnes in 2024.