Month: March 2023

The Carousel of Grief

Our April 20 issue—the London Book Fair Issue—is online now, with Cathleen Schine on Maxine Hong Kingston’s talking-stories, Jameel Jaffer on the “ethical train wreck” at the Office of Legal Counsel, Rumaan Alam on Namwali Serpell, Geoffrey O’Brien remembers Joe Brainard, Michelle Nijhuis on swamps and bogs, E. Tammy Kim on the legend of Harry […]

Fox Hosts Have HEATED Gun Debate

Do we really have to say this? Psychiatrists are under NO obligation to report when someone is under care for mental illness UNLESS there is a direct threat against identifiable victim(s). If we make psychiatrists report the suspicion of dangerousness, people who need to go to therapy wouldn’t, […]

For Smarter Robots, Just Add Humans

For Smarter Robots, Just Add Humans Will Knight Autonomous machines are still too clumsy for delicate tasks. But humans can operate mechanical arms from afar, turning physical labor into remote work. READ The 44 Best Shows on Netflix Right Now Wired From “The Legend of Korra” to “Wednesday,” […]

3/29/23: Chris Christie Insists He Can Beat Trump, Is TikTok Ban A New Patriot Act, Steven Donzinger Denied By Supreme Court, SBF Caught Bribing China, Serial Podcast Murder Conviction Reopened, Stephanie Ruhle’s Media Grifts, Elon Musk Indian Gov Censorship, Ebola Lab Leak

Ryan and Emily discuss Chris Christie insisting he can beat Trump in 2024, Jon Stewart denies Trump arrest will make him a martyr, is the Tik Tok ban in congress “The Restrict Act” looking like the new Patriot Act, the Supreme Court declining to hear Steven Donzinger’s challenge […]

Israel on the brink

Kelli María Korducki Senior Editor On Sunday, news broke that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had abruptly fired the country’s defense minister, Yoav Gallant, after Gallant pleaded for a delay in the judiciary-overhaul plan put forward by Netanyahu’s government. Hundreds of thousands of Israelis rolled out of bed […]

Wall Street sharks eye ‘dumb’ banks

March 29, 2023 Hello, Insiders. I’m Jennifer H. Cunningham, the editor in chief of the news division. All eyes remain on former President Trump’s possible criminal indictment; we’re monitoring the parade of witnesses testifying in front of the Grand Jury and learning why an indictment may have already […]

The Answer to the Culture War

Mark Hampton | March 27th, 2023 Center for a Stateless Society The drama of the so-called “culture wars” picked up recently with Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene calling for a “national divorce” over supposed entrenched cultural issues. Setting aside how this would be a terrible deal for red states, […]

How To Fight Big Tech Censorship

Michael Shellenberger 4 hr ago The author (right) with Stanford epidemiologist Jay Bhattacharya (center) and Babylon Bee founder, Seth Dillon (right). All three were censored by Big Tech Internet companies, and testified to Congress about their experience today. I was honored to once again testify before Congress today […]

The Lighthouse: Haunted Financial Markets | Spending Straitjackets | Trump’s Lockdown

March 28, 2023  •  Weekly Newsletter The Fed’s Policies Haunt Financial Markets Judy L. Shelton (Wall Street Journal) Inadequate supply, relative to massive spending-induced demand, spurred the inflation we have now. But why is Chairman Powell’s destruction of that demand through ‘emergency’ interest-rate hikes the answer? What about […]

3/28/23: Trans Suspect Behind Christian Mass Shooting, Netanyahu Caves to Protests, Peter Beinart on Israeli Hypocrisy, Top SVB Accounts 13 Billion, American Patriotism Plummets, IRS Targets Matt Taibbi, US Military Shortages, Binance Sued

Krystal and Saagar discuss a Trans suspect behind the Christian Mass School Shooting, Netanyahu caves after Israeli protests erupt, Peter Beinart joins the show to discuss Palestinians seeing hypocrisy behind Israeli protests, the top SVB accounts had 13 Billion in cash, Trump trashes SVB Bank bailout, American patriotism […]

Where to live to save money

March 28, 2023 Hello, Insiders. I want to ask you about artificial intelligence. We’ve covered how it may be coming for our jobs, how it will fundamentally change search, and how it could change social media. But I’m curious about its impact on you, specifically. Have you used […]

Trump’s Looming Indictment

Of the several criminal investigations and civil lawsuits that have trailed Donald Trump since he left the presidency, the charge currently being considered by a Manhattan grand jury—that he lied about paying hush money to the adult film actor Stormy Daniels—now looks to be the one that will […]

Can Marianne Williamson Win?

This week, Briahna spoke to the New Hampshire and South Carolina state directors for Marianne Williamson’s 2024 campaign about what it would take for a progressive to win, and whether it’s possible given what we know about how the DNC put the finger on the scale in the […]