What tech job recession?

August 17, 2023 Hiya! If you’ve dreamed of hanging out with Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis, now is your chance. The celebrity couple put their California beach house on Airbnb for a one-night stay. And it’s for free. Speaking of California, one of the state’s key industries — […]

The Trump Racketeers

Sponsored by The New Press Fintan O’Toole A Frame-Up in Georgia By launching a campaign of lies and harassment against an innocent Georgia poll worker, the Trump team proved how much cruelty it was willing to inflict on ordinary people who stood in its way. Eric Naiman Webs of […]

8/17/23: Biden Shamed Into Hawaii Visit, Fox News Disarray As Trump Beats DeSantis, Chinese Economy Plummeting, Passport Delays Nightmare Travel, Cops Rebuked In Kansas Raid, Youtube’s New Medical Censorship, Homelessness Surges

Krystal and Saagar discuss Biden shamed into a Hawaii visit as death toll rises, Hawaiians call out real estate vultures for preying on burned lands, Fox News reveals its new “power rankings” of the GOP candidates, Was Peter Zeihan Right? As Chinese Economy goes down, extreme Passport delays […]

This should never be a “crime”

  Dear friend, Free speech is in trouble in the U.S., but also to a grave degree in Europe, where a Finnish parliamentarian and grandmother will stand trial again after being unanimously acquitted in 2022. In Finland, the government’s General Prosecutor wants to criminalize the simple expression of […]

How Psychedelics Go Mainstream

New from Reason: The Psychedelic Renaissance Is Here Everywhere around us, there are signs of a psychedelic renaissance: in medicine, therapy, commerce, and the arts. These drugs are getting serious, positive coverage in glossy magazines, best-selling books, literary memoirs, documentaries, and hit podcasts. Performers like Reggie Watts, Melissa […]

The Lighthouse: Community Indoctrination Centers | A Bad Mideast Deal | Oppenheimer Student

August 16, 2023  •  Weekly Newsletter Beware the ‘Community Schools’ Trojan Horse Williamson M. Evers (The American Spectator) “Community schools”? Sounds like the old days when families and neighborhoods shaped their kids’ local schools. No so now. The new version—being rolled out in several states—makes public schools into […]

Is America a War State?

Thirty years after Bill Clinton ditched the “Peace Dividend,” we seem to be in conflict everywhere, with no end in sight. Do we need a fundamental re-think of our foreign policy priorities? Matt Taibbi Aug 16, 2023 On June 1, Harpers put out a cover story titled, “Why […]

8/16/23: Trump Promises ‘Irrefutable Report’ On GA Indcitment, Christie Passes DeSantis Poll, McCarthy Scrambles On Gov Shutdown, Narco Assassins In Ecuador, Blind Side Movie Lies?, Hillary Clinton On MSNBC, Pakistan Confirms Leaks

Ryan and Emily discuss Trump’s response to the GA indictments, who is Prosecutor Fani Willis?, Chris Christie surpasses DeSantis in new NH poll, McCarthy scrambles to avoid a Gov shutdown, Narco Assassinations spiral in Ecuador, the hollywood movie Blind Side allegedly misrepresented Michale Oher’s relationship with his adopted […]

Real estate’s new ‘hack’

August 16, 2023 Halfway there! Janet Yellen’s trip to China was almost a trip after the Treasury Secretary inadvertently ate hallucinogenic mushrooms at a popular Chinese restaurant. (Yellen said she didn’t feel any effects from the magic mushrooms, as properly cooking the fungi kills the psychedelic properties.) In […]

Startups set to hit it big

August 15, 2023 Hey there! Having a tattoo artist work at your wedding is the latest debate the internet is torn over. Speaking of outside-the-box thinking, at least one VC firm is trying to leverage AI to help it suss out early-stage startups bound for success. More on […]

Robbie Robertson

Sponsored by Harvard University Press Fifty-four years ago today Richie Havens, substituting for the band Sweetwater, who were stuck in traffic, opened the Woodstock Music and Art Fair. While The New York Review of Books did not send a correspondent to the muddy dairy farm in Bethel, New […]

The Truth About Bidenomics

August 15 2023 The Truth About Bidenomics COMMENTARY By David Harsanyi Biden was given more economic headroom than any president in history—and blew it. More LAST LAUGH? Hillary Clinton Responds to News of Trump’s Latest Indictment NEWS By Tyler O’Neil “All over the country right now, people are […]