The PGA gets a Saudi makeover

The Week  Staff The PGA gets a Saudi makeover Justin  Klawans Presidential candidates on the U.S.’ crumbling infrastructure Justin  Klawans Austrian intelligence thwarts alleged terrorist attack at pride parade Advertisement from Wisebread Earn $200 After Spending $500 The Week  Staff 6 rustic homes in Wyoming The Week  Staff […]

China’s economy is screwed

June 18, 2023 Hi, I’m Matt Turner, the editor in chief of business at Insider. Welcome back to Insider Today’s Sunday edition, a roundup of some of our top stories. I’ll be spending the day with my three-year old daughter. Happy Father’s Day to anyone else celebrating today.   […]

The War on Black Studies

Sponsored by University of California Press Robin D. G. Kelley The Long War on Black Studies It would be a mistake to think of the current wave of attacks on “critical race theory” as a culture war. This is a political battle. Emmanuel Ordóñez Angulo Lonely at the Top […]

Mass Shooting at Birthday Party

Mass Shooting at Birthday Party An 18-year-old woman was shot while six others sustained injuries during a shooting incident. Read More… Three Dead in Boat Fire Three tourists have now been confirmed dead after a fire broke out on a diving boat they were traveling on in the Egyptian Red Sea.  Read […]

Will prosecuting Trump help his campaign?

The Week  Staff A startup ‘extinction event’ Harold  Maass Will prosecuting Trump help his campaign? Justin  Klawans At least 40 killed in rebel attack on Ugandan school Advertisement by Lifebook Celebrating Father’s Day with LifeTime Memoirs The Week  Staff AI: The worst-case scenario Catherine  Garcia The Check-In: Safety […]

America’s best places for families

A NOTE FROM FORTUNE Fortune Well editor Jennifer Fields here, filling in for Alyson this week.   To say that the pandemic upended our social ties is an understatement. Though we’re still making sense of the physical and mental impact of isolation and disconnection, one thing is clear—we’ve […]

Legalizing Marijuana Is Not a Big Mistake

SATURDAY, JUNE 17, 2023 It is not the purpose of government to prevent people from engaging in bad habits, risky behavior, or immoral activities; protect people from harmful substances, unhealthy practices, or dangerous activities; or prohibit what people can buy, sell, or consume. – Laurence M. Vance, “Legalizing […]

The Fox News throne

June 17, 2023 Happy Saturday, Insiders! Jesse Watters rose to fame on Fox News as Bill O’Reilly’s attack dog. But is he the man to win back viewers after the network’s acrimonious split with Tucker Carlson? Today’s big story digs into whether Watters can resuscitate the network’s most […]

Subjects and Concords

Sponsored by NYU Press Google is effectively one large index, at least according to Fara Dabhoiwala, who reviews a history of the index in the June 22, 2023, issue. And like the Internet, he writes, the development of this research tool inspired a great deal of anxiety “that flighty, superficial […]

America is a Ruthless Empire, but Multipolarity is in the Making

By Geopolitics & EmpireJune 14, 2023 Updated:June 14, 2023 Twitter Telegram LinkedIn Photo: https://www.danieleganser.ch/wp-content/uploads/Michael_Peter_1.jpg Share Renown Swiss historian Daniele Ganser discusses his new book “USA: The Ruthless Empire”, the Military-Industrial-Complex and Security State, the Washington elite, and how the establishment continues to falsely pretend that America is not […]

Who is “pro-Russia”?

Can you support Russia without being anti-Ukrainian and anti-American? Discuss below. The issue here is about the meaning of the war for the world order and its morals. For the position that Ukraine must win for the sake of global democracy, consider Timothy Snyder’s recent piece in Foreign […]

David Grann On High-Seas Suffering

Appears in this episode Andrew Sullivan David is an extraordinary investigative reporter, a longtime staff writer for The New Yorker, and an old acquaintance. Several of his stories and books have been adapted into major motion pictures, including The Lost City of Z, Old Man and the Gun, and Killers […]

RFK Jr just gave Dems middle finger

By Tom Woods I’ve seen some tone-deaf stuff in politics, but this takes the cake. The New Hampshire Democratic Party is very unhappy with Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., because they’ve just learned he’ll be speaking on Thursday, June 22, at PorcFest, the annual gathering sponsored by the libertarian […]

Government Power Is Like a Deadly Disease

FRIDAY, JUNE 16, 2023 But what is needed for a satisfactory solution of the burning problem of international relations is neither a new office with more committees, secretaries, commissioners, reports, and regulations, nor a new body of armed executioners, but the radical overthrow of mentalities and domestic policies […]

6/16/23: Saturn Moon Has Ingredients For Life, Charles Barkley On CNN: “I’m Joining The Titanic”, Beyond The Headlines On Inflation w/ James Li

This week we discuss a Saturn Moon discovery that might have ingredients for Life, Charles Barkley’s comments on joining CNN show his concern about “joining the Titanic”, and James Li brings us a new episode of “Beyond The Headlines” On Inflation. To become a Breaking Points Premium Member […]

What’s next for U.S. interest rates?

Joel  Mathis Will Republicans impeach Alejandro Mayorkas? Brigid  Kennedy How Lionel Messi found himself in Miami Theara  Coleman Russian hackers allegedly breach US agencies in cyberattack Advertisement by Enbridge Is hydrogen the key to reducing GHG emissions? Learn more. Justin  Klawans How Walt Nauta went from Diet Coke […]

Who is “pro-Russia”?

Can you support Russia without being anti-Ukrainian and anti-American? Discuss below. The issue here is about the meaning of the war for the world order and its morals. For the position that Ukraine must win for the sake of global democracy, consider Timothy Snyder’s recent piece in Foreign […]

McMaster’s Imaginary Sex Ring

In 2020, a Canadian university tore up its psychology department in search of a non-existent network of sexual predators. Documents obtained by Quillette reveal how administrators allowed it to happen. Jonathan Kay S.L.’s Tale On May 6th, 2021, McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario was hit with bombshell news. […]

Unabomber Dead by Suicide at the Age of 81

View in browser The Extremism Roundup Promoting Civil Discourse and Marginalizing the Extremes A weekly compilation of the most important developments in the struggle against radical ideologies Islamist Extremism  Sierra Malloy, via 44 News screenshot Indiana Woman Burns American Flag in Support of ISIS Sierra Malloy of Evansville, Ind., […]

The Doom Loop

The CDC Wears No Clothes :: SF’s mercenary army :: LA’s Griftocrats :: and more Alex Gutentag Leighton Woodhouse Beige Luciano-Adams Mia Ashton and 2 others Jun 16, 2023 Failensky, amirite? On Tuesday CDC Director Rochelle Walensky testified before the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic. Chairman […]

Distributism Isn’t Outdated

TAC Editor’s Weekly The latest in Main Street conservative news View this email in your browser Dear Reader, You might have seen Daniel Penny, the subway guardian, give a video interview over the last weekend. This marks a departure from the traditional media strategy for a man in his […]

Why Propaganda Works

Caitlin Johnstone Jun 16, 2023 Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley): It’s not really deniable that western civilization is saturated with domestic propaganda geared toward manipulating the way the public thinks, acts, works, shops and votes. Mass media employees have attested to the […]

Mutiny on Reddit

June 16, 2023 Hello, Insiders. Hallam Bullock, an editor on Insider’s audience team, here. Reddit, the “front page of the internet,” has looked a lot emptier this week.   Thousands of popular subreddits went on a 48-hour blackout on Monday. But many of those communities are continuing indefinitely […]

Review: Henry George’s Many Children

The 19th century reformer’s influence on 20th century progressives, conservatives, and libertarians Jesse Walker | From the July 2023 issue (Johns Hopkins University Press) Henry George, a 19th century reformer who famously favored an end to all taxes except a levy on land, believed his system would allow […]