The issue of excessive heat in prison raises controversy almost every year. Photo: Darrin Zammit Lupi
Just over a decade ago, when James Wood wrote about four memoirs by the children of writers, I wondered why he’d left out Sheila Munro’s Lives of Mothers & Daughters: Growing Up With Alice Munro (2001). True, Wood’s essay, “Sins of the Father,” was about Cheever, Malamud, Styron, Bellow, and patriarchy in postwar America. But even a passing mention of Munro, I thought at the time, might have served to remind us that “the storm of assertion”—Wood’s phrase for the self-justification that often... Читать дальше...
The International Court of Justice’s July 19 ruling on Israeli settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem was stronger than anticipated, clearly articulating what is blatantly obvious, that these enclaves “and the regime associated with them, have been established and are being maintained in violation of international law,” said Nawaf Salam, president of the ICJ, as the court is also known. The Israeli government responded predictably, screaming “anti-Semitism” and declaring their sovereign... Читать дальше...
It was October 27, 1994, and a day earlier, Israel and Jordan had signed a peace treaty in the desert expanse that straddled the once-warring nations. It was just a year after the Oslo Accords. Bill Clinton and his press corps were on the road to Damascus, where he would be the first president to meet strongman Hafez Al Assad in Syria in almost 20 years. When our charter flight touched down at Damascus International Airport, amid propaganda posters of Assad and plenty of menacing Syrian security forces... Читать дальше...
To someone who has not spent a significant amount of time on social media, Colorado Governor Jared Polis’s tweet on Sunday implicitly endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris would be as comprehensible as ancient hieroglyphics. Polis posted three emojis to X, formerly known as Twitter: “????????????????.” He then ended a subsequent post providing explicit written support for Harris with the same three emojis.
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Charlie Peters, my original mentor in the magazine world, used to say that the hardest talent to find among aspiring writers was a true, light, instinctive comic touch. Lots of people could work hard, write fast, and stay up late. Lots of people were politics nuts or history buffs. Many people were willing to ask questions and do research and go through the repeated self-education that is the reporter’s life.
Joe Biden didn’t want to drop out of running for re-election in 2024. But he can be proud of his presidency.
It is not enough for Kamala Harris to not be Joe Biden or Donald Trump in her campaign rhetoric. She must lay out a case for what she wants to do in office.
The owners behind the United Center announced on Tuesday that the parking lots and area surrounding the United Center will be replaced by a $7 billion mixed-use district — a price tag they say would make it the largest private investment in the West Side.
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President Biden had made a career of digging in and proving the doubters wrong — until he finally met a political crisis he couldn’t ride out.
Israeli startup aims to compete with U.S. heart-pump pioneer Abiomed, now owned by Johnson & Johnson. But analysts say the market has lots of room to grow.
The deodorant maker, now valued at $150 million, is the latest influencer-founded company looking to invade a mass-market sector.
The defense and aerospace investor recently refueled with a nearly $1.3 billion fund.
Top stories from the Russian press on Tuesday, July 23rd
Graham King is at least part owner of Clearsprings Management Ltd
A company that provides asylum hotels has paid millions of pounds to what appears to be an offshore consultancy firm with links to its Essex businessman founder.
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Vice President Harris is going to be the Democratic presidential nominee, barring a cataclysm. Harris accumulated support Monday, one day after President Biden announced he would step aside. Nearly all of Harris’s potential rivals have now endorsed her. The list includes Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, California Gov. Gavin Newsom, Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro and Illinois...
President Biden's decision to drop his reelection bid and Vice President Harris's emergence as the front-runner for the Democratic nomination has vulnerable Senate Democrats scrambling to fend off new GOP attacks on her record. Biden's biggest vulnerability was his age and doubts about his fitness for office, but the silver lining for Democrats was that...
President Biden’s decision to drop out of the 2024 race could draw legal challenges in some states as a groundswell of Democrats begin lining up behind Vice President Harris, though legal experts say such challenges will likely prove unfruitful. “Before the media gets rolling, let me be clear: The Democratic nominee for president will be...
Vulnerable House Democrats are circling the wagons around Vice President Harris, arguing that their new likely presidential nominee will only increase excitement for Democrats up and down the ballot as they work to recapture the lower chamber in November. The majority of frontliners — a title given to vulnerable lawmakers running in the most competitive races this cycle...
The Trump campaign is grappling with a new political reality as it prepares to face a new opponent in November. Former President Trump and his allies made little secret of the fact they hoped President Biden would stay in the race as he mulled his future, viewing him as a weakened candidate who polls showed...
Young liberals are bursting with enthusiasm for Vice President Harris’s new White House campaign, pointing to a strong contrast between her and former President Trump, but some are concerned she is overlooking major concerns for students. Harris can piggyback off the accomplishments of the Biden administration on numerous issues college students care about, such...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s three-day trip to Washington is poised to put the deep divisions between Democrats and Republicans on U.S. policy toward Israel on full display — in addition to the split among Democrats. Boycotts from Democratic lawmakers and pro-Palestinian activists against Netanyahu’s speech to Congress on Wednesday will contrast with a Republican...
In her fight to represent victims "under attack by stalkers, pervs, a‑‑holes and trolls,” Carrie Goldberg says the work is personal. “I fall in love with cases the way that people fall in love with other people,” said Goldberg, an attorney and author of the book “Nobody’s Victim: Fighting Psychos, Stalkers, Pervs, and Trolls.” And...
Sugar The National Confectioners Association hired NVG to lobby on changes to sugar policy, one of the food and agriculture issues in the farm bill. The confectioners have pushed to reform the sugar program, which maintains a minimum sugar price and restricts imports, which they say benefits a few wealthy sugar producers at the expense...
