Eight years after the publication of 1984’s Bright Lights, Big City, that riotous and audacious first novel about a twenty-something man crashing and burning in the glittering streets and shadier corners of Manhattan, Jay McInerney broadened his scope and produced a multistranded, multivoiced work. Published in 1992, Brightness Falls documented the charmed lives of New […]
When the Chinese Communist Party’s English-language flagship, Global Times, lectures American readers about the “high energy consumption” of U.S. data centers, it isn’t because Beijing has developed a soft spot for our electric bills. It’s because every server farm we don’t build in Texas or Virginia is one China gets to build first. That line […]
The Virginia Supreme Court has denied Democratic Gov. Abigail Spanberger’s attempt to certify the results of her redistricting constitutional amendment referendum, a procedural step Spanberger had scheduled for today. Now the court has more time to decide whether the governor violated the commonwealth’s Constitution in her mad dash to alter it. The arguments in Virginia’s […]
Inland Ale Works is a great brewery in Cheney, Washington. Established in a remodeled auto shop, the whole place is decorated with photos of old Spokane, Washington, breweries and horse-drawn wagons loaded with beer barrels. There are ads for Rainier, National Bohemian, and Golden Age beers. I was there on Saturday to talk to my […]
The American economy is facing a real recession, amplified by a wealth gap, job displacement due to AI, and a fragile social fabric, leading to a permanent condition of "almost fine" for many.
President Trump on Saturday warned Iran that "time is running out" before the U.S. rains "all hell" down on the Middle East country. "Remember when I gave Iran ten days to MAKE A DEAL or OPEN UP THE HORMUZ STRAIT," Trump wrote on Truth Social. "Time is running out - 48 hours before all Hell...
Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) on Friday dismissed President Trump’s executive order targeting eligibility and transfer rules in college sports as “theater." “Trump’s college sports Executive Order is theater, not a fix,” Blumenthal wrote in a post on social platform X. “Reform requires Congressional legislation — I have put commonsense bills & proposals on the table...
Sens. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) on Friday called on Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to answer questions about sanctioned Russian lawmakers who visited the U.S. Capitol Building. Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.) organized the delegation of Russian State Duma members last month. "The delegation came onto U.S....
Rep. Seth Moulton (D-Mass.) on Friday said Iran is "winning the war" after the Middle East nation's air defenses shot down two U.S. fighter jets. The Iranian military shot down an F-15E fighter jet over Iranian airspace and an A-10 Warthog attack plane before it reached Kuwaiti airspace. One of the service members who ejected...
Former national security adviser John Bolton on Friday said the recent attacks by Iran on two U.S. fighter jets has likely placed President Trump in "panic mode." The Iranian military downed an F-15E Strike Eagle over the Islamic Republic's airspace on Friday — marking the first known instance of Tehran shooting down a U.S. jet...
President Trump’s move to oust Attorney General Pam Bondi from her post just weeks after replacing former Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is raising questions about whether more staff shakeups are on the horizon. Unlike his first administration, Trump’s second stint in the White House has not been defined by a revolving door of high-level...
Countries heavily reliant on the energy exports from the Strait of Hormuz are troubleshooting plans to reopen the critical maritime trade route amid the chaos and uncertainty around the U.S.-Israel war against Iran. The United Kingdom convened 41 countries on Thursday to discuss plans to reopen the Strait, pinning the blame on Iran for holding...
President Trump's suggestion this week that the federal government should step away from day care and leave the matter to the states landed with a thud among advocates. Trump during an Easter lunch at the White House said states should fully take over the responsibility of child care, adding states raise taxes to offset the cost. But advocates say...
