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’28 Years Later’ and the permanent apocalypse

In 2003, director Danny Boyle and screenwriter Alex Garland introduced the concept of fast zombies to popular culture with their apocalypse film 28 Days Later. In 2025, I have finally forgiven them for it.  28 Years Later comes 23 years after the release of 28 Days Later. If you’re confused by the titling format, just […]

Government unions show Newsom who’s really in charge of California

Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) is incapable of getting his employees to show up to the office more than two days a week. This is an indictment of his leadership and reveals a flaw that should be fatal to his presidential aspirations. It is also an indictment of the California Democratic Party, which has shown itself […]

When the murder mystery and the campus satire collide

The campus novel may have its origins in the early 1950s with Mary McCarthy’s satire The Groves of Academe and Kingsley Amis’s comic caper Lucky Jim, but for many contemporary readers, the genre is best defined by Donna Tartt’s 1992 Gothic murder mystery The Secret History. That book inspired a raft of college-set thrillers, most […]

House approves $832 billion Defense funding bill

The House early on Friday approved legislation allocating roughly $832 billion in funding for defense programs for fiscal year 2026, just weeks after Republicans approved a separate $150 billion plan to advance President Trump’s defense priorities.  The GOP-led chamber approved the bill 221-209, mostly along party lines. Five Democrats voted in favor of the bill,...

Congress sends bill clawing back $9B in foreign aid, public media funds to Trump’s desk

House Republicans late Thursday night approved the first batch of cuts made by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), sending the $9 billion package to President Trump’s desk in a big victory for the GOP. The legislation — which claws back already-approved federal funding for foreign aid and public broadcasting — cleared the chamber in...

Congress sends $9B spending cuts package to Trump’s desk after late-night House vote

House Speaker Mike Johnson secures victory as Congress approves $9 billion in spending cuts targeting international aid and public broadcasting in first rescissions package in decades.

How many voters really care about Jeffrey Epstein?

If you were on the social media site for the past week you’d have thought that the most important issue to American voters is...

Dallas laps New York City in the housing race — fueling the Texas boom

Gotham’s leaders would rather be powerful in a broken system than incidental in an effective one.

Trump says salacious Epstein letter attributed to him is ‘fake,’ and plans lawsuit against WSJ

President Trump lashed out Thursday at the Wall Street Journal for publishing a letter he supposedly sent to disgraced late financier Jeffrey Epstein, calling the note a fake.

Trump reclassifies some federal workers, making them easier to fire

President Trump on Thursday created a new classification for non-career federal workers, which will make them easier to fire if they don't carry out his priorities.

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