Cultural decline can be measured in a thousand different ways, but surely one of them is the way in which the figure of Death is personified in the movies.  In 1957, Ingmar Bergman’s classic film The Seventh Seal offered Death in the form of a blank-faced man who wears a flowing black robe, speaks in […]

Acceptance of a freakish gift of nature shouldn’t be grounds for a civil penalty, much less a jail stint. Yet that’s what happened June 12 in Point Clear, Alabama, when over-officious game wardens began ticketing people for scooping up seafood from a “jubilee.” The eastern shore of Mobile Bay is the only place in the […]

The Biden administration is issuing a total ban on the use of Kaspersky Lab’s software over its ties to Russia. The company’s software has been a concern of the U.S. government since at least 2017 because of the Russian government’s alleged influence over the software. The Russian government has total access to Kaspersky systems and...

Actor and former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) said that the traditional “climate change dialogue” is not going to work anymore, particularly when it comes to high-polluting countries. Schwarzenegger joined MSNBC’s Jonathan Lemire on Thursday to discuss clean energy and climate solutions. Lemire asked “The Terminator” star how he would try to reach bigger polluters...

An appeals court in Washington, D.C., denied Steve Bannon’s attempt to avoid prison Thursday. Bannon asked the federal appeals court earlier this month to delay his imminent prison sentence on contempt of Congress charges. The court denied his request, noting that his argument “does not a warrant a departure from the general rule.” In a...

Former President Trump said Thursday that he doesn’t want to underestimate President Biden ahead of their debate next week. Trump joined the hosts of the “All-In” podcast, where he was asked about his prediction for the debate next Thursday, the first time the duo will go head-to-head since the 2020 presidential debate. “Well, all I...

The Biden campaign raised $85 million in May and entered June with $212 on hand, a formidable war chest even as the Trump campaign significantly outraised them last month. The Biden campaign touted the support of grassroots donors, noting May was its second strongest grassroots month to date, trailing March. The campaign noted its email...

GOP Maryland Senate candidate and former Gov. Larry Hogan (R) distanced himself from former President Trump’s endorsement of him. “Well, I just said I didn’t … I didn’t seek it, I didn’t wanna have it, and I have no interest in it. It’s not something we’re gonna be promoting, that’s for sure,” Hogan, a common...

Missouri AG Andrew Bailey said he will sue New York over its "direct attack on our democratic process through unconstitutional lawfare against President Trump.”

President Biden's 2024 re-election campaign and the Democratic National Committee raised $85 million in May, far short of the money raised last month by Trump and the Republican National Committee