In his new book, In Obscura: Adventures in the World of Intelligence, Peter Theroux offers a look into his unconventional life, from Los Angeles to Langley. Theroux comes from a famous literary family. His older brothers, Alexander and Paul, are noted novelists. His nephews and cousins include journalists, filmmakers, and the actor Justin Theroux. Peter […]
Every summer, the quiet rolling hills of the South Downs and the Duke of Richmond’s expansive royal backyard echo with the roars of engines from the Goodwood Festival of Speed, one of the highlights of the international automotive calendar and an opportunity for different ends of the auto industry to smash into one another. Vintage […]
The road is as familiar as it is well traveled. An ingénue enchants us all with her puckish charm. Half a decade later, she strikes it rich with a Marvel/Star Wars project or three. Perhaps the occasional award bait falls into her lap, but, time being what it is, every offer soon begins to look […]
As we watch the Olympic Games this year, some of us oldsters lament a sort of innocence and sense of wonder that has been lost in the past half-century. The first cross-oceanic Summer Olympic TV coverage with abundant portions aired live via satellite was in 1972 in Munich, and they proved almost unbelievably tragic (a […]
I have a shoebox filled with old photographs, relics of the time before we all had cameras on our phones and terabits of images cluttering up our storage devices. And that’s what we call them now, too, “storage devices,” which sounds neat and organized and no fun at all. I went to the shoebox this […]
Future Forward, the most powerful Democratic-leaning super PAC, has plans to launch a $50 million advertising campaign in several states to introduce voters to Vice President Harris as the party's likely nominee ahead of the Democratic National Convention (DNC) next month, The Associated Press reported. "We're ready to hit the ground running to make sure...
Former first lady Michelle Obama said she raised her daughters intentionally as they navigated life under the watchful eye of the public as their father, former President Obama, served in the White House. Obama joined Melinda French Gates on her podcast "Moments that Make Us," where she opened up about her experience raising Malia and Sasha....
Chris Lehane, a former aide for former President Clinton and OpenAI executive team member, is joining Coinbase, as the cryptocurrency company seeks to bolster its bipartisan credentials. The American political consultant and cryptocurrency exec said he was excited to join the company’s board in a release on Coinbase’s website. “I am excited to support Coinbase...
The Ohio Supreme Court decided Thursday that “‘boneless’” chicken wings do not have to be bone-free, ending a lawsuit filed after a man suffered medical issues after consuming a chicken bone while eating a boneless wing. According to the court’s opinion, “Michael Berkheimer sued a restaurant, its food supplier, and a chicken farm after he...
The California Supreme Court ruled Thursday that Uber and Lyft drivers are classified as independent contractors instead of employees. The court ruled in favor of upholding a years-old ballot measure, Proposition 22, ending the legal dispute that could have reshaped California’s gig economy if it was overturned, The New York Times noted in its reporting....