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Hamas and Iran confused Israel’s democracy for dysfunction

Authoritarian leaders of Iran and Hamas, who lack any concept of disagreements in civil democratic societies, had good reason to believe that Israeli society was on the verge of collapse.

Many corporations promote ‘net zero’ while lobbying for weaker climate action: Report

Many of America's leading corporations are quietly lobbying against policies to slow planetary heating — even as they tout their own environmental policies, according to a new report by the nonpartisan research group InfluenceMap. The report found that 93 percent of American companies make the claim that they aim to achieve “net zero” climate effects, but they are...

Trump team moves for mistrial in NY case, AG asks judge for December deadline on decision

The Trump legal team filed a motion for mistrial on Wednesday, citing Judge Arthur Engoron's posts on social media the defense considers evidence of bias.

Barbra Streisand’s juicy gossip about everyone, everything, and herself

The first of the nearly thousand pages of My Name is Barbra opens disarmingly, heading off accusations of narcissism at the pass. “Am I a Babylonian queen or a basset hound?” Barbra Streisand muses about the contradictory descriptions she’s earned over the years, before deciding she’s “probably both (depending on the angle).” But not before recalling some of her unflattering descriptions, such as being described as “an amiable anteater,” “a seasick ferret,” and “a furious hamster.”

Sorry, Kappa, you can’t kick me out. I quit

I’ve been a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma since joining the sorority in college. But according to the organization’s standards, I should be expelled from the group and barred from associating with it. In fact, I might even welcome such a move.

Tim Scott’s failed crusade

It is good and prudent that Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) is dropping out of the Republican presidential race, but it’s a real shame he failed. The South Carolina senator failed not only to poll well or to raise funds, but he also failed to make a strong case for his candidacy — because he failed to take on the front-runner, former President Donald Trump.

AI am the Walrus

The Beatles ended as a rock band in 1970, the year John Lennon sang that “the dream is over” on his first solo album. Yet the Beatle business rolls on, revising the history of the band’s miserable demise in Peter Jackson’s 2021 documentary Get Back, and now through the necromantic futurism of the AI-powered “Now and Then,” the last song and video to feature all four Beatles.

The trick to avoiding fighting over politics

I was taking a walk through my neighborhood with a friend yesterday. We were doing our usual “cigar walk,” during which we smoke cigars and stroll along the streets of Greenwich Village.

Biden uses Trump’s own words against him in bid to recapture this major voting block for Dems in 2024

Former President Donald Trump's own words are being used against him by the Biden-Harris campaign in a bid to win back support from union workers.

The nation’s cartoonists on the week in politics

Every week political cartoonists throughout the country and across the political spectrum apply their ink-stained skills to capture the foibles, memes, hypocrisies and other...

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