To read Anna Louie Sussman’s account of the modern dating scene, one would think the world is full of empathetic, open-minded single women desperately seeking Mr. Right from all walks of life, only to encounter a sea of cads, stretching from “alpha males” who “want to be challenged by work, not by their partners” to “polyamorous men” who claim “that their multiple attachments to women are all committed.”
BIDENOMICS 2023: INFLATION DOWN, PRICES UP. The government announced Tuesday that the consumer price index rose 3.2% in October from the same time last year. That is less than the 3.7% prices rose in September, leading to a lot of commentary about "good news" on inflation.
There may have been a time in this nation’s history when labor unions were decent organizations fighting for workers’ rights. However, that was a long time ago and quite different from how many labor unions have operated in this country for decades.
President Joe Biden will meet President Xi Jinping of China just outside of San Francisco on Wednesday. The much-anticipated meeting comes on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit. The nature of the Chinese Communist system and Xi's escalating paranoia mean that leader-to-leader exchanges are of crucial value. Biden's priority should be to disabuse Xi of his misconceptions about U.S. policy.
Alaska Lt. Gov. Nancy Dahlstrom announced on Tuesday that she is running for the state’s at-large House seat, becoming the second Republican to formally enter the race to unseat Rep. Mary Peltola (D-Alaska). Dahlstrom joins Republican Nick Begich, who announced his campaign for the seat in July, launching his third attempt to defeat Peltola. Peltola...
Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley (R) called for social media reforms targeting user accountability in a post Tuesday. “When I get into office, the first thing we have to do, social media accounts, social media companies, they have to show America their algorithms,” Haley, a 2024 GOP presidential primary candidate said in a Fox...
A federal judge on Tuesday denied Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s (R-Ga.) request that a New York man convicted of threatening her pay the roughly $65,000 cost of a fence the congresswoman installed at her home. Joseph Morelli was sentenced to three months in prison after pleading guilty to three counts of transmitting interstate threats over...
The American Medical Association wants insurance companies and federal payers to fully cover a new class of obesity treatments like Wegovy and Ozempic, even as plans search for ways to avoid paying for the high cost of the drugs. The organization voted Monday to pass a resolution supporting “health insurance coverage parity for evidence-based treatment of...
Army Secretary Christine Wormuth predicted on Tuesday that retirements in the Army will ramp up if Sen. Tommy Tuberville’s (R-Ala.) hold does not end by Christmas. Wormuth, while speaking at Politico’s Defense Summit, characterized the hold as “problematic” and expressed concern over its impacts. “I would expect that if we don't see the Senate resolve...