Wildfires continue raging across southern California, so far killing more than two dozen people, displacing untold numbers of residents, and causing billions of dollars in damage. Gov. Gavin Newsom is contending with the fires as well as criticism over the state’s preparedness. This week, Newsom took aim at the real villain of the story: opportunistic […]
A new report from a federal advisory panel charged with examining the evidence concerning the health outcomes associated with alcohol consumption paints a decidedly more alarming picture than a recent review from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM). Since both reports are supposed to guide this year’s revision of the federal government’s […]
A short excerpt from the 33,000-word De Blasio v. N.Y. City Conflict of Interest Board, decided Tuesday by Manhattan judge Shahabuddeen Abid Ally: Bill DeBlasio … was Mayor of New York City from 2014 to 2021. In May 2019, Petitioner announced that was he running for President of the United States. Four months later, in […]
Not everything has been torched in the California wildfires. Some of those wealthy enough to do so invested in fire mitigation technology and hired private firefighters to preserve their property. Keith Wasserman, managing partner at Gelt Venture Partners, a real estate investment firm, sparked controversy when he offered to “pay any amount” to “private firefighters […]
“Donald Trump will be a tyrant!” So my neighbors claim. I live in Manhattan. Feel for me. Yes, Trump says wild things, like riffing about “terminating” parts of the U.S. Constitution. But I don’t think he means it. As Joe Rogan said to President-elect Donald Trump when candidate Trump came on his show, “You say […]
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom has this week issued an executive order to spare victims of the Los Angeles wildfires from onerous government permitting and review requirements as they rebuild their homes and lives. Specifically, he’s putting on hold cumbersome rules required by the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and the Coastal Act. That’s smart politics […]
A Texas law requiring people to provide proof of age before viewing online porn comes before the U.S. Supreme Court today. With similar laws already at play in 18 states besides Texas, and other states considering such measures, it’s fair to say that the future of online porn in this country depends on what the […]
Argentina’s annual inflation rate fell to 117.8 percent in 2024, marking a significant drop of 93.6 points compared to the record 211.4 percent inflation rate of 2023. The sharp decline signals a significant turnaround for Argentina’s economy under President Javier Milei. In December 2024, inflation stood at 2.7 percent, Argentina’s National Institute of Statistics and […]
This week’s guest is Christina Dent, whose organization, End It For Good, seeks to change the approach to addiction from a criminal justice issue to a health-centered one. But Dent is not your typical anti–drug war activist. She’s an evangelical Christian who believes legalizing drugs is the conservative thing to do—a position she adopted after […]