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Splinter: Trump Crushed U.S. Tourism
American tourism may be permanently debilitated because Trump and the GOP made everyone else around the world realize that there are plenty of other places they’d rather visit than a country run by the biggest antisocial freaks on the planet.
Trump Has Betrayed the People of Coal Country. They Love Him Anyway.
Christy Ratliff is sitting in a folding chair in a public school gym in Grundy, Virginia, waiting for her number to be called. She arrived at 4 a.m. on this October Saturday to secure her position in line to have eight teeth pulled. Genetic gum disease, she explains, has left most of them rotten or […]
Jeffrey Sachs: Western Dominance Ended 25 Years Ago
By Jeffrey Sachs / Thinkers Forum On January 19, American economist Professor Jeffrey Sachs visited the China Institute at Fudan University to deliver a keynote speech titled “Emerging Asia.”He later engaged in an in-depth dialogue with Professor Zhang Weiwei, Director of the China Institute, on the theme “The Rise of Asia: Past, Present, and Future.”
The Rational, Irrational, and Elon-Brained Reasons Why SpaceX Acquired xAI
You can list a thousand wholly rational reasons as to why this man should not be this wealthy and argue that Tesla stock’s true value is actually $14, but the fact of the matter is that we don’t live in a rational world. We live in the one where Elon Musk is the richest man alive.
Billionaires Are Full Of S***
'Washington Post' Layoffs Include a Reporter Stranded in a War Zone—and One Literally Covering Amazon
Former executive editor Marty Baron said the cuts “rank among the darkest days” in the newspaper’s history.
Oregon Theater Owner Says Amazon Yanked Melania Over Marquee Joke
Jeff Bezos and buddies do not reportedly have much of a sense of humor when it comes to <i>Melania</i>.
Susan Collins Is Getting More Money From AIPAC Than Small Donors
As oysterman Graham Platner handily outraises Republican Susan Collins, the pro-Israel lobby collected nearly 20% of her donations for her.