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Do Child-Free Weddings Send the Wrong Message to Children? - Are child-free weddings just a personal choice, or do they send a deeper message about belonging and family?

Key provision in Waqf (Amendment) Bill likely to mandate no change in ownership of existing properties unless facing dispute - Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2025 to introduce key provision

Donald Trump: Wie seine Strafzölle seine eigenen Fans treffen - 25 Prozent, auch auf Tiernahrung - Wenn Donald Trump seine Zolldrohungen wahr macht, könnte dies das Lebenswerk von Jeremy Petersen zerstören. Der Hundefutterproduzent aus Colorado hat den R...

Bill Gates’ Daughter Phoebe Launches Podcast Under Alex Cooper’s Unwell Network - The podcast is the latest show produced under “Call Her Daddy” host Alex Cooper’s Unwell Network, which she founded in 2023.

10 ways to treat your pet and celebrate their joy - Celebrate the joy your pet brings into your life with these 10 picks.

Auto Sales Surged in Anticipation of Trump’s Tariffs - Sales of cars picked up recently partly as buyers rushed to lock in deals before President Trump’s 25 percent tariffs on cars and auto parts go into effect.

How bitcoin drives cheap green energy production in Kenya - Bitcoin struggles to keep its carbon footprint low. African renewable energy companies struggle to stay afloat. One company has an idea to fix both.

Trump's axing of L.A. federal prosecutor part of broader war on perceived legal enemies - The recent firing of a federal prosecutor in L.A. who had criticized Trump and was leading a case against one of the president's supporters reflects a la...

Trump Is Steamrolling Corporate America. Democrats Are Taking Notes - Historically, Democrats have curbed their attacks on powerful interests for fear that it would cause a backlash. The president’s actions suggest they co...

Andreessen Horowitz in talks to help buy out TikTok’s Chinese owners - Venture capital group could join last-gasp bid by allies of Donald Trump to take control of video app owned by ByteDance

“Jay and Pamela” and the problem with being a “good” disabled person on reality TV - Showcasing only affluent, independent disabled people fuels misconceptions that disability benefits are unnecessary

Widespread firings start at federal health agencies including many in leadership - Staffers began receiving termination notices this morning as part of a major restructuring at HHS. Some senior leadership are on their way out too.

So Much for the MAGA Divorce - The nativist right is starting to make peace with Elon Musk.

ICE admits to 'administrative error' in deporting man to Salvadoran prison - The federal government has admitted that ICE deported a Maryland man with legal status to El Salvador due to an “administrative error.”

Germany and Italy arrest more than 30 in Mafia food fraud sweep - German police officer among those held in raids against the 'Ndrangheta over sales of expensive food and equipment.

Venezuelan migrants deported to El Salvador despite court order - Attorneys say alleged Venezuelan gang members were deported Sunday to El Salvador's notorious CECOT prison despite a court order prohibiting such deportati...

Mississauga man allegedly caught with 8 kilos of cocaine won't face trial due to Crown delays - Police allegedly caught the man with more than $70,000 in cash and 400 oxycodone pills, and keys to a locker with eight kilos of cocaine

South Sudan Is Returning to War - Recent fighting and the arrest of opposition leaders has put a spotlight on the country’s worsening interethnic tensions—and the fragility of its 2018 peac...

How a Progressive Legal Tool Became a Weapon for Climate-Change Skeptics - They have already succeeded in fracturing many of the world’s leading climate alliances.

Weekly Review - Confidential British military documents were found littering the streets in Newcastle, England; Mexico banned the sale of junk food on school premises; a...

Russia ‘Cannot’ Accept U.S. Ceasefire Proposal in Ukraine, Deputy FM Says - “We take the Americans’ proposed models and solutions very seriously, but we also cannot accept them as is,” Sergei Ryabkov said.

Prosecutors directed to seek death penalty against UnitedHealthcare killing suspect Luigi Mangione - U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi said Tuesday she has directed federal prosecutors to seek the death penalty against Luigi Mangione, the man accused of gunn...

The Supreme Court Seems Unlikely to Revive Nondelegation Doctrine in FCC Case - The Supreme Court seems unlikely to revive the nondelegation doctrine in FCC v. Consumers' Research, as justices showed support for the current "intellig...

“The Dream” by Theodore Roethke - Poems read aloud, beautifully The post “The Dream” by Theodore Roethke appeared first on The American Scholar.

An ‘Administrative Error’ Sends a Maryland Father to a Salvadoran Prison - The Atlantic - 1. An ‘Administrative Error’ Sends a Maryland Father to a Salvadoran Prison The Atlantic 2. Trump administration concedes Maryland father fro...

Margo Jefferson’s “Art of Criticism” interview -

Starmer urged not to appease Trump with tax cut for US tech giants - Prime minister warned not to ‘rob disabled people to appease Musk and Trump’

Nissan management shake-up plans reported as sharks circle - Nissan is considering a change in leadership following poor results and the failure of a proposed merger with Honda, according to a report citing unnamed s...

Kristallnacht - A prayer-shawled Jew invokes Him God! of the northern light God of the pinging raindrop God of ice and iron God of the tinker’s damn! And shattered gla...

Finding’ Secret’ Apostrophes’ - Did Joe Biden say ‘supporters’ or ‘supporter’s’? Only a true expert like me could know.

United States of Charlottesville - Why the pro-Hamas rallies are only getting more extreme. View Post

Diana Wichtel: Standing up against silent tolerance - OPINION Things my daughter and I message each other about: which of us was visited by the most adorable tiny goblin on Halloween; a video of a baby sloth b...

The Right Not To Be Lonely - Relevant Reading:Being Sure of Each Other: An Essay on Social Rights and Freedoms Kimberley Brownlee, Oxford University Press, 2020, $50 What are the ethic...

Trial and error - A cornerstone of any -functioning democracy is the separation of police and the courts on one hand, and government and…

Seniors jump in caskets for haunted house like no other - [image: 91-year-old Teresa Lawrence] A casket waiting outside of a retirement home is not usually a welcome sight, but for seniors in Witless Bay it was j...

How to Survive Having an Internet-Famous Relative - It’s 2019, we’re all helplessly addicted to our phones, and mainstream pop-culture is finally starting to catch up. From influencer satire *Ingrid Goes W...

'The Right Stuff' author Tom Wolfe dead at 88 - Tom Wolfe, an early practitioner of 'new journalism' who captured the mood and culture of America across five decades with books including The Bonfire of t...

US abortion clinics face surge of trespassing and blockades - NEW YORK (AP) -- America's abortion clinics experienced a major upsurge in trespassing, obstruction and blockades by anti-abortion activists in 2017, ...

That's It For Today - This is my last post for the day. Starting in a few minutes we'll be replacing the guts of our website with something newer and better than what we have...

At MoMA P.S.1, Tomáš Rafa Explores the Chilling Rise of Nationalism in Europe - The recent defeat of far-right candidate Marine Le Pen in France's presidential runoff offered a break in the tide of political ugliness that has surged in...

Let Bannon and Trump talk. We’ll report. - *When a top White House* aide called *The New York Times* on Wednesday to offer up the sort of cartoonish, press-hating invective that has characterized Pr...

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