Facebook Has a New Cryptocurrency, and It’s Very Different From Bitcoin
Libra’s purported stability and ease of use may mean that it will lack some of the features that have drawn people to cryptocurrency in the first place.
View ArticleLet’s All Stop Holding Out for Science to Find the Perfect Diet
It sounds good, and sure, it might work a little, but there’s no magic bullet here.
View ArticleDefense Secretary Pick Withdraws as Report Shows He Called Son’s Baseball-Bat...
Patrick Shanahan says he regrets making the claim.
View ArticleWilliam Barr’s Justice Department Is Now Openly Running Legal Interference...
The DOJ is creating the impression that it wants to keep Manafort comfortable while Trump prepares his pardon.
View ArticleWe’re Hurtling Toward War With Iran and There’s No Secretary of Defense. Great.
The Patrick Shanahan debacle is just the latest example of Trump’s incompetence in hiring.
View ArticleThe Angle: We Have No Defense Secretary, and We’re Feuding With Iran
Seems like a good situation to be in, yup.
View ArticleDemocrats Are Worried That Voters Don’t Care About Their Legislative Agenda,...
Symbolic votes do not capture the public’s imagination. Investigations of the president do.
View ArticlePatrick Haggerty, Country Music’s Gay Pioneer, Is Back With New Music After...
And he’s still screaming for the revolution.
View ArticleWho Gets Off Easy in America, and Why
Sometimes bright futures matter more than dark pasts.
View ArticleWhere Short Story and Television Writing Meet
When it comes to creativity, constraints are useful.
View ArticleThis Backdoor Approach to Combating Deepfakes Won’t Work
It’s tempting to turn to an established legal framework here. But it’s not the solution.
View ArticleMeet James O. Eastland, the Senator Joe Biden Keeps Waxing Nostalgic About
“At least there was some civility,” Biden said Tuesday, recalling his days working with an ardent segregationist.
View ArticleHouse Democrats Keep Peeling Off to Support Impeachment. Nancy Pelosi Isn’t...
They might be serious about holding the president accountable, but they’re more serious about their own committee assignments and political fortunes.
View ArticleHow Technology Has, or Hasn’t, Made Us Bored, Lonely, Angry, Stupid Over the...
Historians offer a fascinating look at the knotty question of whether technology “causes” changes to the human heart.
View ArticleDear Care and Feeding: My Sons Complain About the “Brown” Kid at Day Care....
Parenting advice on race, tantrums, and birthday presents.
View ArticleTrump Kicks Off 2020 Reelection Bid by Promising to Cure Cancer, Land on...
If reelected, Trump pledges all Americans will be able to dunk a basketball.
View ArticleUN Report Says “Credible Evidence” Saudi Crown Prince Is Criminally Liable...
The 101-page report uncovered grisly new details about how the murder was carried out.
View ArticleDear Prudence Podcast: Help! I Got My Stepsister Sent Away When We Were...
Afterwards, she disappeared into drugs. I wonder if my act was part of what pushed Jane further down a darker road.
View ArticleWhat Netflix’s New Documentary About Brazil’s Far-Right Turn Has to Tell America
The director of The Edge of Democracy on how what happened in Brazil could happen here.
View ArticleWithout Nelson Sullivan’s Obsessive Recordings, Much of 1980s Queer Culture...
His constant presence in New York nightlife during the period left a remarkable legacy.
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