3+ week, 1+ day ago   (501+ words) The most polarizing figure in American politics today is an economist who died 20 years ago. Milton Friedman, who would have turned 114 in July, was profoundly influential in shaping the American Right’s foundational views on free-market capitalism, monetary policy, and limiting…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (614+ words) The headline in The Times of Israel summed it up. It read: “Mamdani: Netanyahu should be arrested if he visits NYC; I’m discussing it but won’t rewrite laws,” with the subtitle, “New York mayor says he’s having ‘an active conversation…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (121+ words) Inevitable Differences: An Inquiry into Human Variation By J.E.R. Staddon Academica,, 2026, 174 pages, $100 A more honest reckoning with what makes individuals and communities succeed might do considerably more good than training sessions, reparations schemes, or the unrealistic principles of left wing thinkers....

3+ mon, 1+ week ago   (175+ words) Israel and Lebanon announced their agreement to renew their original April 14 ceasefire following negotiations held in Washington this week. Lebanon was drawn into the ongoing war between the U.S., Israel, and Iran on March 2 when Iranian-backed Hezbollah launched a salvo of…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago   (961+ words) PITTSBURGH — On April 19, 1926, an above-the-fold story in the Pittsburgh Gazette Times detailed the Pittsburgh Catholic Diocese’s Bishop Hugh Boyle officiating at the dedication of a new church and school in the city’s upper-north-side neighborhood off Perrysville Avenue. “The services, which…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago   (908+ words) The anti-Zionist and sometimes overtly anti-Semitic tendency of the New York Times — despite the Jewish ancestry of the paper’s owners......