Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) did something last week few members of the Biden administration and Congress have done in their public comments about the Ukraine crisis: offered a global perspective that goes beyond a simple recitation of State Department talking points. Speaking on the floor of the US Senate on Thursday,...
An L.A. Billionaire’s Answer to ‘Defund the Police’: Run for Mayor and Hire More.
The race to succeed Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti (D), who'd taken office when crime was falling and will leave as it surges, has pulled in more than two dozen candidates. Some of them are credible, some of them are gadflies, and all of them describe a city in crisis — harder and more...
The Future of the Pandemic Is Looking Clearer as We Learn More About Infection
During the early days of the pandemic, scientists and doctors were concerned that being infected with SARS-CoV-2 might not trigger a strong immune response in many people – thus an infection might not provide long-term protection. But that idea was based on preliminary data from the laboratory — and on...
PG&E Bills Going up as Energy Inflation Hits Hard
If energy "sticker shock" wasn't already obviously painful at the pump or on utility bills, inflation is again going after more of your money for natural gas and electric, even beyond the utility's ability to combat it. Natural gas is a fundamental home heating source and a major power...
Elon Musk Gave $5.7 Billion of Tesla Shares to Charity Last Year
Elon Musk donated roughly $5.7 billion worth of Tesla Inc. shares to charity last year, according to a securities filing Monday, making him by at least one measure one of last year’s top philanthropic donors. The filing doesn’t name recipients for the 5,044,000 Tesla shares that Musk reported donating over the...
Zelensky Says Ukraine Has Been Told Feb. 16 Will Be ‘Day of Attack’
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Monday said that he has been informed that Russia will attack on Wednesday. The comments from the Ukrainian leader, made in an address to his nation posted on Facebook, come amid heightened tensions between Kyiv and Moscow. “We are told that February 16 will be the...
Fewer Americans Now Say Trump Bears a Lot of Responsibility for the Jan. 6 Riot
A little more than a year after the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol, Americans remain deeply divided about the events of that day and the ongoing congressional investigation into what happened. Last year, in the immediate wake of Jan. 6, about half of U.S. adults said Donald Trump...
What’s at Stake in Ukraine Is the Direction of Human History
The Russian threat to invade Ukraine should concern every person on Earth, writes historian and author Yuval Noah Harari. "If it again becomes normative for powerful countries to wolf down their weaker neighbours, it would affect the way people all over the world feel and behave, he says. "The first...
Dear Israel: End the Occupation or Force a Generation of Jews to Abandon Zionism
Last week, Amnesty International released a report that accused Israel of being an apartheid state. In an opinion post on The Times of Israel website, 19-year-old American University student Sophie Balmagiya describes her reaction, as a young Jewish woman, to the latest apartheid charge. "Israel of today looks nothing like...
Our Economy Is Doing Well — but Many Americans Refuse to Believe It
Washington Post columnist Fareed Zakaria says there is a puzzle at the heart of American political life right now: Why are people so gloomy about an economy that is so strong? Almost no economists predicted the force of the current recovery, he says. Growth in 2021 came in at 5.7...