[aggregation-styles] NBC News Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif., does not much like being the subject of criticism or ridicule. He recently filed a $250 million lawsuit against Twitter and the users behind three Twitter accounts, alleging, among other things, that they had defamed him. Specifically, Nunes has sued a Republican consultant...
The Future of Wind Turbines? No Blades
[aggregation-styles] Wired It's no longer surprising to encounter 100-foot pinwheels spinning in the breeze as you drive down the highway. But don’t get too comfortable with that view. A Spanish company called Vortex Bladeless is proposing a radical new way to generate wind energy that will once again upend what...
Editorial: Gavin Newsom Tells Southern California to Plan for Housing. A Lot More Housing
[aggregation-styles] The Los Angeles Times Subscription If Southern California leaders were questioning whether Gov. Newsom is serious about ending the state’s housing crisis, he’s given them a very clear answer. He is. His administration recently overruled a long-term housing plan from Southern California leaders that vastly underestimated the number of...
The Star of the Annual Muslim Convention Was a Jewish Man From Brooklyn
[aggregation-styles] CNN This Labor Day weekend, thousands of Muslim Americans descended on Houston, Texas, for the annual three-day Islamic Society of North America (ISNA) convention. This year's ISNACON featured many well-known figures, such as Trevor Noah, who shared his story of growing up in South Africa and joked about the...
Major World Economies Are Becoming Increasingly Isolationist. Except Those in Africa.
[aggregation-styles] The Washington Post Subscription The best word to describe the mood of the global economy these days is gloomy. The pessimism is closely tied to the loss of faith in free markets and free trade, the two forces that propelled the world economy for the past seven decades. The...
Japan Is a Trumpian Paradise of Low Immigration Rates. It’s Also a Dying Country.
[aggregation-styles] The Washington Post Subscription KITAKYUSHU, Japan — For a sense of what the United States might look like in a reality where the hard right’s dreams of drastically reduced immigration come true, you could come to Japan and ask my father-in-law about the house across the street. The owner...
Macron’s Gamble to Get Iran and the U.S. To Talk Didn’t Pay Off. Here’s Why.
[aggregation-styles] The Washington Post Subscription What really happened in Biarritz last weekend with the mysterious visit of Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif? U.S. officials saw it as a bit of diplomatic freelancing by French President Emmanuel Macron, which sought to foster negotiations but highlighted the obstacles that are in...
Why White Evangelicals Should Panic
[aggregation-styles] The Washington Post Subscription Much white evangelical support for President Trump is based on a bargain or transaction: political loyalty (and political cover for the president’s moral flaws) in return for protection from a hostile culture. Many evangelicals are fearful that courts and government regulators will increasingly treat their...
America’s Cities Are Unlivable. Blame Wealthy Liberals.
[aggregation-styles] The New York Times To live in California at this time is to experience every day the cryptic phrase that George W. Bush once used to describe the invasion of Iraq: “Catastrophic success.” The economy here is booming, but no one feels especially good about it. When the cost...
Immigration Panic: How the West Fell for Manufactured Rage
[aggregation-styles] The Guardian The west is being destroyed, not by migrants, but by the fear of migrants. In country after country, the ghosts of the fascists have rematerialised and are sitting in parliaments in Germany, in Austria, in Italy. They have successfully convinced their populations that the greatest threat to...
