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May 20 2024
News
America in the final stage of a 40-year transition
The headline in this week’s Fortune reads: Billionaires and civil war? A billionaire-funded Supreme Court Justice flew the American flag upside down outside his house after January 6th in apparent support of Donald Trump‘s attempt to overthrow our government. Americans for Tax Fairnessreports that 50 billionaire families have, at this early stage, already injected almost a billion dollars into
AlterNetMay 15 2024
News
What to read about dictatorship in America
N long imagined, and warned of, the threat to liberal places from totalitarian rule. British writers of the 20th century, including George Orwell, Aldous Huxley and Robert Harris, won mass audiences for their depictions of anti-democratic dystopias. All owed a debt, in turn, to a disillusioned Russian revolutionary, Yevgeny Zamyatin, whose novel “We” described a dictatorial “OneState” of the
The EconomistMay 19 2024
News
Visualizing America's Average Retirement Savings, By Age
Visualizing America's Average Retirement Savings, By Age Painting a concerning picture, the median retirement savings for Americans stands at a mere $87,000, a figure far lower than what is needed for a comfortable nest egg. This savings gap—the amount people have actually saved versus what they believe is needed for retirement—is significantly rising. In fact, a recent survey from
ZeroHedgeMay 23 2024
News
Tallest water slide in America to open in Wisconsin Dells
Mt. Olympus Water and Theme Park will unveil its new water slide, The Fall, this weekend. The tallest water slide in the country will open in the Wisconsin Dells this weekend. Mt. Olympus Water and Theme Park will unveil its new water slide, called "The Fall," at its outdoor water park this weekend. At 145 feet, the water slide will be the tallest in the country. The slide drops from the top
Bring Me The NewsMay 29 2024
News
Husband-and-wife folk duo Admiral Radio takes on America
COLUMBIA — Like every other artist in the world, Admiral Radio found its plans dashed by the COVID-19 pandemic. Created in the vein of folk duos like The Civil Wars, Watchhouse and Chatham Rabbits, the husband-and-wife team of Rebecca Smith and Coty Hoover were just months away from releasing their debut album when the pandemic struck, dashing their touring and promotion plans and throwing
The Post and CourierMay 12 2024
News
Kansas authorities recover human remains from rural area; signs of foul play involved
Kansas authorities suspect foul play in the death of a man whose remains were found in rural Sumner County on Friday. Authorities are still working to identify the man and the signs of foul play were observed by the coroner, Kansas Bureau of Investigation spokesperson Melissa Underwood said. The Sumner County Sheriff’s Office responded to a call in the area of 358 N. River Road in Belle Plaine
The Wichita EagleMay 14 2024
News
What’s Good for GameStop Is Good for America
In 2021, GameStop underwent a transformation in the public imagination. The video game-selling relic of 2000s-era malls suddenly became a very-of-its-time phenomenon: a meme stock, a tool for the internet-enabled hordes to get rich on something stupid through the sheer force of their collective will. (After first rising more than 1,000 percent, the stock moved around violently but never fell
New York MagazineMay 22 2024
News
Special Section: Securing America’s future by prioritizing infrastructure
Washington TimesMay 14 2024
Opinion
America Needs Both Liberalism and Illiberalism
In a recent piece in the New York Times, New York University historian Steven Hahn contextualizes Donald Trump’s illiberal tendencies. Trump’s illiberalism, argues Hahn, is not so un-American after all: “That Mr. Trump continues to lead in polls should make plain that he and his MAGA movement are more than noxious weeds in otherwise liberal democratic soil.” Hahn proceeds to document a host of
National Review (Opinion)