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An American plan to disarm Hezbollah is creating tension — with Israel waiting in the wings.
The post Are Trump’s Middle East Envoys Pushing Lebanon Into Another Civil War? appeared first on The Intercept.
Her guru was strong enough to stop his own heart—but was there a more frightening aspect of his power?
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You don’t have to take off your shoes anymore, unless you want to. If you’ve realized that the pair you chose is terrible, you can still put them into a bin and slide them into the scanner, because it’s our job to stop bad decisions from making their way onto airplanes.
“We are confiscating these shoes,” we will announce loudly. “Not because their wearer has atrocious taste, but because they are dangerous.”
You can reclaim your shoes at the baggage carousel. Whether you should is between you and your God.
If you’re into crafts, be aware that knitting needles are fine now. Yes, that includes the long, thick ones that look like railroad spikes. We noticed that only “women of a certain age” really use those.
If an eighty-five-year-old woman wants to stab someone with a knitting needle, quite frankly, she’s earned it. Whoever gets it probably had it coming.
Throughout history, writers have received patronage from richer, more powerful members of their societies. They have also tested the limits of this patronage: Shakespeare, a member of the King’s Men, an acting company that had exclusive control over its productions, wisely set all his plays involving regicide outside England or in the distant past; Jane […]
EXCLUSIVE: Richard Tice MP co-owns Buckinghamshire estate with tennis court and lake – despite his attacks on Rayner's £800,000 flat purchase
Leading doctors have accused Nigel Farage of putting lives at risk by letting Aseem Malhotra give the only health-related address at the conference
Foad Farahi resisted the FBI for two decades. Then the Trump administration rounded him up.
The post This Imam Refused to Be an FBI Informant. Now ICE Wants to Deport Him. appeared first on The Intercept.
Akela Lacy, Jessica Washington, and Matt Sledge break down the battle over the Epstein files, looming government shutdown, and National Guard occupation.
The post Unhinged: A Return to Washington appeared first on The Intercept.
Youths around the world are in a profound crisis of despair. Adults must help them to believe that the future will be better
- by Carol Graham
All towns, big and small, are animals
The post Cities Obey the Laws of Living Things appeared first on Nautilus.
Rabidly consuming TV shows, movies, or books could make us more imaginative and able to cope with stress
The post Here’s Why Binge-Watching Is Good for You appeared first on Nautilus.
The quest for better tools is more ancient than we thought
The post These Early Humans Walked 8 Miles for the Perfect Rock appeared first on Nautilus.
On July 28, Awdah Hathaleen was shot and killed in broad daylight by Yinon Levi, a settler extremist with a documented history of violence against Palestinians. While Levi was released to house arrest after just one night in detention, Israeli authorities immediately withheld Hathaleen’s body from his grieving family — exemplifying a calculated strategy of […]
Until I went back to graduate school 12 years ago, I really had little exposure to post-modern thought. Let’s just say after getting my master’s I’m very familiar with it now. It just wasn’t taught in the 90s when I got my bachelors. But now? I got a rude awakening. Post-modern thought is not a […]
Serious question. In your opinions, dear readers, which is a more accurate measure of an economy: nominal GDP or purchasing power parity? I lean towards PPP myself, as I’ve traveled so much (65 nations and counting) I’ve internalized what the local value of a currency can buy versus what a dollar can by at home. […]
Former Victorian Premier, Dan Andrews, has been forced to flee to communist China to escape the obsessives at News Corp who continue to report his every move, despite the Premier being out of the public spotlight. ”It’s not ideal that... Read More ›
The entertainment giant’s new user terms block class action suits and steer complaints into corporate-friendly arbitration, potentially defying a judge’s orders.
The EPA just paved the way for a nationwide buildout of chemical recycling facilities that boost fossil fuels, spew emissions, and don’t appear to work.