Archives for October 2020

The vaunted liberal historian can’t seem to figure out what’s wrong with Europe’s populistsTwilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism, Anne Applebaum, Doubleday, 224 pagesI wanted to review Anne Applebaum’s Twilight of Democracy because it starts with a description of a party. Virtually every review of Applebaum’s book leads with this glamorous dawn-of-the-millennium bash…

7.20pm EDT19:20 US judge to hear Republican bid to void 100,000 votes in Texas A federal judge in Texas scheduled an emergency hearing for Monday on whether Houston officials unlawfully allowed drive-through voting and should toss more than 100,000 votes in the Democratic-leaning area, Reuters reports. US district judge Andrew Hanen in Houston on Friday…

On social media, Miami-Dade police officers Roderick Flowers and Keith Edwards preened with their badges, donned thick gold jewelry and smoked cigars. They also took a liking to “Bad Boys,” the police action-movie franchise set in Miami. On Instagram, Flowers even used the name “Mike Lowrey,” the character played by actor Will Smith. Around last…

In case your girlfriend hasn’t dropped any hints about what she wants for the holidays yet, you’ve come to the right place. As someone who’s job involves researching and testing products on a daily basis (and who happens to be a somewhat difficult-to-shop-for girlfriend herself), Men’s Health has kindly let me put together a definitive…

The newly jobless left-wing journalist revealed that Joe Biden bullied foreign governments into denying the NSA whistleblower asylum.On Thursday, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Glenn Greenwald announced that he was resigning from the news outlet he helped found, The Intercept. His reason? The progressive reporter believes his pro-Joe Biden editors do not want him saying anything critical about…

Officials continue to downplay the onslaught of Islamic terror while people are killed by the dozens.French news reported this Thursday a terrorist attack in Nice, in the middle of town, in the Cathedral of Notre Dame de Nice. A man shouting “Allahu Akbar” assaulted several people, killing three, one of whom he almost decapitated—an old…

Soccer Football – Premier League – Wolverhampton Wanderers v Crystal Palace – Molineux Stadium, Wolverhampton, Britain – October 30, 2020 Crystal Palace manager Roy Hodgson Pool via REUTERS/Andrew Boyers(Reuters) – Crystal Palace manager Roy Hodgson said he was disappointed with referee Martin Atkinson after the official sent off midfielder Luka Milivojevic in Friday’s 2-0 Premier…

EVANSTON, Ill. — Everyone has a favorite memory they want to keep forever. While many things will stick with us into our old age, physical and emotional conditions can eventually rob some of their ability to remember key events. Researchers at Northwestern University say there may be a way to stop this eventual decline: just…

7.34pm EDT19:34 Twitter updated its policies around hacked materials, the company announced Friday, lifting restrictions that were placed on the account of the New York Post after it published a controversial story a few weeks ago. Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey testified remotely during a Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee hearing with big tech companies…

(CNN)London’s famous Southwark Cathedral is traditionally recognized for its architectural significance. But in recent years the Gothic cathedral, which stands on the south bank of the River Thames, became known for another reason — the presence of a stray cat, affectionately named Doorkins Magnificat, who made the building her home for 12 years before passing…

So you want to start running and you want to lose weight. The minute you mention it, everybody starts telling you about someone they know who lost a lot of weight when they started running. And everybody else starts telling you about runners who went the other way, gaining weight during training. Running and weight…

A look at Biden’s top picks, and whether Biden will echo the national security policies of the administration he previously served.ROCK HILL, SC – AUGUST 29: Democratic presidential candidate and former US Vice President Joe Biden addresses a crowd at a town hall event at Clinton College on August 29, 2019 in Rock Hill, South…

The following story contains light spoilers for The Mandalorian Season 2, Episode 1, “The Marshal.” Timothy Olyphant shows up in the Season 2 debut of The Mandalorian, “The Marshal.”He plays Cobb Vanth, who is a Tatooine Marshal/Sheriff—and he’s wearing Boba Fett’s armor. Olyphant, who’s played quirky sheriff/marshal-types in Deadwood, Justified, Fargo, and now The Mandalorian,…

Brookhaven will become the first city in the southeast to adopt a first responder program that uses unmanned drones to respond to 911 calls, emergencies and to conduct investigations. On Tuesday night, the city approved funding for the Brookhaven Police Department’s UAS (unmanned aerial system) unit, which will consist of four drones. Police will be…

Another terrorist attack there calls to mind Charlie Hebdo and the extent to which Muslim youths feel alienated from French society.People gathered on the Place de la Sorbonne in Paris on October 21, 2020, to watch a live broadcast on a giant screen of the national tribute to the french teacher Samuel Paty, a teacher…

Mexico is descending even further into carnage and dysfunction. So why are we so focused on the Middle East? Members of the National Guard stand guard near La Morita ranch, belonging to the Mexican-American LeBaron family -of which nine members were killed in a hail of bullets on November 4- in Bavispe, Sonora state, Mexico,…

The attack on Nagorno-Karabakh is just the latest in a series of imperial moves by Turkish president Erdogan.For the past four weeks, the people of the Armenian republic of Artsakh, more commonly known as Nagorno-Karabakh, have been indiscriminately shelled by Azerbaijan, which is militarily and politically backed by Turkey, a NATO member and a European…