Gage Skidmore By Mario Alexis Portella Judge Napolitano’s commentary on Ukraine warrants examination not merely through the positions he articulates but also through the recurring themes, guests, and analytical frameworks presented on “Judging Freedom.”
Perchance AI By Fernando León Donald Trump or Xi Jinping? Capitalism with freedom, or capitalism under the command of the Chinese Communist Party? An Argentina integrated into the free world, or an Argentina willing to negotiate its convictions according to its financing needs?
Photo Credit:John O'Connor, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Public Domain By Lars Møller Linguistic exile, forbidden feelings of belonging, and the Western surrender of home.
Police have released new body camera video capturing an intense shootout between officers and a suspect inside a downtown apartment building in Minneapolis. Two people were killed.
And the award for honesty in oil market analysis goes to ... J.P. Morgan! - "For the first time since the start of the Iran conflict, we don't have a baseline view. We simply don't know how to model the endgame," bank researchers said in a note (emphasis added). Why it matters: While the phrasing is unusually blunt, the sentiment is shared to varying degrees . - Market watchers have come to grips with the likelihood that the status of the Strait of Hormuz — and the number of barrels getting through — will be messy for months to come. The big picture: At the outset of the Iran war, J.P. Morgan's "Oil Markets Weekly" crew assumed there were "economic red lines" the White House would not cross. - The list includes $100 oil; gasoline…
And the award for honesty in oil market analysis goes to ... J.P. Morgan! - "For the first time since the start of the Iran conflict, we don't have a baseline view. We simply don't know how to model the endgame," bank researchers said in a note (emphasis added). Why it matters: While the phrasing is unusually blunt, the sentiment is shared to varying degrees . - Market watchers have come to grips with the likelihood that the status of the Strait of Hormuz — and the number of barrels getting through — will be messy for months to come. The big picture: At the outset of the Iran war, J.P. Morgan's "Oil Markets Weekly" crew assumed there were "economic red lines" the White House would not cross. - The list includes $100 oil; gasoline…Open
Residents of a 350-person village in Oxfordshire voted 285 to 26 in a symbolic independence referendum, a lopsided rebuke of the British government's plan to convert a nearby military base into housing for more than a thousand male asylum seekers. Piddington, an affluent hamlet roughly 50 miles northwest of London, held the non-binding vote on […] The post Tiny English village votes to secede from the U.K. over plan to house 1,200 asylum seekers nearby appeared first on American Almanac .
Residents of a 350-person village in Oxfordshire voted 285 to 26 in a symbolic independence referendum, a lopsided rebuke of the British government's plan to convert a nearby military base into housing for more than a thousand male asylum seekers. Piddington, an affluent hamlet roughly 50 miles northwest of London, held the non-binding vote on Tuesday. By Wednesday morning, parish chairman Tim McNally stood before his neighbors and declared the area would henceforth be known as "the Principality of Piddington." The margin, better than ten to one, left little ambiguity about how the village feels about what the Labour government wants to put on its doorstep. The government plans to convert the former Ministry of Defence Bicester base,…Open
A New Hampshire man walked into the Concord Public Library this week and handed over a magazine that had been overdue for 132 years, and thanks to a new fine freeze policy, he won't owe a dime of the $12,055 tab. The patron, identified only as John, returned the September 1894 issue of The Century […] The post New Hampshire library waives $12,055 fine after patron returns magazine borrowed in 1894 appeared first on American Almanac .
A New Hampshire man walked into the Concord Public Library this week and handed over a magazine that had been overdue for 132 years, and thanks to a new fine freeze policy, he won't owe a dime of the $12,055 tab. The patron, identified only as John, returned the September 1894 issue of The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine after reading a newspaper article about the library's decision to suspend overdue fines. The magazine had been sitting at his house "for decades," and he told library staff he wasn't even sure how it ended up there. The Concord Public Library, founded in 1873, was only about twenty years old when someone checked out that issue and never brought it back. By the time John walked through the doors, the magazine was…Open
NBC's all-civilian spinoff of the Emmy-winning competition series "The Traitors" premieres Thursday night, swapping out celebrity contestants for 22 everyday Americans competing for $250,000 in a Scottish castle. The network is gambling that regular people, not reality-TV veterans or famous faces, can carry a format that has already earned host Alan Cumming three consecutive Emmy […] The post NBC's 'The Traitors: New Blood' drops the celebrities and bets on ordinary Americans appeared first on American Almanac .
NBC's all-civilian spinoff of the Emmy-winning competition series "The Traitors" premieres Thursday night, swapping out celebrity contestants for 22 everyday Americans competing for $250,000 in a Scottish castle. The network is gambling that regular people, not reality-TV veterans or famous faces, can carry a format that has already earned host Alan Cumming three consecutive Emmy awards for best reality host. "The Traitors: New Blood" airs Thursdays at 8 p.m. ET/PT on NBC and streams the following day on Peacock, putting it squarely in primetime's most competitive real estate. The premise stays the same. A group of contestants arrives at a castle in Scotland, where a handful are secretly designated as "traitors." Those traitors don…Open
The U.S. Department of the Interior shared video of thousands of tree swallows lifting off in unison at a federal wildlife refuge north of Boston, a spectacle the agency compared to a tornado. The footage, posted Tuesday, captures what the department called a "birdnado" at the Parker River National Wildlife Refuge Complex in Newburyport, Massachusetts. […] The post Thousands of tree swallows create a "birdnado" at Massachusetts wildlife refuge appeared first on American Almanac .
The U.S. Department of the Interior shared video of thousands of tree swallows lifting off in unison at a federal wildlife refuge north of Boston, a spectacle the agency compared to a tornado. The footage, posted Tuesday, captures what the department called a "birdnado" at the Parker River National Wildlife Refuge Complex in Newburyport, Massachusetts. Massive flocks of tree swallows swirl skyward from the refuge's marshlands during their annual fall migration, creating a dense, twisting column of birds that looks more like a weather event than a wildlife one. The refuge sits on the North Shore of Massachusetts, about 35 miles north of Boston off the Plum Island Turnpike. Its more than 4,700 acres of wetlands, beaches, dunes, forests,…Open
A tiny two-headed diamondback terrapin, weighing just 5.2 grams, turned up at a protected nesting site in Wellfleet, Massachusetts, and is now under veterinary watch at a Cape Cod wildlife center. The Cape Wildlife Center in Barnstable shared a photo of the bicephalic hatchling on Facebook Thursday, drawing immediate attention to what the center called […] The post Two-headed turtle hatchling discovered at Cape Cod nesting site appeared first on American Almanac .
A tiny two-headed diamondback terrapin, weighing just 5.2 grams, turned up at a protected nesting site in Wellfleet, Massachusetts, and is now under veterinary watch at a Cape Cod wildlife center. The Cape Wildlife Center in Barnstable shared a photo of the bicephalic hatchling on Facebook Thursday, drawing immediate attention to what the center called an uncommon but not unprecedented find. The baby terrapin has two fully formed heads and, according to the veterinary team, both sides appear healthy and functional so far. Diamondback terrapins are classified as a threatened species in Massachusetts, which makes the discovery at a protected nesting site in Wellfleet, a small town on the outer arm of Cape Cod, all the more notable for the…Open