AMERICANTHINKER - Remembering on the Ninth of Av (or Tisha B’Av)
By Jerold Levoritz Part of what has kept Judaism alive for over 3,000 years is its refusal to forget. Today, we remember sorrow, but we remember joy and liberty from God, too.
NPR (Tahneer Oksman) - Get into med school in the graphic memoir 'See One, Do One, Teach One'
Grace Farris' book brings readers behind the med school scenes — documenting anxiety over loans, bouts of impostor syndrome, friendships forged in stress, and the ever-impossible work-life balance.
NEWSNATIONNOW (Julia Shapero and The Hill) - Race betting picks up as Kalshi launches midterm election forecasting hub
Kalshi's push into elections was bolstered by a 2024 court decision, which ruled betting on federal races legal.
ABCNEWS - 5.0 magnitude earthquake hits northwest of Miami, Texas
A magnitude 5.0 earthquake has been detected northwest of Miami, Texas, according to the United States Geological Survey.
REDSTATE (Ben Smith) - What Is Going on? Another Suspected Leaker Found Inside JD Vance’s Secret Service Detail
REDSTATE (Nick Arama) - Grab the Popcorn: Hasan Piker Rips Mamdani for Not Going Far Enough
THEAMERICANCONSERVATIVE (Theodore Dalrymple) - The Mali of the Mind
The troubles of the Sahel reveal the dysfunctions not only of Africa, but of the West. The post The Mali of the Mind appeared first on The American Conservative .
Foreign Affairs The Mali of the Mind The troubles of the Sahel reveal the dysfunctions not only of Africa, but of the West. When recently I learned that the Russian mercenaries who prop up the military regime in Mali had been driven out of the town of Kidal, I was very pleased, for defeat could not have been inflicted on people more deserving of it. The only fly in the ointment was that the victors were allies of the Islamists who are quite likely to overrun the Sahel and even some of the coastal countries of West Africa. Of course, Mali will not mean much to most readers, even if they have heard of Timbuktu. But Mali has played a…Open
NYTIMES (Andrew Ross Sorkin, Bernhard Warner, Sarah Kessler, Michael J. de la Merced, Niko Gallogly, Brian O’Keefe, Ian Mount and Theodore Schleifer) - Google Sets the Pace on Hefty A.I. Spending
The technology giant again raised its projections for investing in artificial intelligence. Many on Wall Street still worry about the eventual payoff.
JUSTTHENEWS (Kevin Killough) - Trump considers military strikes on al-Qaeda affiliated group in Mali: report
The militant group, whose full name is Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin, is the most well-armed militant group in the region and among the most powerful in the world.
JUSTTHENEWS (Kevin Killough) - Secret Service official says threats to those the agency protects have never been higher
There have been approximately 10,000 threats to government officials, including Supreme Court justices, so far in 2026, according to the official, a 40% increase in cases over the same period last year.