Did you notice something... weird on your social media network of choice this past weekend? (I mean weirder than normal.) Something like various people posting about swarms of AI agents achieving a kind of collective consciousness and/or plotting together for humanity's downfall? On something called... Moltbook?
Zohran Mamdani, a quick learner, has joined a long list of New York mayors who took the oath of office and promptly began slamming their predecessor for leaving the city's finances in shambles.
At the 68th Grammy Awards, a day before Groundhog Day, singer Billie Eilish spied her shadow in a spotlight beam and predicted endless Hollywood posturing on illegal immigration.
For decades, Los Angeles business and political figures have focused their attention on creating a sleek, vibrant downtown. The common thought, as the late Eli Broad suggested, has been, "a great city needs a great downtown."
The arrest of former CNN anchor Don Lemon by federal authorities in Los Angeles today for his alleged participation in an anti-ICE protest in a St. Paul, Minnesota, church on January 18 is startling on multiple grounds. First of all, it's not like Lemon was a fugitive from justice. Two judges in Minnesota had earlier denied a requested indictment of Lemon, so he felt free to go to L.A. to cover the Grammy Awards. Turns out the U.S. Department of Justice asked a federal grand jury to issue an indictment of Lemon and two of the St. Paul protesters, and the grand jury did so, which is very...
My dad grew up in Philadelphia, and by law is an Eagles fan. In 1960, when he was 13 years old, a friend from junior high offered him a ticket to the NFL Championship Game at Franklin Field on the day after Christmas. It was a box seat in the upper deck on the 50-yard line, right next to one owned by Grace Kelly's family. They were the best seats in the house.
President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Narendra Modi took a major step to reset fractured ties with a surprise deal on Monday to slash tariffs, bringing much-needed relief to India's economy.
The Jeff Epstein saga isn't a scandal about pedophilia, it's about a Russian word called 'blat,' a Soviet-era word meaning 'the use of personal networks for obtaining goods and services in short supply and for circumventing formal procedures.' It's about a kind of government.
The Republican leader of Pennsylvania's state Senate saluted his allies in labor earlier this month after their successful, years-long effort to defeat what they saw as a job-killing climate initiative.
In case you didn't see it, late Friday afternoon President Trump posted an op-ed piece on the Wall Street Journal website entitled: "My Tariffs Have Brought America Back," and it appeared in the Saturday morning print edition.
Until Saturday night, Texas Senate District 9 had been represented by a Republican for over 30 years. In 2022, Kelly Hancock won the seat by 20 points. Last November, Donald Trump beat Kamala Harris in the district by 17 points. So when Hancock stepped down to accept the appointment as controller, Republicans had little reason think the seat would be in jeopardy.
