Whatever you think of the war in Iran, there's a separate question — independent of the military merits — that Congress must answer: How will it be paid for? The Pentagon has requested $200 billion to fund the campaign. While circumstances could change the price tag, interest payments on ...
In Kurdistan, there is a ruin called The Castle of Errors. It is said the castle was built by error, its location was chosen by error, the owner married by error, fell ill by error, had councilors by error, gambled by error, fell ill by error, and perished by error, and only a certain amount of errors can be tolerated. Prior to the rise of Trump, one might have thought no such person as the builder of the present ruin could have existed. But I have known lesser incompetents. People whose instincts were untimely; whose intelligence was below average; and whose intuition was ...
There are many things in American life that deserve our suspicion and contempt, but plumbers aren't among them. Evidently, Jimmy Kimmel disagrees. The late-night host took a shot at newly confirmed DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin, who used to run a plumbing business, by saying, "We have a ...
Disney/Pixar’s “Hoppers” is a new CGI-animated comedy that succeeds immediately by leaning into Mabel Tanaka, a great new character, and making her the focus, not just someone reacting to a novel concept. Mabel is a little girl who takes comfort from her Grandma, a source of calm in ...
Former President Barack Obama liked to quote the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s line that "the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice." Of course, what was an expression of optimism for the moral reformer King was more in the nature of a victory spike of the football for ...
What does it mean when a snow leopard, important to species survival, is deemed effectively sterile? That was the topic of conversation at the Louisville Zoo last week after a reproductive assessment of Meru, an 8-year-old snow leopard. The Louisville Zoo has been hoping since Meru's arrival ...
