Category: USA
The Untold History of the Biden Family
Relatively little has been known about the President’s father, whose story reveals a family’s fraught…
RETAIL GANGSTER: Crazy Eddie’s Life Was Insane!
Alexandra Jacobs at the NYT: The most famous TV ad in the Orwellian year of…
Olivia Newton-John is no more. Her album ‘Grace and Gratitude’ includes traditional Islamic song Tala‘al-Badru ‘Alaynā. (Video)
Olivia Newton-John, a legendary Australian singer and an actress remembered as one of the kindest…
When Coal First Arrived, Americans Said ‘No Thanks’
Back in the 19th century, coal was the nation’s newfangled fuel source—and it faced the…
My Hot, Rowdy Indian Summers at Hindu Youth Camp
“I let my campers pick a fun Bollywood song to choreograph themselves. They loved it,…
WATCH: From a Village in Punjab to Washington
First US Pakistani for Congress: More Americans of Pakistan-origin in Congress can influence US domestic…
US House Speaker Pelosi Set to Defy China and Visit Taiwan: Analysis
CNBC reports several Taiwan media outlets say that U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi…
How to Defend Democracy from Itself: On Steve Erickson’s “American Stutter, 2019–2021”
Charles Taylor in the Los Angeles Review of Books: American Stutter, 2019–2021, novelist Steve Erickson’s…
How Cartoonists are Chronicling the ‘Wild’ Jan. 6 Hearings
The Jan. 6 hearings are riveting compared to the Watergate hearings. Artists take on the…
Biden’s Visit to KSA ‘Worse Than an Embarrassment’ (Video)
BERING STRAIT + TROPIC OF CANCER Report: Meetings between leaders of important nations are usually…
Kissinger Warns Biden Against Endless Confrontation With China
“…the importance of understanding the permanence of China.” Former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger…
Who Benefits from Income and Wealth Growth in the United States?
Thomas Blanchet, Emmanuel Saez, Gabriel Zucman of the Department of Economics, University of California, Berkeley…