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Although fleeting, sporting events have the enduring power to crumble divisions and highlight the beauty of kinship Source link
A true-blue American nutcase, Ty Cobb was the best ballplayer who ever lived and the first true antihero in sports, writes Will Rahn. Source link
This is a developing story. The U.S. conducted strikes against radar and drone storage sites on the Iranian coast late Friday New York time, per a CENTCOM statement. The statement described the strikes as a retaliation for an Iranian attack on a Singapore-flagged vessel in the Strait of Hormuz Thursday. Friday was the ninth day of the 60-day ceasefire and negotiation period established by a memorandum of understanding signed June 14 by President Donald Trump and Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian. Source link
Street of Old Habana, Cuba. Photo: Emmanuel Huybrechts. Wikimedia Commons. CC BY 2.0 The tide may at last be turning in Cuba’s favor. Newly announced plans of Cuba’s government point to the beginning of rescue from the terrible humanitarian crisis currently weighing on the Cuban people. Prompting the crisis are the long US economic blockade of the island and the US-imposed oil blockade that began on January 28. Changes approved on June 19 at a special session of Cuba’s National Assembly had multiple purposes, among them: increasing production and generating wealth for the sake of economic development, securing financial resources…
The debate over whether a four-year degree is worth the investment has never been louder, and the critics are not wrong to raise it. Source link
There’s a scene in National Lampoon’s European Vacation where our hero, Clark Griswold, takes his family on a very familiar tour as he struggles to exit a London roundabout. “Hey look, kids, there’s Big Ben, and there’s Parliament!” he says. “Again.” I did not know this cultural touchstone until yesterday, when someone I was stuck with in a hot box informed me we were living it. Except our experience was quintessentially American. Instead of the hulking clock tower, we had the Washington Monument. Instead of Parliament, there was the U.S. Capitol. And, most importantly, instead of a car with a…
President Kennedy’s famous speech should have been the indicator that dark forces were at work behind the scenes in his own administration, but most assumed he was referring to the Communists. The period from 1944 to 1954 laid the foundation for many of the systems that drive the world we live in today. The ideas for world government that would grow from the ashes of World War II were crafted by powerful men connected to Wall Street, the major banks, and the State Department. Mel K’s new book, Infiltration Instead of Invasion, details the pivotal period in American history were…
Though it punts on the biggest issues, the bipartisan legislation marks a rare instance of constructive dealmaking in Washington. Source link
On Tuesday, the Senate briefly asserted its constitutional prerogative over war and peace. In a 50–48 vote, with four Republicans joining the majority, it passed a resolution directing President Donald Trump to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities against Iran. Politico called it a “surprise blow to Trump.” The New York Times described it as “the most significant bipartisan rebuke yet of the conflict.” But the moment didn’t last. The next day, after Trump—”mad as a murder hornet”—berated the Republican defectors at lunch, he got a do-over. Late Wednesday night, Senate Republicans forced a vote on a parallel War…
Consumer sentiment rose in June from a historic low in May, according to the University of Michigan’s Survey of Consumers. The index rose to 49.5 from 44.8 in May, which was the lowest report since the survey began in November 1952.The survey’s inflation expectation declined from 4.8 percent expected next year in May to 4.6 percent in June, still indicating elevated inflation expectations in the general public. Five-year inflation expectations remain elevated at 3.3 percent, above the Federal Reserve’s 2 percent target and projections of 2.5 percent next year. The partial rebound in consumer sentiment coincides with the Trump Administration’s…