Politics
Conservatives hoot as leftists launch Disney boycott for yanking Jimmy Kimmel
After years of aggravating the right with its woke content and policies, Disney has now officially enraged the left. Source link
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Race to make smart glasses relevant heats up again with new tech from Meta and Snap
More than a decade ago, pricey smart glasses that allowed people to snap photos, text and browse the web generated a lot of buzz but also…
News
Robert Redford and the Perils of Perfection
Gentleman, preferred, blond: such was the job description of Robert Redford, who died on Tuesday, at the age of eighty-nine. Onscreen, he…
Politics
So Now the Left Is Against Government Extortion to Suppress Speech?
Congratulations, Democrats. You’re now living in the world you created. Source link
Politics
Barry Blitt’s “Remote Control”
For the cover of the September 29, 2025, issue, the cartoonist Barry Blitt attempted to capture, in one image, Donald Trump’s…
News
“A Big Bold Beautiful Journey” Is None of Those Things
If movies were given scores as figure skaters are, fantasy would start with a high rating for technical difficulty. The landings of the…
News
Erika Kirk to carry on slain husband's work at Turning Point USA
Turning Point USA has named Erika Kirk, widow of founder Charlie Kirk, to carry on his work as CEO and chair of the board of the…
Business
Boustead’s proposed Reit listing has portfolio value of S$1.9 billion
The portfolio will comprise 23 logistics and industrial properties – 21 in Singapore and two in Japan Boustead Singapore said on Thursday…
News
ComfortDelGro to start hotline bookings, doorstep pick-ups for cross-border taxi rides from Sep 25
Travellers heading to Johor Bahru can book a cross-border ride from anywhere in Singapore through ComfortDelGro’s (CDG) hotline from Sep…
Business
Intel shares soar as Nvidia embrace brings it into the AI boom
Intel shares have skyrocketed after Nvidia announced plans to invest in and partner with the company, sparking hope that the old chipmaker…
Culture
A Visit to the University of Texas’s Art Museum in Austin
A nice place, but someone should explain what ‘extraction’ means to the wealth of the nation and people’s paychecks. Source link
News
Yasmina Reza’s “Art” Feeds Our Appetite for Argument as Entertainment
Is there anything left of the old concept of debate? The practice of good-faith argument feels harder and harder to find, even as…
Business
STI falls on Thursday, down 0.3%
Decliners outnumber advancers 322 to 233 across the broader market with 2.4 billion shares worth S$1.4 billion changing hands The Straits…
Fashion
Shein opens its supply network to fashion brands to boost growth
In addition to mounting external operational challenges, the company has faced significant hurdles in its push for an initial public…
Politics
Trump designates Antifa as a 'major terrorist organization'
President Trump announced Wednesday night that he is designating the radical left-wing protest group Antifa as a "major terrorist…
Business
GM is in talks to extend China venture with demand recovering
Foreign automakers have scaled back in the Asian nation as domestic players have taken greater control of the market General Motors (GM)…
Politics
How 'fascist' ended up on Kirk assassin's bullet
It came as no surprise to many conservatives when the "fascist" label frequently used by the left to describe President Trump and his MAGA…
News
Political Motive Is Relevant in Cases of Political Violence
An account of Charlie Kirk’s murder that ignores the victim, the perpetrator, and the motive is no account at all. Source link
Culture
Great Gay Novels Recommended by the Director of “The History of Sound”
In Oliver Hermanus’s new film, “The History of Sound,” two young men at the New England Conservatory of Music meet in a bar, when one of…
News
Transgenderism vs. ‘Trans Ideology’: A Useful Distinction, No Matter What the Activist Class Says
There are those who seek to live an unobtrusive life in the identity of their choice, and those whose gender dysphoria is accompanied by…
News
Charlie Kirk and Tyler Robinson Came from the Same Warped Online Worlds
Assassins and would-be assassins have become a sickeningly common feature of our polarized political landscape, and so have our rituals in…
Business
Another Malaysian unit of mm2 Asia receives RM1.5 million payment demand
MM2 Star Screen is also asked to pay 5% interest on the amount owed, along with the legal costs of film distributor Antenna Entertainments…
Business
US: Wall St opens flat ahead of Fed's policy decision
Wall Street’s main indexes opened subdued on Wednesday (Sep 17) ahead of a widely anticipated interest-rate cut from the Federal Reserve…
Lifestyle
How Samin Nosrat Learned to Love the Recipe
“I was losing my mind,” the chef and writer Samin Nosrat said. We were sitting in the living room of her small house in Oakland, and she…