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Well, Donald Trump has done it again! He stumped the chumps. The “chumps” in this case were the “blue-chip” academic and financial economists whose consensus forecast this time last year…
“What’s in a name? That which we call a rose, by any other name would smell as sweet.” That question, posed by Juliet in Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet,” seems to…
Mick Jagger still sprints, dances and sings across the stage during Rolling Stones concerts, which can stretch close to two hours. That may not seem unusual for the frontman of…
January 2026 marks one year into President Donald Trump‘s second term, and there can be no honest conversation without acknowledging that he is one of the most consequential presidents in…
A Catholic influencer announced Thursday that his 5-year-old son had died after an 11-day battle with a severe case of the flu, a loss that unfolded publicly as he shared…
This New Year’s Eve had us singing “Auld Lang Syne” and hoping old acquaintances weren’t forgotten. But 2025 was a tidal wave of good and bad news, and you’re bound…
Some 30% of Americans make at least one New Year’s resolution, statistics show — and they generally focus on exercising, eating healthier and losing weight. Less than 10% of people,…
Freshly inaugurated New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, a self-described Democratic socialist, promoted “collectivism” over “rugged individualism” during a speech on Thursday, and prominent conservative figures nationwide responded by sounding…
This year’s deadly antisemitic attacks in Washington, D.C., Colorado, the U.K. and at Australia’s Bondi Beach by Islamist-inspired perpetrators are not anomalies; they underscore the “new normal” observed in the…
A massive fraud scandal tied to taxpayer-funded daycare, Medicaid and social services programs in Minnesota — involving potentially billions of dollars in suspicious billing — is prompting renewed scrutiny of…