For months before the first debate, the nation’s voters repeatedly expressed doubts over whether President Biden had the cognitive health enough to serve. Today, those doubts have grown even more: now at nearly three-quarters of the electorate, and now including many within his own party. And today, after the debate with former President Trump, an increased
Morris Bishop, the man who arranged for Vladimir Nabokov’s job at Cornell, and eventually became his best friend, begins his biography of Blaise Pascal by writing, “Blaise Pascal was, simply, one of the greatest men that have ever lived.” The abbé Jean Steinman, in his 1954 study of Pascal, claimed that “outside the Bible there
What is the essence of a diplomat’s charm? Perfect manners infused with personal warmth; self-confidence leavened by self-deprecation; a fund of anecdote that never degenerates into gossip; an ability to drop names, not obnoxiously but just enough to make the listener feel they’re getting the inside track; a little more erudition than you expect; a
There is perhaps no issue on Capitol Hill that brokers less agreement than policies to address climate change. On the left, doom-forecasters and activists claim the planet will be irreparably broken without major action, requiring the government to change everything from the cars we drive to the number of indigenous women employed to build the
After shaky debate, Biden goes on campaign trail – CBS News Watch CBS News Amid calls to bow out, a defiant President Biden is digging in, holding campaign events and fundraisers this weekend in New York and New Jersey. Taurean Small reports. View CBS News In Be the first to know Get browser notifications for
The purpose of this conference is to foster a dialogue between digital creators, industry professionals, and senior White House officials. The White House announced on June 28 that it will host the first-ever Creator Economy Conference in August, which will bring together digital creators, industry professionals, and senior administration officials. Christian Tom, director of digital
The decision comes after federal court rulings blocked further implementation of the student loan repayment plan. In response to court rulings blocking key elements of the federal government’s new student loan repayment program, the Biden administration will be giving approximately 3 million borrowers a reprieve from their monthly payments. The 3 million borrowers eligible for