Dr. David Barash begins this book by commenting that he did not put “his heart and soul” into it because he does not believe there is any such thing as a “soul.” After reading it, I can only assume he has serious doubts about the philosophical category of “substance” too, as he has also put
Those of us who spend some of our lives defending Israel in the public discourse are accustomed to being told, even mocked, that we are incapable of finding any fault in the Jewish state at all—that we instinctively hear criticism of Israel and cry “anti-Semitism!” I would like to put an end to this calumny
Allen Iverson finally wants to talk about practice. “The Answer” opens Misunderstood: A Memoir recounting a question that would spawn one of the most legendary postgame press conference monologues in the history of professional sports: “So what about the situation with the practices?” Iverson was off to the races I’m supposed to be the franchise
In the land that introduced the world to Godzilla, a new giant has arisen. The Liberal Democratic Party’s landslide victory in Japan’s lower house elections on Sunday gave Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi the largest majority of any party in 80 years. So many party members won their districts outright that the LDP has to find
REVIEW: ‘All About the Money’ Fergie Chambers / ‘All About the Money’ You’ve probably never heard of James Cox “Fergie” Chambers Jr., but that’s OK. There isn’t much to know that can’t be gleaned from a cursory description or even photos of his “edgy” tattoos glorifying communist tyrants. Have you ever wondered what would happen
Their attempts to relate to normal Americans by doing normal American things have routinely ended in disaster Abigail Spanberger / X It happened again. Another Democratic politician posed for a photo while attempting to cook meat on a grill. This time it was Gov. Abigail Spanberger (D., Va.) who tried to look normal by grilling
The Bureau of Labor Statistics released its Consumer Price Index for the month of January, and it showed annualized inflation dropping to 2.4 percent for the 12 months ending in January, down from 2.7 percent for the 12 months ending in December. The press wrote it up as if it were a big surprise. A