Новости за 16.07.2025

In a remarkable upset, progressive State Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani defeated former Governor Andrew Cuomo in New York City’s Democratic mayoral primary. Early polls showed Mamdani starting his campaign with around 1% support. Just six weeks before the June 24 election, his support was only at 11%, while Cuomo led with 49%. Three separate polls, conducted by Yale/YouGov, Marist College, and the Manhattan Institute within two weeks More

We all know and expect that a president’s top appointees are picked in large part because of their willingness to carry out a president’s agenda. But usually these are people with some experience in the areas that they are overseeing. Insofar as this is not the case, they can generally rely on the high-level career More

The Trump administration on June 30 released its “National Security Presidential Memorandum 5” on U.S. plans for Cuba. Criticism from Cuba’s government and international commentators welled up, as if entirely new forms of anti-Cuba aggression were in the works. That may or may not be so.  Actually, the recent Memorandum was a re-issue of the More

In one of the most bizarre episodes in the history of international trade, President Donald Trump this week announced that 50% tariffs would be imposed on Brazil—a country that has a trade surplus with the United States and is one of its most important importers of coffee, orange juice, and petroleum—solely on the condition that More

The head of the Federal Reserve Board has been viewed as the second most powerful person in the government. In theory, this person heads the body that oversees the country’s monetary policy with the power to set interest rates, which shapes the economy by impacting the cost of borrowing money. In an act of “extreme More

A new study published in the journal Forest Ecology and Management “Significant mortality of old trees across a dry forest landscape, Oregon,” found that older larch and ponderosa pine are suffering increased death rates. Old growth ponderosa pine like this are dying due to climate change and increased competition for resources like water. Photo by George Wuerthner The More

I watched a great sports documentary Sunday. “Southpaw. The Life and Legacy of Jim Abbott” on ESPN.  I’ll sum it up first. If this film, which far transcends just sports, doesn’t get a Sports Emmy, the Emmy is meaningless.  One of my Flint Saint Michael High School classmates, Steve, the best athlete in my class, More

As a political journalist, I typically monitor about six or seven print publications and a somewhat absurd number of online ones. But I recently noticed a disturbing trend—a slew of articles with titles like “Apocalyptic map shows worst U.S. states to live in during nuclear war” or “Nuclear Fallout: Is Your State Safe?” Then there’s More

In Miracles and Wonder – the Historical Mystery of Jesus, Princeton historian and professor of religion, Elaine Pagels, explains how and why Christianity appealed to so many people. After 2,000 years, it still captivates some 28 percent of the world population–more than any other faith or declared secularists. Unlike religious leaders before him, Jesus’s message brought hope to More

On July 7, 2005, four young men carried out coordinated suicide bombings on London’s public transport system, killing 52 people and injuring over 700. The attackers weren’t foreign operatives; they were British citizens. The shock was profound. The country mourned, then mobilized. The government promised security measures. Laws were passed. Surveillance powers expanded. Communities found More