House Republicans are taking their fight with the FBI and the Justice Department to a new level — weighing punitive measures against the two agencies that would have been unfathomable a decade ago. Six months into their majority and with an increasingly agitated right flank, the House GOP is poised for a showdown after a … Read more
Photo illustration by Erin O’Flynn/The Daily Beast/Getty Images and courtesy of Dmitriy Ukrainian soldiers did not expect to repel the attention of women when they set out to fight President Vladimir Putin’s unprovoked attack. But when Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine 16 months ago, it found itself in stardom for its work in … Read more
William J. Bernstein’s 2002 book, The Four Pillars of Investing: Lessons for Building a Winning Portfolio, has become a guide for self-directed investors. The time of dreams Text size The key to portfolio design is not to maximize profits in average markets, but to survive terrible markets, says financial author William J. Bernstein. “If you … Read more
It seems too early to name the team’s winners and losers in the NBA offseason with the potential trades for Damian Lillard and James Harden are still hanging out there . Lillard’s trade talks are slowly moving toward a three- or four-team deal. League sources tell NBC Sports that the seemingly slow pace of a … Read more
Tribute to Offset and Quavo Takeoff Tribute to Offset and Quavo Takeoff.jpg – Credit: Christopher Polk/Variety/Getty Images Fresh off the plane from Paris with just 16 hours to spare, Offset and Quavo planned the perfect tribute performance to honor their late Migos bandmate Takeoff at the 2023 BET Awards last weekend. “It cleansed my soul,” … Read more
JENIN REFUGEE CAMP, West Bank (AP) — Israel withdrew its troops from a West Bank militant stronghold on Wednesday, but warned that its most intense military operation in the occupied territory in nearly two decades was not an operation punctual. Thirteen Palestinians and an Israeli soldier were killed in the two-day raid. Residents of the … Read more
Welsh Prime Minister Mark Drakeford says UK government ‘hasn’t given us any money at all’ for pandemic response plans – UK Covid-19 Inquiry/YouTube/PA Welsh Labor’s first minister has blamed Brexit and Westminster’s lack of funding on Covid failures. Mark Drakeford told the Covid Inquiry that the UK Government “didn’t give us any money at all” … Read more
About the Author: William J. Bernstein is a retired neurologist, co-founder of investment management firm Efficient Frontier Advisors, and board member of the John C. Bogle Center for Financial Literacy. He has also written numerous books on investing, history and social psychology. Read a section adapted with permission from McGraw Hill from Bernstein’s latest book, … Read more
For the past 146 years, the best tennis players in the world have faced off on the grass courts of London, vying for a chance to win the Wimbledon Championship title. The renamed tournament is known for its strict all-white dress code, but for the first time in history it is getting an update. In … Read more
The much-maligned musical ‘Cats’ has sent the internet spinning wild after a visual effects editor for the film confirmed that CGI was used to add assholes to all the feline characters. The “asshole cut,” as it was called on social media, was eventually discontinued by the studio. The upcoming ‘Barbie’ movie has now been revealed … Read more