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The questions "When Harry Met Sally" make us consider today
Maybe we’ve been looking for the wrong answers from “When Harry Met Sally.” Easy enough to do, since the plot revolves around the question of whether men and women can truly be friends. Billy Crystal’s Harry Burns is very sure he knows the right answer at the...
"It was staged": Conspiracy theories are flying after Trump's Pennsylvania shooting
Almost immediately after the news began to circulate on Saturday that a man — now identified as 20-year-old registered Republican Thomas Matthew Crooks — botched what appears to have been an attempted assassination of former President Trump at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, conspiracy theories were flying. After...
Trump rally shooter identified by FBI as a 20-year-old registered Republican
The FBI identified twenty-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks as the person responsible for shooting at former President Donald Trump at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania Saturday evening. Crooks — a registered Republican — shot off several rounds from a semi-automatic AR-15 rifle while perched on the roof of a building just...
Shannen Doherty dies at 53, after lengthy battle with cancer
Shannen Doherty, best known for her roles as Brenda Walsh in "Beverly Hills, 90210" and Prue Halliwell in "Charmed," died at the age of 53 on Saturday, after a lengthy battle with cancer. The latest in a string of celebrity deaths this week, including Richard Simmons, Dr. Ruth, and Shelley...
Donald Trump survives an assassination attempt. Can America survive what happens next?
It's unacceptably trite to say that we knew something like this would happen. But on some level, how could we not? Despite the expressions of sympathy and support from both Donald Trump's allies and his most committed political opponents, and the ritual pronouncements that political violence is unacceptable, no one in America can truly be surprised by each new outbreak of mayhem and bloodshed, whether it occurs on the streets of a large city, inside a rural church or a suburban big-box retail store, or at a presidential campaign rally in post-industrial western Pennsylvania.
White supremacy with a law degree: How do we escape "The Originalism Trap"?
In her new book, “The Originalism Trap: How Extremists Stole the Constitution and How We the People Can Take It Back,” Madiba K. Dennie critiques the legal doctrine known as "originalism," calling it a movement born out of opposition to the school desegregation mandated by the Supreme Court's Brown v. Board of Education decision. Her argument is broadly compatible with those made by Eric Segall in "Originalism as Faith" (Salon story here) and Erwin Chemerinsky in "Worse Than Nothing: The Dangerous Fallacy of Originalism" (interview here). But in characterizing originalism as a “trap” and situating it historically, Dennie's analysis cuts deeper into the harm caused by originalist doctrine, without sacrificing nuance, rigor or scope.
How naturally-produced opioids help plumb the depths of animal minds
Amidst the ongoing debate over whether artificial intelligence is really sentient, scientists are still trying to figure out the same thing about non-human animals. Amazingly, naturally-produced painkillers have long been considered a key indicator of possible sentience in animals. America can ban all the opioids it wants, but still won’t stop your brain from making them or seeking the relief from suffering they provide, and so they have been seen as a kind of smoking gun for sentience in non-human animals as well. But a look at the evolutionary role of endorphins really highlights the complexity of conscious experience – especially our own.
Is a US war in the Middle East coming? No, because it's already here
This article originally appeared at TomDispatch. In mid-June, the Associated Press announced that the U.S. Navy had been engaged in the most intense naval combat since the end of World War II, which surely would come as a surprise to most Americans. This time, the fighting isn’t taking place in the Atlantic or Pacific Oceans but in the Red Sea and the adversary is Yemen’s — yes, Yemen’s! — Shiite party-militia, the Helpers of God (Ansar Allah), often known, thanks to their leading clan, as the Houthis. They are supporting the Palestinians of Gaza against the Israeli campaign of total war on that small enclave, while, in recent months, they have faced repeated air strikes from American planes and have responded by, among other things, attacking an American aircraft carrier and other ships off their coast. Their weapons of choice are rockets, drones, small boats rigged with explosives and — a first! — anti-ship ballistic missiles with which they have targeted Red Sea shipping. The Houthis see the U.S. Navy as part of the Israeli war effort.
Secret Service killed suspected shooter at Trump rally, according to law enforcement
As updates pour in following a violent attack against former President Donald Trump during a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania on Saturday evening — in which the side of his head was grazed, leaving him bloody but "fine," per those at the scene — several outlets have indicated that the suspected shooter has been killed by U.S. Secret Service agents.
Trump injured but "safe" after Pennsylvania shooting
Donald Trump was reportedly injured in a shooting incident and was rushed offstage by Secret Service agents during a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Saturday evening. The Secret Service has said that Trump is "safe" and the ex-president's campaign says he is receiving medical treatment. Whether Trump was actually struck by a bullet remains unclear, with some reports suggesting he may have been struck by glass fragments from the teleprompter before him.
Celebrities mourn the loss of Richard Simmons, dead at 76
The latest in a string of celebrity deaths that have occurred this week — including Shelley Duvall and Dr. Ruth Westheimer — the sad news of the death of fitness guru Richard Simmons began to circulate on Saturday afternoon. With very little information available as of now, what...
Trump taps "fake elector" to present him with official nomination
At the Republican National Convention, the GOP plans to dig its heels into election fraud. Nevada GOP Chairman Michael McDonald, who participated in a scheme to send fake electors to Washington D.C. to subvert the will of Nevada voters, will present Donald Trump with his nomination at the convention in Milwaukee next week.
"I had no interest in trashing him": James Patterson on why he needed to tell Tiger Woods' story
"I just wanted to tell the story and let people figure out." When the "story" in question is recapping of the entire life and career of an athlete as illustrious — and scrutinized — as professional golfer Tiger Woods, the stakes are considerably high. If anyone's up to...
Elon Musk officially weighs in on race, tossing cash at Trump PAC
Elon Musk has donated to a Trump campaign-affiliated PAC, tossing cash behind a candidate for the first time in the race, per Bloomberg. People familiar with the donation didn’t disclose the amount, but according to Bloomberg, they described it as a “sizeable sum.”. Musk, with a net worth...
Abortion restrictions harm mental health, with low-income women hardest hit
This article was originally published on The Conversation. People living in states that enacted tighter abortion restrictions in the wake of the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health decision, which returned regulation of abortion access to state legislatures, are more likely to report elevated levels of mental distress. This is particularly true for people of lower socioeconomic means.
Taxes on sugary beverages are working. Should they be placed on ultra-processed foods?
Back in January, researchers found that raising the prices of sugary sodas, coffees, teas and energy drinks and fruit drinks led to a decrease in the purchases of those drinks. Specifically, increasing the prices of said beverages by an average of 31% reduced consumer purchases by a third. The study,...
Dr. Ruth, sex therapist and ambassador to loneliness, dies at age 96
Dr. Ruth Westheimer, the world-famous sex therapist most commonly known as simply Dr. Ruth, died Friday at her home in Manhattan, according to her publicist Pierre Lehu. Having lived 96 extremely full years devoting herself to fixing the sexual hangups of strangers, all while smiling and laughing in a way that infused a comfortable casualness into an otherwise awkward subject, the cause of her death has yet to be revealed, but she for sure had a nice, long run.
Trump's Facebook and Instagram safety guardrails are coming off
Donald Trump’s Facebook and Instagram accounts are no longer restricted, Meta told Axios on Friday. Less than four years after inciting a social media-fueled attack on American democracy that left five dead, Trump will be allowed to use as normal the social media platforms that once concluded that the “risks of allowing the president to continue to use our service” were “simply too great.”
"Our realities are being warped": Travis lead singer Fran Healy on tackling big themes on new album
Fresh on the heels of their 20th anniversary reissue of "The Invisible Band," Scottish indie rock group Travis is back for more. Their new album, titled "L.A. Times," marks one of the band’s finest efforts since "The Man Who," the multiplatinum mega-success that established their international fame. Listeners will...
Biden’s donor dilemma: Democrats brace for the big money dump
Folks, we’ve been here before. When Ronald Reagan bombed in his first debate against Walter Mondale in 1984, it prompted members of the press, some of the GOP stalwart supporters, members of the donor class and even some of Reagan’s Hollywood friends to question whether Reagan (seeking a second term) could handle the rigors of the presidency at the advanced age of 73.
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