Kampfhundblick Isn’t Enough to Sell American Cars in Germany
Good boy!Nir Alon via ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Apparently Donald Trump told French president Emmanuel Macron that he wants more than just high tariffs on German cars. He wants to ban them entirely. Exciting! This is nonsense, but it provides a chance to test Google Translate in the…
Researchers Just Made a Disturbing Discovery About Your Child’s Schizophrenia Risk
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. For decades, researchers have observed that people whose mothers had complicated pregnancies have higher rates of schizophrenia, but no one knew why this was. Could traumatic pregnancies somehow compromise the brain development of the fetus, causing schizophrenia? Or was it the reverse: Did something about the genes…
Inflation Disappoints Hawks Again, Stays Low
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. A couple of months ago it looked like maybe the inflation rate would finally poke its head above the Fed’s “target” rate of 2 percent. But no. It remains as quiet as ever. It’s now spent six consecutive years under the “target.” It kinda makes…
Elon Musk Nearly Ready to Ship Cool New Forest Fire Starter
Steven K. Doi via ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Unless, in the end, this turns out to be a joke after all, visionary entrepreneur Elon Musk is getting ready to ship 20,000 flamethrowers to waiting customers next week. It’s not clear why Musk decided to market flamethrowers as “fun”…
Lions, Rhinos, and Elephants Are Coming Back in Droves to This Part of Africa
A lion in Malawi.Adriane Ohanesian/For the Washington Post The rhinos were gone from Chad. The elephants were poached from part of Malawi. The lions, too. But now, these animals are starting to return—thanks to a group of philanthropists and environmentalists working to repopulate Africa’s parks and wildlands. African Parks transports animals to some of the…
California Democrat Enlists Former “Seinfeld” Star to Mock Dana Rohrabacher
Jason AlexanderHarley Rouda for Congress Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Former Seinfeld star Jason Alexander has a new role. In a new campaign ad, he plays the moderator of a mock debate between Democratic congressional hopeful Harley Rouda and his Southern California district’s 15-term Republican incumbent, Rep. Dana Rohrabacher. The three-minute…