Here’s Why the Waffle House Shooting Wasn’t Worse
Metro Nashville Police Department via ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. James Shaw Jr. is the “I’m not a hero” who heroically wrestled a gunman to the ground during Sunday’s Waffle House shooting. Here’s how it happened: During a sudden break in the firing, Mr. Shaw sprinted through the door…
Raw Data: How Green Are Our Cities?
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. One of the most compelling arguments in favor of building dense cities is environmental: cities use less energy per person than suburbs and emit less carbon per person. The reason is exactly the one you’d guess. People in big cities don’t own as many cars…
Do Countries That Drink Less Have Less Breast Cancer?
dikobraziy/vladans/Shutterstock/Getty Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Earlier this month, I published a story looking at the link between alcohol consumption and cancer. The science in this area is pretty clear: Alcohol is implicated in about five percent of all cancer cases, and 15 percent of all breast cancers. The news…
Today Is the Greatest Day Ever
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. I was at the market today and they had big sacks of M&Ms on sale. Two for seven bucks. Then I wandered to a different part of the store, and there were a whole bunch of crates full of half-price stuff—including the very same M&Ms…
See How Hard It Is for Sen. Bob Corker to Say Something Nice About the Woman Who Might Replace Him
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Retiring Tennessee Senator Bob Corker (R) has recently said glowing things about a candidate angling to fill his seat in the Senate this year. Unfortunately for the GOP, those nice things were all about the Democrat in the race, former governor Phil Bredesen. “He was…
Welcome to Agadez, America’s Latest Front in the War on Terror
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Say hello to Agadez: Agadez is 4,000 miles from Aghanistan, where the Global War on Terrorism began. It’s 2,500 miles from Iraq, our next destination in the war. It’s 2,000 miles from Syria and 1,500 miles from Benghazi. This is where we’re building a $110…