Drawing Down Savings to Pay for Growth Can’t Last Forever
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The personal savings rate is suddenly under scrutiny. On Friday the Washington Post ran a piece calling it a “red flag” in the middle of otherwise good economic news. Today the Wall Street Journal reported on the latest numbers from the Commerce Department, noting that…
The 20-Week Abortion Ban Just Died in the Senate, But Pro-Lifers Will Still Celebrate Tonight
Riccardo Savi/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Update January 29, 2018 8:00PM EST.: Senate Republicans couldn’t overcome a Democratic filibuster of their 20-week abortion ban Monday night. The bill, the latest version of a ban pro-Lifers have been pushing for decades, failed a procedural vote 51-49, nine short of the…
At Davos, Trump Hobnobbed With His Dubai Business Partner
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Donald Trump has pledged to keep his distance from his businesses and vowed that his company would not enter into any new foreign deals during his presidency. But during the recent World Economic Forum in Davos, Trump hobnobbed with at least one of his foreign…
This New Belle and Sebastian Album Promises to Solve All Your Problems
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Album Review Belle and SebastianHow to Solve Our Human ProblemsMatador For more than two decades, Scotland’s Belle and Sebastian has championed the virtues of old-fashioned pop music, crafting gorgeous, compassionate tunes that balance heartbreak and hope without descending to sentimental mush. Echoing a trio of…
The Cleveland Indians Decided the Chief Wahoo Logo Is Too Racist to Wear But Fine to Keep Selling
Patrick Semansky/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. After 70 years of using a racist Native American caricature as its primary logo, baseball’s Cleveland Indians finally have agreed to stop using the Chief Wahoo logo on uniforms and banners throughout Progressive Field, starting in 2019. Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred noted in…
There Are More Than 5 Million Syrian Refugees. The Trump Administration Has Admitted 2 of Them.
Women from Syria walk with their children in a refugee camp in Cyprus in September.Petros Karadjias/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The United Nations estimates that there are 5.5 million Syrian refugees. In the past three months, the United States has allowed two of them to enter the country—down from…