Trump Media (ticker: DJT) closed at $26 yesterday, up 16% from its previous close. That might be an inflection from its precipitous decline. Or, it might be the start of a dead cat bounce. ...

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I’m skeptical that the orcas off the Iberian peninsula have rational motive in attacking small yachts. I doubt, also, that they are acting from grief or rage. ...

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Tom Schaller has penned an editorial on the danger that the white, rural right poses to American democracy, a companion piece to his book on the topic. Nicholas Jacobs complains that Schaller goes too far ...

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Just from outward morphology, I never would guess that grebes and flamingos form their own biological order. Nor would I lump cuckoos and bustards. But when it comes to taxonomy, genetics tells the tale. ...

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A weekend editorial complains that Trumpism is driving people away from religion. And, yes, churches that support Trump show something quite ugly about their own moral sense. But. What data we have ...

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The Patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church just sanctified Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, declaring it a Holy War. ...

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A California judge yesterday ruled that John Eastman should be disbarred. While there are more steps and appeals before his disbarment is final, he no longer may practice law ...

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