π Click here to listen to Electoral Dysfunction on your podcast app π Donald Trump gave his two cents on what women should be doing whilst pregnant this week… and Nigel Farage followed suit with his view back in the UK. So how damaging are their comments? And why do men think they know best…
Sovereignty, the top-ranked horse in the country, will not run in the $7-million Breedersβ Cup Classic after developing a fever this week. The winner of the Kentucky Derby, Belmont Stakes and Travers Stakes will recover although itβs unclear if he will ever race again. Trainer Bill Mott made the announcement Wednesday morning and informed Breedersβ…
Naguib Kheraj, the City veteran, has been shortlisted to become the next chairman of HSBC Holdings, Europe’s biggest bank. Sky News can reveal that Mr Kheraj, a former Barclays finance chief, is among a small number of contenders currently being considered to replace Sir Mark Tucker. HSBC, which has a market capitalisation of Β£165.4bn, has…
Poor Sylvia Plath has found little rest in the afterlife. The New Yorkerβs Janet Malcolm had choice words for the army of Plathβs biographers. She likened this species of writer to βthe professional burglar, breaking into a house, rifling through certain drawers that he has good reason to think contain the jewelry and money, and…
Book Review Shadow Ticket By Thomas PynchonPenguin Press: 304 pages, $30If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from Bookshop.org, whose fees support independent bookstores. With next weekβs publication of his ninth novel, βShadow Ticket,β Thomas Pynchonβs secret 20th century is at last complete. For many of us, Pynchon…
Sir Keir Starmer is promising that the change he pledged to deliver in the 2024 election will finally arrive in 2026. In his New Year’s address, the prime minister accepted that his government had not yet delivered on the promise plastered on the front of their manifesto. Sir Keir admitted that “for many, life is…
Slide over, Steve Garvey. It appears another former Major League Baseball slugger with Southland ties will run for political office. Mark Teixeira, who batted a robust .358 in a two-month stint with the Angels in 2008 before signing a longterm lucrative contract with the New York Yankees, announced his campaign for Texasβ 21st Congressional District…
The hit Broadway musical βHamiltonβ is making its way to the big screen on Sept. 5. Lin-Manuel Miranda announced the theatrical release date for the Tony Award-winning musical Tuesday night during an interview on βThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.β βWe always wanted to release it theatrically, but then the pandemic hit and so we…
Japanese filmmaker Chie Hayakawa isnβt afraid to look death in the eye. The writer-directorβs 2022 feature debut, βPlan 75,β imagined an unsettling future in which the elderly are offered a subsidy by the government to be euthanized. For her follow-up, she travels into her own past, drawing from memories of her fatherβs battle with cancer….
p]:text-cms-story-body-color-text clearfix”> PHOENIX β With Tommy Edman opening the season on the injured list, Hyeseong Kim is a prime candidate to see an uptick in playing time at second base for the Dodgers in the coming season. On Tuesday, he further solidified his case. With teammate Yoshinobu Yamamoto throwing a live batting practice session on…