Germany still looks German on a tourist map. The census does not. Official figures for 2025 put the country at about 83.5 million people. Roughly 71 million hold German citizenship. About 12.4 million do not, by the population count; the foreigners register lists more than 14 million. More than a quarter of people in private […]
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Some Democrats have finally noticed they sound like they swallowed a graduate seminar. “Unhoused.” “Birthing person.” “Justice-involved.” “Food insecure.” “Substance-use disorder.” “Assigned female at birth.” The list is long and it all does the same job: replace a word everybody understands with a phrase that signals you went to the right schools. Normal people hear […]
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Sami Winc: We know that in California, Xavier, I think his name is Becerra, is going to win, but he is the most unimpressive of governors I’ve ever seen. Even Kamala Harris said he was not up to snuff, and she is, of course, one of the most unimpressive of mediocrities. Editor’s note: This is a […]
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez spent recent weeks sounding like someone who had discovered swing voters. Then she renewed her membership in the country’s largest socialist organization after a seven-year lapse. The group announced it itself. It said the announcement was unusual. It also said talk of a 2028 presidential run made her status essential information. That is […]
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Bill Gates spent six thousand words this week telling the country to slow down artificial intelligence. He would “likely support” a credible global plan to tap the brakes. He wants taxes on AI and robots. He wants some jobs reserved for humans by law. He wants new international machinery to govern the most important technology […]
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Republican U.S. Senate candidate and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has released his plan to protect Texas’ power grid and communities from issues associated with data centers while ensuring the United States beats China in the artificial intelligence race. On Monday, Paxton released his “Texas First Data Center Plan,” which outlines four key proposals to […]
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In The Republic, Plato warned that excessive political freedom can eventually produce disorder and tyranny. More precisely, he argued that an insatiable demand for freedom ultimately produces chaos, and that angry citizens are tempted to embrace a strongman who promises to restore order. In other words, democracy is a paradox. The problem is not freedom itself. […]
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It’s August, so we have the annual debate over the dropping of two atomic bombs, one on Aug. 6, 1945, the uranium bomb called “Little Boy” that was dropped on the dual-use target, military and industrial Japanese city of Hiroshima, and then three days later on Nagasaki with a plutonium bomb, although it was not quite as […]
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The United Arab Emirates has halted all trade, commercial exchanges, and financial transactions with Iran until further notice. The announcement came after Abu Dhabi said two ballistic missiles launched from Iran targeted maritime traffic, with one falling inside Emirati waters. Tehran denied it. Dubai still issued shelter alerts. Hours later the commercial tap was shut. […]
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The administration is moving to revoke as many as 200,000 business and tourist visas. These are B-1 and B-2 documents issued over the last decade to people who entered the United States claiming they were short-term visitors and then filed for asylum to stay permanently. Officials describe it as the largest single mass revocation effort […]