The national average price for a gallon of regular gas decreased slightly on Thanksgiving, dropping to $3.065 from Wednesday’s price of $3.073, according to AAA. Thursday’s cost was essentially the same as a week ago, when a gallon of regular gas was $3.063. However, prices were less expensive than a month ago, when regular gas […]
Let it not be said that Conclave, the new film about the selection of a new pope from director Edward Berger (All Quiet on the Western Front) and screenwriter Peter Straughan (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy), is dishonest. I found it fascinating, unsentimental, and exceptionally keen in its understanding of human nature. Nevertheless, there is, at […]
Politicians and their ghostwriters regularly churn out books in many different well-worn genres, including memoirs, policy manifestos, and novels. Still, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries’s (D-NY) latest book, published in November by Grand Central Publishing after his party’s stinging losses in House, Senate, and White House elections, is a departure from what his predecessors would […]
The original Gladiator is Ridley Scott’s magnum opus and remains one of the best films since the turn of the century. The script, despite being written on the fly, had great lines. Everyone old enough to have watched the original remembers “Are you not entertained?” and “What we do in life echoes in eternity.” These […]
It’s been a grim near-month for Democrats since the election results poured in. President-elect Donald Trump won both the Electoral College and the popular vote, and Republicans are set to have full control of Congress for the next two years. Democrats will need multiple election cycles to repair their political brand, many pundits argue. But […]
A decade into its run, when most reality TV series have either died an ignoble death or are simply awaiting the axe of cancellation, Bravo’s Vanderpump Rules stumbled upon a late-career renaissance. When TMZ broke the news that the show’s leading lad, Tom Sandoval, was carrying on an affair with the best friend of his […]
The directive to “go West, young man” has been an American adage for almost 200 years. Many attribute it to the pre-Civil War-era New York newspaperman Horace Greeley, but it may be even older than that. The guidance gained legions of adherents after gold was discovered in Northern California in 1848. These four famous words […]
A giant cold air mass from Siberia is due to meet the warm Great Lakes this week, creating a massive snowstorm. The passing of a massive cold front over a relatively warm lake creates what is known as a lake-effect snow event. The warm lake waters heat the cold air, sending it upwards and condensing […]
Health and Human Services director nominee Robert F. Kennedy Jr. showcased how to “cook the MAHA way” with a video deep frying a turkey. “This is how we cook the MAHA way,” Kennedy said in a video posted on X, explaining that he was cooking the turkey entirely in beef tallow. The video was notable […]
Israel and Hezbollah accused each other of breaking the ceasefire that took effect only a day prior. The Israel Defense Forces announced on Thursday that several “suspicious incidents” had been identified in southern Lebanon in violation of the ceasefire. The IDF and Israeli Air Force had responded with strikes. “Earlier today, IDF soldiers identified two […]
