Commentary: An oil company joins with the Trump administration to bully California over offshore drilling Sable Offshore was bound by a court order not to restart its oil pipelines. It got Trump's help to circumvent the order.

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By Natalie Allison The inyolvement of Vice President JD Vance had raised hopes around the world that the weekend negotiations in Pakistan would solidify the ceasefire with Iran and put an end to the war within reach.

In what universe did this take place

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OK, who had the over/under on Trump chickening out with one hour to go before deadline?

Commentary: Exploring the moon while cutting NASA? Why Trump's 2027 budget misfires Trump's budget plan takes aim at programs that make Americans smarter, healthier and safer. What's his real agenda?

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Happy Easter.

Real sorry i missed this symposium mentioned in the WSJ:

...said Suzy Welch, a management professor at New York University’s Stern School of Business, at a recent symposium on purpose and flourishing.

Commentary: Why isn't the stock market freaking out more over the Iran war? Here's why The stock market has fallen since Trump went to war against Iran, but why isn't it worse?

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We all have to pay more for gas and every product transported on airplanes, ships and trucks while paying tens of billions to replenish depleted weapons so Hegseth can blow things up and Trump can watch videos every day of things getting blown up.

Commentary: A proposed new 'fix' for Social Security that harms workers and protects the rich A new proposal for saving Social Security would cap benefits at $50,000 per person. Here's how that would hurt the working class but save the rich from a tax increase.

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Commentary: The Disney/Sora fiasco shows the limits of the AI craze Disney and OpenAI thought their billion-dollar deal would underscore the importance of AI for Hollywood's future. Its ignominious collapse proves just the opposite

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That’s an excellent question.

“Person. Woman. Man. Camera. TV.”

It’s chilling to see the most powerful man in the world bragging that he passed a test that they give people to find out whether they should be allowed to take the bus by themselves.

-Stephen Colbert

Commentary: How a custody fight over an old dog showed why lawyers should never trust AI to tell the truth A California custody lawsuit over an aging Labrador ended with both sides being punished for citing precedents faked by AI.

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Commentary: Here are all the good things we could buy for the billions being spent on Trump's Iran war Trump has spent more than $25 billion on his Iran war and wants $200 billion more. Here's what America could buy instead.

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Commentary: Inside the 1979 Silicon Valley demo that made Apple what it is today In 1979, Steve Jobs led a delegation from Apple into Xerox's secretive Silicon Valley computer lab. The world would never be the same.

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Commentary: Ted Cruz and his GOP colleagues are pushing yet another tax break for the 1% Republicans are pushing — again — for a cut in the capital gains tax, but no one else thinks it's a good idea.

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How I know I'm getting old: Jeopardy last night asked contestants to identify the Smothers Brothers by showing a photo of them. None of the contestants, all apparently under 40, knew enough to even buzz in...

Commentary: Why an AI firm known for fighting plagiarism has real authors in a fury Grammarly has apologized for using real authors' names without permission, but its offense goes much deeper than that

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Stop letting AI write your content.

I read and write Russian

Rereading The cherry Orchard, and it occurs to me that in my experience, Shakespeare always reads better on the page than on stage, while Chekhov always plays better on stage than on the page. Wanna make something of it?

Commentary: Betting on war? Why prediction markets like Kalshi and Polymarket are a problem As prediction markets like Kalshi and Polymarket offer more ways to bet on elections, war, the Oscars and more, their dangers are growing.

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"Something you might not know if you’re not super rich -- today is the day that people who make $1 million a year stop paying into Social Security. Working people pay all year, but the rich get a break. Lift the cap and pull millions of seniors out of poverty." - Rep. Greg Casar

someone at the pentagon frantically typing “Claude, open the strait of Hormuz for me, quickest possible strategy, make no mistakes.”

Waiting for the administration to say the spike in gas prices isn't actually a big deal because so many Americans are losing their jobs and won't have to drive to work anymore.