2026-02-14 01:18:56
The latest consumer price index makes one thing clear: Without the White House’s tariff experiment, President Donald Trump would almost certainly have lower interest rates and stronger inflation-adjusted wages, and he probably wouldn’t be spinning his wheels about affordability heading into midterm elections. Instead, he’s scrambling to address a crisis of his own making.
2026-02-14 00:08:12
A few hours after White House border czar Tom Homan announced the end of the immigration crackdown in Minneapolis, a steady stream of mourners gathered on the city’s south side. Their destination was the community-built memorial to Renée Nicole Good, located at the spot where her SUV came to a stop after she was shot in the head by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent.
2026-02-14 00:00:04
“Becoming Chinese” is trending in the US, but being Chinese has different rules in China.
2026-02-13 23:54:18
The so-called AI scare trade that is sweeping through different sectors landed on freight brokers on Thursday, which is ironic because the largest of them are already using artificial intelligence effectively. Additionally, they do face a true threat, but it’s one that is in no way digital.
2026-02-13 21:00:07
Rudyard Kipling has gone far out of fashion. Born in Bombay, in British India, in 1865, he was an unapologetic imperialist; he even coined the phrase “take up the white man’s burden” to mark the symbolic passage of global power from Britain to the US. Yet his 1919 poem “The Gods of the Copybook Headings” should be compulsory reading today because it goes to the heart of our contemporary troubles — and suggests a way out.
2026-02-13 21:00:06
The Japanese prime minister’s resounding election victory is not only a bet on her charisma, but a new experiment in economic nationalism.
