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But the quiz we took most seriously in Seventeen (or Cosmopolitan, depending on how conservative your parents were, which probably merits another survey), was always: Which lipstick shape are you? Smooth, rounded edges meant you never broke the rules; flat, concave ones showed you liked taking risks. And now, thanks to an influx of fall…
The Israel Defense Forces claimed Hamas fired 200 rockets from the Gaza strip into southern Israel Saturday in the first attack on Tel Aviv since 2014. Israel’s Iron Dome missile defense system intercepted and neutralized many of the rockets before they hit their intended targets. According to authorities in Gaza, retaliatory Israeli attacks on Hamas…
The best part about denim trends are that they never truly go out of style. Sure, your Farrah Fawcett flares might make everyone wonder whether you loved Dakota Fanning in The Runaways just a bit too much, but worn with leather mules and a blazer they suddenly go from un-ironically retro to relevant. That's what's…
It’s Steven Mnuchin who should listen to economists on climate change
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin took time out of his day at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Thursday to suggest that Greta Thunberg should stop speaking out on climate change policy, adding, “After she goes and studies economics in college, she can come back and explain that to us.” Thunberg herself is an…
Flywheel and SoulCycle are having an identity crisis
At the end of December, users of the popular cycling class Flywheel received an email in their inboxes with the ominous subject line, “An Announcement From Our Co-Founder.” In the vague note, CEO Ruth Zukerman wrote that she will be stepping down from the company, citing a move to undisclosed future endeavors after nearly a…
“They lay pink on the cinders”
For her new book, Last Witnesses (Random House), author Svetlana Alexievich (Voices From Chernobyl) recorded the memories of Russians who were children during World War II. This is the story of Katya Korotaeva at 13. Today, she is an engineer in hydrotechnology. I’ll tell about the smell ... how war smells ... Before the war,…
FBI arrests leader of private militia accused of detaining migrants on US border
The FBI arrested the leader of a private militia group that detains migrants on the US-Mexico border Saturday for illegal possession of firearms and ammunition. The group operates in New Mexico. Larry Mitchell Hopkins, who also goes by Johnny Horton Jr. according to the FBI, is a member of the United Constitutional Patriots in New…
The Great Recession was awful. And we don’t have a plan to stop the...
In his 2003 presidential address to the American Economics Association, Robert Lucas, a distinguished practitioner of the field and a Nobel laureate, proclaimed that “macroeconomics was born as a distinct field in the 1940s, as part of the intellectual response to the Great Depression,” and that he was able to say confidently “that macroeconomics in…
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Former South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg responded Sunday to homophobic comments right-wing radio show host Rush Limbaugh made about him last Wednesday by standing firmly by his marriage. Limbaugh, who was feted by President Donald Trump at the 2020 State of the Union address, and was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, referred to…
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We have Venus to thank for making this retrograde relatively easy. “This retrograde will be infused with the positive, pleasurable vibes of Venus…yay!” Montúfar says. “Yes, there will be the classical misunderstandings and technological glitches, and when we communicate, it will feel like we are talking underwater. So, when frustration knocks at our door, the…
Former South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg responded Sunday to homophobic comments right-wing radio show host Rush Limbaugh made about him last Wednesday by standing firmly by his marriage. Limbaugh, who was feted by President Donald Trump at the 2020 State of the Union address, and was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, referred to Buttigieg…
