The old saw that money is the mother’s milk of politics is a bipartisan truism universally recognized on both sides of the aisle. Anyone who wants to become a political princess or prince must be able to play the pauper, incessantly shaking the tin can in desperate appeals for the cash that, would-be leaders proclaim, spells the difference between victory and defeat.
Although Elon Musk has given $366 million to Republicans...
Last fall, FDA safety officers began compiling a list of children possibly killed by COVID vaccines. Digging through thousands of reports of adverse effects and autopsy records of those who had died after receiving the mRNA vaccines manufactured by Moderna and Pfizer, the team eventually determined that several adolescents had apparently died from the COVID vaccines.
On Dec. 5, the team’s leader, Dr. Meghna Alimchandani, sent an email recommending changing the labels...
Eugene Wu recently started his fourth year as a patient of Cliffside Rehabilitation in Queens, New York. He has little hope of ever leaving. Minimally conscious, nonverbal, and quadriplegic since suffering a brain injury, the 47-year-old former IT worker spends his days mostly alone.
Until mid-2025, Eugene was visited almost daily by family members. Court-imposed restrictions now prevent his sister Amy from seeing her younger brother at all, an ongoing source...
One of the most urgent questions facing society today is the potential impact of AI on education and labor markets. So it’s no surprise that two scientists attempted to provide an answer, producing a meta-analysis suggesting that incorporating ChatGPT in schooling dramatically improved student outcomes. Social media and online sources promoted the 2025 study as a beacon of bright light.
The problem is that the researchers’ conclusions were later found to be...
