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51+ min ago (231+ words) John Fetterman moved to Braddock, Pa., in the winter of 2000-01 at age 31 as a community youth worker, and now, 25 years later, still lives there. Like Sherrod and Mants, and unlike Barack Obama, Fetterman stayed. Finally, in late February, Fetterman was admitted to D.C.s Walter Reed Hospital, where he remained in the Traumatic Brain Injury Unit for more than 40 days. "I will always be in recovery, both from depression and the stroke," with moderate permanent hearing loss and dependent upon his pacemaker to ensure his continuing heartbeat. To call Unfettered robustly and indeed relentlessly self-critical risks understatement. "I am not collegial, and as a senator, you need to be to get anything real done," Fetterman admits, although he has bonded with young Alabama Republican Katie Britt and Vermont Democrat Peter Welch, who is older than Fettermans dad. Unfettered recounts a hugely…...

52+ min ago (160+ words) Barack and Michelle Obama have been criticized for trading their activist roots for a post-presidency focused on celebrity networking and voracious wealth accumulation. In an effort to dismiss her critics, Michelle has published a $50 coffee table book about fashion. As Michelle recently explained on her book tour, we really don't deserve her. That's why she'll even run for president. "I'm like, don't even look at me about running because you all are lying. You're not ready for a woman. You are not. So don't waste my time," she said. "We got a lot of growing up to do, and there's still, sadly, a lot of men who do not feel like they can be led by a woman." Republicans can only hope she means it. With an appealing and inclusive message like that, she'd be a shoo-in. The Look by…...

53+ min ago (256+ words) Leah Libresco Sargeant's latest book, The Dignity of Dependence, carries with it the subtitle: "A Feminist Manifesto." Where that word may conjure a certain harshness, however, Sargeant's book illustrates something much more gentle: a humane vision of the givenness of womanhood. Sargeant, who writes in a clear, Catholic voice, embraces an Aristotelian understanding of reality"the universe just is"while still asserting that equality between men and women is an aim worth striving toward. While "equity" may be a bad word to many conservatives, it is not to Sargeant, who writes from a desire to immanentize a more equitable society for her children. Sargeant challenges the modern notion of the autonomous self throughout her text. She argues there is no true self within, waiting to come forth, completely cleaved from the demands that others present to us. It is only…...

54+ min ago (269+ words) Aleksic, a social media personage in his own right, is the creator of short-form videos about language, which he posts under the name "Etymology Nerd." But his book seems intended for a different audience, an older one, including people who may be surprised to read that "short-form video is simply the most addictive medium we have." Aleksic writes not about a passing world but the dawn of a new one, and if you are of a certain age you are likely to feel a Catherian mood come on as you take in the ways and words of our brave young content creators. Depressed and impressed by turns, but rarely bored. Aleksic never fails to emphasize the newness of it all: how our new media "has given rise to entirely new accents, dialects, grammatical rules, and morphological processes." But with some…...

2+ hour, 53+ min ago (138+ words) Airlines Work to Fix Software Glitch on A320 Aircraft and Some Flights Are Disrupted Airlines around the world reported short-term disruptions heading into the weekend as they fixed software on a widely used commercial aircraft, after an analysis found the computer code may have contributed to a sudden drop in the altitude of a JetBlue plane last month. Airbus said Friday that an examination of the JetBlue incident revealed that intense solar radiation may corrupt data critical to the functioning of flight controls on the A320 family of aircraft. Death Toll From Floods and Landslides on Indonesia's Sumatra Island Rises to 248, Authorities Say Telescope in Chile Captures Stunning New Picture of a Cosmic Butterfly Scientists Capture the Crackling Sounds of What They Believe Is Lightning on Mars How Major US Stock Indexes Fared Nov. 28...

2+ hour, 53+ min ago (138+ words) Airlines Work to Fix Software Glitch on A320 Aircraft and Some Flights Are Disrupted Airlines around the world reported short-term disruptions heading into the weekend as they fixed software on a widely used commercial aircraft, after an analysis found the computer code may have contributed to a sudden drop in the altitude of a JetBlue plane last month. Airbus said Friday that an examination of the JetBlue incident revealed that intense solar radiation may corrupt data critical to the functioning of flight controls on the A320 family of aircraft. Death Toll From Floods and Landslides on Indonesia's Sumatra Island Rises to 248, Authorities Say Telescope in Chile Captures Stunning New Picture of a Cosmic Butterfly Scientists Capture the Crackling Sounds of What They Believe Is Lightning on Mars How Major US Stock Indexes Fared Nov. 28...

2+ hour, 53+ min ago (60+ words) What's on your mind? Eugene Volokh | 11.30.2025 3:00 AM NEXT: "Killing Helpless Men Is Murder" C. Jarrett Dieterle | 11.29.2025 7:00 AM Peter Suderman | From the December 2025 issue Eric Boehm | 11.28.2025 7:45 AM Steven Greenhut | 11.28.2025 7:30 AM Jack Nicastro | 11.28.2025 7:00 AM...

2+ hour, 53+ min ago (60+ words) What's on your mind? Eugene Volokh | 11.30.2025 3:00 AM NEXT: "Killing Helpless Men Is Murder" C. Jarrett Dieterle | 11.29.2025 7:00 AM Peter Suderman | From the December 2025 issue Eric Boehm | 11.28.2025 7:45 AM Steven Greenhut | 11.28.2025 7:30 AM Jack Nicastro | 11.28.2025 7:00 AM...

5+ hour, 36+ min ago (165+ words) Bo Jackson has been a household name in sports for decades, and now Ohio State has it's own. Bo Jackson Takes Center Stage in Ohio State's Breakthrough Win Over Michigan Four decades ago, "Bo knows football" and "Bo knows baseball" were coined for two-sport superstar Bo Jackson. For Ohio State freshman running back Bo Jackson, no relation to the former Auburn great and 1985 Heisman Trophy winner, it suffices to say that the budding Buckeyes star "knows The Game" after a big performance on Saturday. Jackson delivered for the top-ranked Buckeyes (120), rushing for 117 yards on 22 carries in a 279 victory over arch rival No. 15 Michigan (93). Key Questions in AFC Showdown: Aaron Rodgers's Health and Bills Tackles' Injuries Lane Kiffin Drama Reaches New Pitch With Ole Miss Egg Bowl Win Lions Great Frank Ragnow Comes out of Retirement Amid Playoff Push Cowboys-Chiefs Set…...

5+ hour, 36+ min ago (129+ words) In "This Week in History," three scientists proposed a Third International Polar Year, resulting in major scientific and political breakthroughs. How Dinner and Brandy Led to the Creation of the Antarctic Treaty A decorated naval officer and brilliant radio engineer, Berkner"s question was directed to Sydney Chapman, the British geophysicist. Berkner and Chapman were in Silver Spring, Maryland, having been invited to the home of James and Abigail Van Allen for dinner. Much like Berkner and Chapman, Van Allen was well known in his specific field of nuclear physics. Epoch Booklist: Recommended Reading for Nov. 28Dec. 4 Herman Hollerith: The Man Who Changed the Way We Count How an Insurance Company and Radio Host Created the Grand Ole Opry Epoch Booklist: Recommended Reading for Nov. 2127...