Bad News for Bourbon Lovers: No George T. Stagg in 2021
Among bourbon enthusiasts, the annual release of George T. Stagg, a barrel-proof, unfiltered bourbon produced by Buffalo Trace Distillery in …
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Boris Johnson Pledges Transformed Economy for U.K.
MANCHESTER, England — Declaring that Britain would not go back to the “same old broken model” of the past, Prime Minister Boris Johnson vowed on …
Nobel Prize in Chemistry Awarded to Scientists for Creating a Tool to Build Molecules
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded on Wednesday to Benjamin List and David W.C. MacMillan for their development of a new tool to build …
I Designed Algorithms at Facebook. Here’s How to Regulate Them.
Washington was entranced Tuesday by the revelations from Frances Haugen, the Facebook product manager-turned-whistle-blower. But time and again …
Brazen Is the Order of the Day at Facebook
Would I like to write about anything else in tech except Facebook? I would. Can I write about anything else in tech but Facebook? I cannot. Every …
Germany Sets Aside an Additional $767 Million for Holocaust Survivors, Officials Say
It’s been 80 years since Nazi soldiers laid siege to the city of Leningrad, Russia, during the Holocaust, but memories of the desperation haven’t …
Europe Tried to Seal Itself Off. It Didn’t Work.
In the vast primeval forest that lies between Poland and Belarus, European bison graze under ancient trees alongside refugees, weak from cold and …
Your Wednesday Briefing
Frances Haugen, who exposed Facebook’s research on the negative effects of its platforms, told senators that its top executives “won’t make the …
A Scary Energy Winter Is Coming. Don’t Blame the Greens.
Every so often the tectonic geopolitical plates that hold up the world economy suddenly shift in ways that can rattle and destabilize everything …
An Ethically Challenged Presidency
There should be little doubt that President Biden was not being truthful when, days after the Taliban’s victory, he told ABC News that his senior …