Category: Politics, Religion & Money

David Wessel compares and contrasts the economic proposals of the two presidential candidates.

Just imagine how bad it would be if climate change were real.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/29/weather/hurricane-helene-florida-georgia-carolinas-sunday/index.html

After everything that Israel has done in Gaza, and now Lebanon, my guess is that Iran will attempt to assassinate Netanyahu.

Right now I’m worried that Donald Trump could be returned to the White House. If that happens, then I’ll be scared, because he will continue the damage he began and destroy the government.

Mitch McConnell may have thought he was acting out of political cunning by not leading the Senate to convict Trump of his second Impeachment. My feeling is he was acting out of cowardice.

As a direct result of McConnell’s failure to neutralize Trump, he has destroyed his beloved Republican Party. It is no longer adequate to describe Democrats as liberal and Republicans as conservative. Democrats are sane and Republicans are insane.

Why is Ozempic so expensive in the United States?

A better question is, why is there so much need for Ozempic in the United States? We’ve gone from being a nation of smokers to a nation of overeaters.

For the vast majority of people, losing weight is free. In fact, it’s better than free. The greatly increased cost of groceries can be offset by eating much less.

Eat less and move more. That has always been the simple, albeit not easy, formula for losing weight and reducing the risk of developing type 2 diabetes.

Trump cheats, lies, and steals, as explained in a new book I’m reading. Terry Gross interviews its authors.

This is a NYTimes article, taken from the book, that Trump is trying to suppress.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/14/business/donald-trump-apprentice.html