In an unexpected development this week, the United States has lifted some key sanctions on close Russian ally Belarus, with President Trump also issuing a warm thank you to the country. Over 50 political prisoners have been released, reportedly at Trump’s request, and have been transferred to freedom in bordering Lithuania. In return, the US […]

Submitted by Thomas Kolbe When it comes to the causes of Germany’s collapse, there is an iron silence in both corporate boardrooms and political circles. They have made themselves comfortable in the green subsidy Valhalla. Meanwhile, the Chancellor shows satisfaction with his policies, clinging faithfully to the communication patterns of the past. From a media-political […]

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The entire time I watched the new movie Materialists, I tried to put my finger on what this film was. Parody? Satire? Director Celine Song, whose first feature Past Lives was so beautiful and wrenching that I watched it on a long international flight and then immediately went back to the beginning and watched it […]

Rebecca Smith (a pseudonym) wanted to give a family “the same love I found in becoming a mom,” so she became a surrogate. But when baby Leon died unexpectedly around 29 weeks gestation, his biological mother racked up nearly $1 million in legal fees in her pursuit of “justice”: In other words, making Smith’s life […]