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Is it my imagination, or are there fewer “year in review” photo essays this year? In years past, newspaper editors loved these features because you could prepare them in advance and then run them in December while practically the whole newsroom was out on vacation. But the few that made it into print this year conveyed little enthusiasm. “Competitive cheer is popular yet dangerous,” said The New York Times. It was talking about cheerleading but sounded uncannily like my...

How much is X the fiefdom of one man? The question has become increasingly prominent in the post-Christmas fug, thanks to an almighty row over the H-1B visa which has lit up the site for several days. H-1B is a US visa category meant for “highly skilled” workers. While many claim that it has become a piece of human capital arbitrage — by which software companies import grunt-work developers from India to undercut American wages — Elon Musk disagrees. But in spite of the...

Though many U.S. House Republicans quickly accepted President-elect Donald Trump’s endorsement of Speaker Mike Johnson for reelection, a few are still smarting from the recent continuing resolution battle and are threatening to withhold support. U.S. Rep. Victoria Spartz, R-Ind., said that Johnson will not win her vote unless he complies with a list of conservative demands. She said the next speaker must exhibit “courageous leadership” and be someone who “won’t sell us out to the swamp...

Merriam-Webster’s decision to name “polarization” as 2024’s ‘word of the year’ certainly feels spot on. Of course Americans are divided into “two sharply distinct opposites,” right? and of course our beliefs are at “opposing extremes.” But, as my therapist often reminds me, feelings aren’t facts. As a data scientist who thinks a lot about politics (and is of course extremely fun at parties), I prefer to inspect claims based on evidence. And it turns out that the quest to...

Gazprom said it would pump a reduced flow of gas to Europe via Ukraine the day before a transit agreement with Kyiv is set to expire, Reuters reported Tuesday. The state-controlled energy giant said it would pump 37.2 million cubic meters of gas on Dec. 31, down from 42.4 million cubic meters the previous day, before flows drop to zero at midnight when the five-year transit agreement expires. Once responsible for 35% of Europe’s gas supply, Russia has seen its market share...

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