Новости за 31.01.2020

When he purchased 63 local newspapers eight years ago, Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett knew this was not going to be one of his legendary investments. “The newspaper business,” he said, “is a declining business, and we will pay a price to be in that. That is not where we will make real money.” This was more of a civic investment. “In towns and cities where there is a strong sense of community, there is no more important institution than the local paper,” he added. He had acquired his hometown paper... Читать дальше...

In the immediate aftermath of the January drone strike that killed Iranian commander Qassem Soleimani, the person who explained President Donald Trump’s military strategy to the public was not Stephanie Grisham, the White House press secretary who has never held a press briefing; nor was it any other member of Trump’s communications team. It was Pete Hegseth, a Fox & Friends Weekend host who has become not only one of Trump’s most slavish cheerleaders but also an influential adviser to the president. Читать дальше...

All eyes will be on Iowa this Monday as voters cluster in school gymnasiums and churches around the state to kick off the months-long process of selecting a Democratic nominee for president. According to the Pew Research Center, Democrats have arrived at the beginning of the primary season wary about their preferences but generally “upbeat” about the field of candidates. Less contented, as the first electoral contest grows nigh, is that faction known as Never Trump Republicans. In order to participate in the caucus... Читать дальше...

The first openly anti–Bernie Sanders attack ad of the Democratic primary campaign is now airing across Iowa, thanks to a $680,000 ad buy from the PAC arm of Democratic Majority for Israel, a group founded to counter what it sees as the Democratic Party’s growing skepticism about the Israeli government.

Growing up in North Carolina, I didn’t know anyone in a union. And it wasn’t until a few years ago, as I became involved in my own union as a journalist, that I learned my home state bans public-sector employees from collective bargaining. What started in part as an effort, in 1958, to break up cop and firefighter unions in Charlotte soon ossified into a state law covering all public employees. In 1981, the state also prohibited those same workers from going on strike. What that has meant in the decades since is that... Читать дальше...

“Dream job” is a funny term because should we not dream of more? I love my job, but it speaks to our convoluted relationship to work that we’d describe it in terms so spiritual. Anyway, it’s worth remembering that the logic of the subconscious is illogical; dreams so easily become nightmares.