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Horrific attacks like the one that took place in Brussels on Tuesday morning tend to bring out the worst in our elite media. The coverage usually combines the blind panic and speculation that accompany any major breaking news story with an unrelenting stoking of our most vengeful, authoritarian impulses. Tuesday’s news channels were filled with…
(J.J. Alcantara/The Washington Post; iStock) A starter home is supposed to be an entry point into the market: a modest property, maybe a two-bed, one-bath, a place a young couple could buy into before all the pets and kids and seldom-used kitchen appliances come along. Buy a starter home, if all goes well, and you position yourself later…
Are Batman and Superman allies or rivals, at their core? They’re definitely not enemies, and that’s only partly because they’re both superheroes. For long stretches, particularly when the characters were new, they had a deeply chummy relationship, with Batman like a non-superpowered Superman — a lesser, but cheerful, do-gooder who also fought for truth,…
Read “Follow-up Notes” END “Follow-up Notes” What is Daredevil, really? Is it a superhero show? Is it bloody torture porn? Is it a complex metaphor about religious guilt, Catholicism, and the impulse to “save” others by persuading them of their inner morality? Is it a lesser entry in the Marvel franchise weighed down by thudding…
The martech space continues to grow at a huge rate, as evidenced by a record 3,500 companies included in latest Marketing Technology Landscape that’s been released in conjunction with the first day of Marketing Land’s MarTech conference today. The landscape is shown at the top of this story. You can click on it for a larger view. Download…
Listening to candidates address an AIPAC convention in an election year is bound to give anyone a case of vertigo. Republican or Democrat, the candidates haul out the same clichés to prove their devotion to the state of Israel. It’s a stage built for pandering and hyperbole, and that’s okay. That’s part of the show,…
BRUSSELS (AP) — Explosions, at least one likely caused by a suicide bomber, rocked the Brussels airport and subway system Tuesday, prompting a lockdown of the Belgian capital and heightened security across Europe. At least 28 people were reported dead. A spokesman for the Brussels Metro said 15 people were killed and 55 injured in…
Donatella Lorch, Special for USA TODAY 6:22 p.m. EDT March 20, 2016 cxenseparse_start A foreigner places an olive branch at the scene after a suicide attack explosion in Istanbul on Istiklal Street on March 20, 2016. The attack occurred March 19, 2016. Five people died, including the suicide bomber.(Photo: Tolga Bozoglu, European Pressphoto Agency) ANKARA,…
Welcome back. Now, there’s beenan odd phenomena happening in the Trump campaign, and I’m not talking aboutthe Trump campaign. Uh, it’s aboutsome of his followers. And you have a lot ofblack people supporting Trump. Um, black peoplesupporting Trump? (exclaiming) So, where arethese black people? Well, I had some of themin my studio the other day,…
Hide captionPassengers are evacuated from Zaventem Bruxelles International Airport after a terrorist bombing earlier today in Brussels, Belgium. END CLASS=”IMAGECAPTION” END CLASS=”HSLIDE” END CLASS=”AUX” END CLASS=”HSLIDEWRAP” Sylvain Lefevre/Getty Images END CLASS=”PHOTOCREDIT” Hide captionIn this image provided by Daniela Schwarzer, smoke is seen at the Brussels Airport after explosions were heard Tuesday. At least 15 people…