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Long Island wine importer behind Times of London’s “DeBlasio” mix-up

There’s nothing newsworthy about someone from Long Island disliking a progressive policy in New York City. Still, it made the headlines in The Times of London. That UK paper interviewed Bill DeBlasio about the campaign of New York City mayoral…

October 30, 2025 · by Friedrich Arndt · 0

The true cost of “convenience culture”

Amanda Lee McCarty is telling me about the first time she used Instacart. It was in 2020, at the start of the pandemic lockdown, when it seemed like everyone was using Instacart, so she and her family gave it a…

October 30, 2025 · by Friedrich Arndt · 0

Why “Snickers or soup” is the new “trick or treat”

With SNAP funds set to lapse on November 1 — and more federal cuts looming — some people are calling for changes to Halloween traditions. Infographics like one from the United Way Family Resource Network suggest offering shelf-stable foods alongside…

October 30, 2025 · by Jamie Cook · 0

Tennessee man jailed for meme freed after charge dropped

A retired Tennessee law enforcement officer who spent more than a month behind bars for posting a meme quoting President Donald Trump has been released after prosecutors dropped the felony charge against him. Larry Bushart, 61, of Lexington, Tenn., was…

October 30, 2025 · by Friedrich Arndt · 0

Misinformed and out of touch”: Trump orders nuclear weapons testing to begin “immediately

President Donald Trump announced on Wednesday that he has instructed the Department of War to “immediately” bring back nuclear weapons testing, on par with Russia and China. Trump’s announcement was made in a post on Truth Social, just before he…

October 30, 2025 · by Friedrich Arndt · 0

MAGA has consigned the Reagan Revolution to “the ash-heap of history”

President Donald Trump is worried. Besides the recent concerns he expressed about the state of his soul, he fears the Supreme Court will strip him of his tariffs privileges. We know this because he had a temper tantrum upon hearing…

October 30, 2025 · by Friedrich Arndt · 0

Panic in the Hamptons: The fight to stop Zohran Mamdani

Conversations around the effort to defeat insurgent mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani have often started with a seemingly unrelated question: “Do you summer in the city?” At least they did for much of this past summer, when the ruling class of…

October 30, 2025 · by Friedrich Arndt · 0

In Trump’s America, we can find courage and refuge in poetry

If we are to understand the complexities of the human experience, it is the poet who is best able to articulate, to bear witness — not only as archivists, but as social and creative provocateurs for the sake of society…

October 30, 2025 · by Friedrich Arndt · 0

Trump’s anti-Venezuela actions lack strategy, justifiable targets and legal authorization

“I think we’re just going to kill people that are bringing drugs into our country. OK? We’re going to kill them. You know, they’re going to be, like, dead,” President Donald Trump said in late October 2025 of U.S. military…

October 30, 2025 · by Friedrich Arndt · 0

“I’ll do whatever I want”: Trump threatens to deploy other military branches in US cities

President Donald Trump claimed that he can deploy any branch of the military in American cities as part of his ongoing domestic crackdown on protests against ICE actions. Trump has activated National Guard troops and deployed them to cities throughout…

October 29, 2025 · by Friedrich Arndt · 0