On Twitter over the weekend, the television writer Bryan Behar did something unconscionable. He praised George H.W. Bush. The former president had just died. In Behar’s view, it was a moment to recognize any merit in the man and his legacy. Many of his followers disagreed. They depended on Behar for righteous liberal passion, which […]

The Great Calgary Cookie Exchange sold out early as Calgarians came down to WinSport to buy boxes cookies made by 25 of the city’s best chefs. It was first-ever cookie exchange organized to generate funds for Global Calgary’s Morning of Giving in support of the Magic of Christmas Charity. Related The Great Calgary Cookie Exchange a complete success […]

If you really want to understand contemporary Mexico, skip “Narcos” and watch the series “Un Extraño Enemigo” instead. The drama about the horrifying crackdown on the student movement on the eve of the 1968 Mexico City Olympics captures the essence of one-party authoritarianism under the long-ruling PRI, the Institutional Revolutionary Party. Its characters are the commander of internal […]

LONDON (Reuters) – Martin Sorrell’s S4 Capital (SFOR.L) has agreed to buy San Francisco-based programmatic ad firm MightyHive for an enterprise value of $150 million, funded by the issue of new shares worth 74 million pounds ($94 million). Former WPP boss Sorrell said the deal marked an important second strategic step for his new company. […]

FRANKFURT/BERLIN (Reuters) – The sale of a stake in German public-sector bank NordLB is facing delays as bidders Cerberus and Apollo (APO.N) were asked to elaborate on their offers, people close to the matter said. The two buyout groups last week handed in final bids. But certain aspects remained vague and NordLB’s owners decided over […]

Rarely might one expect much drama at the annual gathering of the Group of 20 leaders, except perhaps during a major global crisis, such as the financial meltdown of 2008 and 2009. Still these are important meetings at which American leadership normally yields significant outcomes that benefit the country’s economy and national security. However, with […]

(Want to get this briefing by email? Here’s the sign-up.) Good evening. Here’s the latest. 1. Both President Trump and President Xi Jinping touted a U.S.-China trade war truce, announced during the G-20 meeting in Buenos Aires, as a win for their countries. But no agreement beyond their official statements exists, and deep divisions remain. […]

What is an appropriate punishment for a crime? The plight of thousands of Vietnamese refugees convicted of crimes in the United States and now threatened with detention or deportation demands an answer to this question. For most of the four decades since the Vietnam War ended, refugees fleeing the Communist government in Vietnam have been […]

To the Editor: Re “A Peaceful Exit, but First, One Last ‘I Love You, Too’” (news article, Dec. 2): The irony that President George H.W. Bush died peacefully at the age of 94 on the eve of World AIDS Day should not be overlooked. Peter Baker’s touching account of the president’s final days and passing, […]

In 17th and 18th century Europe, the rise of egalitarian ideals created the need for a scientific account of women’s inferior status. Thus was born gender biological complementarity — the notion that, as historian of science Londa Schiebinger explains in The Mind Has No Sex, “Women were not to be viewed merely as inferior to […]