GBP/USD: UK GDP growth in line with forecasts
The latest UK data showed annualized growth of 1.3%, in line with market expectations and slightly below the previous reading…
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Contributor: Prison methods are as bad as you've heard and they extend to the streets
I was one of the researchers of the well-known Stanford prison experiment in 1971, which demonstrated the destructive dynamics that…
Letters to the Editor: Subsidy Debate Proof Obamacare Is Unaffordable
December 22, 2025 7 a.m. Pacific Time to the editor: Business columnist Michael Hiltzik claims that Republicans have tried to…
EUR/USD: The ECB's policy stance fails to surprise the markets
At its meeting on December 18, the European Central Bank (ECB) left all keys unchanged and kept the deposit facility…
Contributor: What six politicians want for these holidays
Marjorie Taylor Greene wants you to forget the mean things she's said, because now she's nice! JD Vance would like…
Letters to the Editor: Don't Blame Social Security for America's Staggering Wealth Inequality
December 21, 2025 7 a.m. Pacific Time to the editor: The writer Véronique de Rugy correctly describes the serious inequality…
Contributor: The True Lesson of the Hanukkah Story
Of all the holidays on the Jewish calendar, Hanukkah, which began last Sunday night, has always been one of my…
Letters to the editor: Trump's derogatory new presidential license plates are 'despicable'
December 20, 2025 7 a.m. Pacific Time to the editor: My stomach turned when I read the despicable statements President…
Column: What Epstein 'hoax'? The facts are pretty bad.
Bill Clinton, Bill Gates, Noam Chomsky and Woody Allen were among the familiar faces in the latest batch of photos…
Yes, technology has been part of art for a long time, but AI is different
December 19, 2025 9:28 am (Pacific Time) to the editor: There is no denying that technology has always advanced the…