Author: EconLearner
Top lineThis week is perfect for letting the moon take you on a tour of some of the night sky’s most prominent bright stars. On July 20, it will shine near Spica in the constellation Virgo – a famous summer star in the northern hemisphere – before dimming the following day. Later this week, the moon will pass close to Antares in the constellation Scorpius, a massive red supergiant star about 550 light-years from Earth. For astrologers in North America and mid-northern latitudes, here’s everything you need to know about stargazing and astronomy this week, July 20-26, 2026.Look south an…
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NEW YORK – JANUARY 9: Gold bars and coins are seen for sale at Manfra, Tordella and Brookes, Inc. January 9, 2003 in New York City. The price of gold has risen nearly 30 percent over the past year as investors seek stability as war with Iraq becomes more likely. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)Getty ImagesGold does not move up or down. The movements of gold signal the direction of the currencies in which it is priced. The analysis of gold is an analysis of it other things. This is why purchases occurred in the yellow metal worldwide many centuries…
Find the links between the words to win today’s Link game.gettyNot the Connections game you’re looking for? Here are the hints and solution for Sunday’s game.If you want to hang out with great company and chat about the NYT links, other daily puzzles, and additional fun stuff, join our Discord community!Hello, Connectors! I hope you had a wonderful weekend. I’m very happy to be back with you for another daily series of this column here.As always, we’ll kick off Monday’s edition with a song that I (and hopefully you) find upbeat and fun. Let those endorphins and good vibes flow!This…
Very often international agencies they are established with seemingly noble purposes, but end up devolving into blatant politicization that makes a mockery of their original intent. A stark example is the International Criminal Court (ICC), which was established in 2002 to bring to justice powerful perpetrators who have committed the world’s worst crimes with impunity. Instead, the court has become a case study in institutional excess, politically selective enforcement, and abuse. In one Wall Street Journal Secretary of State Marco Rubio has rightly called for the removal of the ICC, “brick by brick if necessary.” He’s right. Although the US…
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Happy businessman with two passports, i.e. dual citizenship. This could be you.gettyEvery now and then, one learns that a distant relative has left them an unexpected legacy, a discovery that can transform a life overnight. But sometimes the most valuable legacy a family passes down isn’t money. It is citizenship. Thousands of people may already have a claim to a second US or Canadian citizenship, thus dual citizenship, without realizing it. The answer may lie in a forgotten birthplace, a parent’s naturalization, or a grandparent who immigrated decades ago. Unlike an overlooked bank account, a second citizenship can open the…
HIV virus floating on DNA background, HIV vaccine and treatment, HIV treatment treatment concept 3D renderinggettyA decades-long effort to teach the immune system how to produce broadly protective antibodies now has its strongest results in primates, offering a new path toward one of medicine’s most elusive vaccines.Some 40 years ago, at the Second International AIDS Conference in Paris, I argued that an effective HIV vaccine was unlikely to arrive soon. Most vaccines work by teaching the immune system to recognize a virus before infection. HIV is different. Once established, neither antibodies nor immune cells completely eliminate it. I believed that…
WASHINGTON, DC – APRIL 27: US Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) speaks during a news conference at the US Capitol on April 27, 2026, in Washington, DC. Republican senators rallied to introduce legislation to fund the construction of a White House ballroom as a safe alternative event space after the shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner in Washington on Saturday night. (Photo by Heather Diehl/Getty Images)Getty ImagesAmericans consume “Russian oil”. What you have just read is not a sign of corruption in the state, rather it is a sign of basic economics. Production generates imports from around the world…