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Not all resistance takes place on the streets. It can also unfold quietly within institutions that shape laws and policies.gettyFor more than a century, Americans have prided themselves on a professional public service insulated from crude political patronage. THE Pendleton Act of 1883 was a landmark reform that moved federal employment away from the spoils system and toward merit-based hiring.But it is possible to honor Pendleton’s purpose while still recognizing that modern public administration has drifted far beyond it. What began as a protection against crude patronage has, in many corners of today’s administrative state, turned into something closer to…
His & HersCredit: NetflixI was really hoping that a new murder mystery starring Jon Bernthal and Tessa Thompson would be a Netflix winner, but after a pretty good start, His & Hers it goes downhill fast. There’s a murder mystery here, with a few twists and turns along the way, as well as a story about an estranged married couple dealing with the grief of losing a child. But the actual detective work is almost non-existent, and I never connected with any of the characters enough to really care about their personal struggles. It’s also oddly reminiscent of a much…
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(Photo by Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images)Getty ImagesPresident Trump he said yesterday that the drop in the dollar is extraordinary. No, it isn’t. It means trouble ahead.You’d never know it from the declining value of the dollar, but the US economy is in pretty good shape, especially when you look at the rest of the world. But this increasingly beautiful economic picture will be fatally damaged if we don’t shore up the sinking dollar. A swing in the dollar means future monetary inflation. And that spells political disaster for President Trump and the Republican Party. The very definition of inflation is the…
The next major iPhone update, IOS 26.3, is on the way as evidenced by several betas, but it seems to be later than we thought. Here’s the latest on when to expect it.Apple iPhone 17 ProGetty ImagesBy Monday January 26 many expected it was going to land. But the arrival of a smaller update, iOS 26.2.1, which was previously spotted but then widely thought to be gone, put the cat among the pigeons. ForbesiOS 26.2.1: Apple releases iPhone surprise with features and fixesWith David PhelanWhy iOS 26.3 Won’t Arrive in JanuaryWhat Apple knew, but no one else, was that the…
Convincing others to treat you better will not make you feel valued in your relationship. Teaching yourself to receive and trust the care that is already available.gettyPeople do not come to therapy explicitly stating that they feel “undervalued” in their relationships. Instead, they hover over the main point by saying things like; “I’m always the one to reach out.” “I feel invisible in this relationship.” “I do everything right, but it never seems to land.”But, in fact, what really lies at the heart of the matter is whether they feel they are enough. Feeling valued is a basic psychological need.…
Waabi founder and CEO Raquel UrtasanWaabiThere’s a new competitor in the war for robotaxi supremacy, and it’s an unlikely one: Waabi, a Canadian self-driving truck startup created by AI scientist Raquel Urtasan. The company says it has raised up to $1 billion from venture capital firms and Uber to help commercialize its large robotic platform business and fund a surprise foray into the robotaxi market led by Alphabet’s Waymo.The Toronto-based company, which supplies self-driving software to Volvo to develop a large number of semi-robots in the US, will also work exclusively with Uber to put tens of thousands of robotaxis…