Nixon White House Photographs, 1/20/1969 – 8/9/1974 I spent last weekend devouring Nixonland: The Rise of a President and the Fracturing of America by Rick Perlstein. I also made a pot of chili, but that’s neither here nor there. If you don’t know, Nixonland is a big-ass book. It checks in at 896 pages, but…
Monthly Archives: August 2022
Mortgage rates have generally been trending down from their June peak, when the average 30-year fixed rate hit 5.81%. But uncertain economic conditions have led to some volatility, which has caused rates to increase over the past few days. Each Thursday, Freddie Mac releases weekly averages for 30-year and 15-year fixed mortgage rates, and 5/1…
Investigators work on the site of explosion of a car driven by Darya Dugina outside Moscow. Investigative Committee of Russia via AP The daughter of an influential Russian intellectual was killed in a car explosion on Saturday night. Darya Dugina died at the scene after her car caught on fire immediately after the blast, per…
Former President Donald Trump speaks at a Save America rally Friday, July 22, 2022, in Prescott, Ariz. Ross D. Franklin/AP Trump claimed that FBI agents “love” him and are angry with leadership over the Mar-a-Lago raid. During his presidency, Trump had an often fractious relationship with the FBI. The agency has said that there had been…
Children and families from Afghanistan carry their luggage to a collection point before departing for the United States on October, 9, 2021. Boris Roessler/picture alliance via Getty Images About 77,000 of Afghans who arrived in the US this past year have temporary legal status. They don’t have a clear pathway to citizenship, leaving them in…
Durani Jawed Waziri, the former spokeswoman to President Ashraf Ghani, at her apartment in Alexandria, Virginia. Oma Seddiq/Insider Durani Jawed Waziri, the former spokeswoman to former Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, escaped Kabul a year ago. She has resettled in the United States. But she thinks daily of Afghanistan and its government’s collapse. “I never thought…
Final Fantasy 14 is hoping that a cute poster will persuade players to “voluntarily return” any mistaken housing lottery deposits. In a broader update about the 6.2 patch, the Final Fantasy 14 development team finally confirmed plans “to address a recent issue with the housing lottery system”. “An NPC by which players may voluntarily return…
The Nord Buds CE are the latest TWS earbuds from OnePlus. Not only are they part of the budget Nord series, they are also part of the even more budget CE or Core Edition lineup, meaning these are essentially the cheapest earbuds the company currently offers. Sold only in India at the moment, the Nord…
Tower of Fantasy has multiple activities that you can complete for rewards. The rewards that you can obtain are the gold nucleus, black nucleus, and more. An activity that you can do is to complete the constellation links. You can do this by finding the smart telescopes in the game and interacting with them. After…
Tower of Fantasy has multiple activities that you can complete for rewards. The rewards that you can obtain are the gold nucleus, black nucleus, and more. An activity that you can do is to complete the constellation links. You can do this by finding the smart telescopes in the game and interacting with them. After…