Protecting our electric car industry and other green technologies is probably a good idea in order to give them some breathing space to grow and compete. It also makes sense to have productive capacity for advanced semi-conductors, so as not to be dependent on Taiwan in the event of a military conflict. But it really is not okay that our policies are making China angry. We have to pursue policies that are in the U.S. national interest, but we should not be looking to gratuitously put it in...
There is so much to be positive about the stage show written and produced by Steve Wallis, who moved to the town six years ago – based on his audiobook of the same name. It contains 11 narrated chapters with each chapter being complimented by its own song. In a nutshell – when hairdresser Hannah meets Lance Corporal Jack Webb in the summer of 2012 she is smitten. They enjoy a whirlwind four-week affair before Jack has to return to the Army to fight in the Afghan War. As she does for the...
What is the real Kerala story? Perhaps it's a film which offers a slice of life from Malappuram, where a local Muslim family ends up nursing — and eventually caring for — a Nigerian football player with a broken leg who had been recruited for the wildly-popular sport of “sevens football”. Or maybe it’s the one about an impetuous young man and his “team” in a Christian community in Angamaly, which offers a glimpse into their life of petty crime and violence, with unforgettable depictions of the...
When Doug and I began telling people about our relationship, the vast majority said, "We've been praying for you. We're so happy." But the other voices definitely left an impression. From a relationship standpoint I knew I was free, biblically and emotionally, to move forward, but I wasn't looking. There was no real desire in me for a relationship. I want to make that crystal clear. I wasn't looking and had no need to do so. So many people have judged my timeline from Marcus' death to my...
The Athletic has live coverage of in the women’s . CLEVELAND —Sometime in the next few days, if beats on Sunday afternoon for the national championship, Dawn Staley’s phone will almost certainly ping with a text from her former grassroots coach. Advertisement Mike Flynn thinks he has the perfect message to send his former point guard. He wants Staley to be ready for the ultimate Philly celebration should she cut down the nets in Cleveland. More specifically: He wants her to get a Mummers...
A book its author 'would much rather not have needed to write' ranges far
We all have our opinions on the Star Wars films. Some of us (rightly) love The Last Jedi, some of us (wrongly) despise it. But one release that tends to unify us is the Star Wars Holiday Special. Even George Lucas can't stand that one, and he's been vocal about it. Continue reading George Lucas wants to destroy this Star Wars movie forever MORE FROM THE DIGITAL FIX: New Star Wars movies, Star Wars movies in order, Star Wars...
Last week, a group of Iranian military leaders in Damascus became the trend’s latest victimsIn today’s lawless world, political assassination is the new growth industry – and anyone, famous or not, is a potential victim. Government-sanctioned killings are proliferating, with Russia, Israel, Iran and India leading the pack. While lone gunmen and crazed zealots still pose random threats, state-organised, premeditated assassination plots are being normalised and popularised. Murder Inc is going...
What if every man who came up behind you was a potential spy? What if explosives were stacked in your school? What if you lost almost your entire family to a genocidal regime? Samnop and his family suffered through all those horrific experiences during the Cambodian civil war in the 1970s-1990s.
"It's unusual to watch yourself age on film," the "Girls on the Bus" star told her friend and fellow actor, Lena Headey. "It is brutal and it's also liberating."
Mashable host Josh Burstein sits down with Alex Garland and Wagner Moura to discuss the upcoming film 'Civil War'.
The nuclear bunker was planned to house up to 200 people in the event of a nuclear attack