#RBG collar fails to sell at auction, still available for purchase

#RBG collar fails to sell at auction, still available for purchase

One of Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s most famous collars is still up for grabs after it failed to sell for hundreds of thousands of dollars at auction. The late Supreme Court justice’s collar, known as “The Pegasus,” was described as one of Ginsburg’s favorite signature pieces. While bidding Thursday had reached upward of $195,000, a representative from the auction…

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#China is edging out the US military’s advantage on tech 

#China is edging out the US military’s advantage on tech 

The future of warfare and military capability is taking center stage as the war in Ukraine rages, Moscow looks to reload its high-tech missile inventory and, in a possible portent of future conflict, the U.S. and China escalate geopolitical maneuvering against one another. As a result, American policymakers should be constantly assessing how to maintain the country’s…

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#Trump: UAW workers ‘being sold down the river’

#Trump: UAW workers ‘being sold down the river’

Former President Trump went after the United Auto Workers leadership in an interview released Friday, saying workers are being misled by their representation. He refused to take a side on contract negotiations which have devolved into a strike. “I’m on the side of making our country great… The auto workers are being sold down the…

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#Excessive media criticism is only making the media worse

#Excessive media criticism is only making the media worse

Edward Herman and Noam Chomsky’s “Manufacturing Consent,” published in 1988, offered a bracing critique of the American mass media. Herman and Chomsky disputed the cherished self-image of the New York Times and other high-prestige media outlets. To them, these newspapers, magazines and television shows were not brave, independent truth tellers — they were propagandists for the…

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