Just as there are von Neumann machines and von Neumann algebras, there are von Neumann anecdotes. Here’s a well-worn favorite. Late in the 1940s, years after he left Hungary for the United States and became a lionized mathematician, John von Neumann met a group of Rand Corporation scientists who wanted to use a computer he’d…Continue Reading
When President-elect Barack Obama was preparing to enter office in the throes of the Great Recession, he faced a momentous decision before he even moved into the White House: How much money would it take to fill the hole Wall Street’s implosion and the collapse of the housing market had blasted through the economy? Christina…Continue Reading
As Democrats across the country warn about the delicate state of American democracy and the importance of voting for candidates who will protect voting rights, the chair of the umbrella committee for Democratic secretaries of state has found herself in the most important and serious campaign of her career.The battlefield is Colorado, and the incumbent…Continue Reading
An armed Texas militia member accused of leading a “vigilante mob” to breach the U.S. Capitol became the first Jan. 6 rioter to get convicted by a jury on Tuesday.Forty-nine-year-old Guy Reffitt was found guilty of all five counts against him, including bringing a gun to the Capitol grounds, as part of a MAGA mob…Continue Reading
Former Trump spokesperson Stephanie Grisham said on Tuesday morning that her 14-year-old son recently came out as gay—and that he told her he was deeply embarrassed that she worked for former President Donald Trump and the Republican Party.Having spent months publicly apologizing for her time as Trump’s White House press secretary and distancing herself from…Continue Reading
A juror in Ghislaine Maxwell’s sex-trafficking trial was questioned under oath on Tuesday about why he didn’t reveal his history of childhood sexual abuse on a jury questionnaire—and about whether it impacted his ability to be impartial in the case.Manhattan federal judge Alison Nathan also asked Juror 50 about his handful of media interviews shortly…Continue Reading
After over a decade of playing calculating drug boss Gustavo “Gus” Fring on Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul, Giancarlo Esposito is leading a new AMC drama next year. Based on a BBC miniseries, The Driver will star Esposito as a cab driver who gets swept up in a seedy world of crime when he…Continue Reading
The prime ministers of three NATO countries got a chance Tuesday to see how ready their troops are to defend eastern Europe.Prime Minister Justin Trudeau talks with a Canadian soldier during his visit to Adazi Military base in Kadaga, Latvia on Tuesday, March. 8, 2022. (Roman Koksarov/AP)The prime ministers of three NATO countries got a…Continue Reading
Ontario has unveiled a new science curriculum for Grades 1 to 8 students, with a focus on “modernizing” lessons to include more hands-on learning, engineering design and coding. Ontario has announced a new science curriculum for Grades 1 to 8 students, which will include more hands-on learning, design and coding. (AFP via Getty Images file photo)Ontario…Continue Reading
Tuesday is International Women’s Day, which is being celebrated and marked around the world. It’s also an official holiday in Russia and Ukraine dating from the Soviet era. But this year the important holiday is overshadowed by the war in Ukraine. Women in Ukraine, Russia normally feted with flowers, chocolates, speeches, but holiday overshadowed by…Continue Reading
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