The Supreme Court curtails states’ power to seize propertyThe unanimous decision is being cheered by advocates on the left and right By S.M. | SAN DIEGO TYSON TIMBS, a man from Indiana, had his $42,000 Land Rover seized in 2015 after he pleaded guilty to selling $385 worth of heroin to undercover police. The confiscation seemed unreasonable to the small-time drug dealer, so Mr Timbs sued, arguing
OpinionLeadersLetters to the editorBy InvitationCurrent topicsUS elections 2024War in UkraineWar in the Middle EastThe World Ahead 2024Climate changeCoronavirusThe world economyArtificial intelligenceCurrent topicsUS elections 2024War in UkraineWar in the Middle EastThe World Ahead 2024Climate changeCoronavirusThe world economyArtificial intelligenceWorldThe world this weekChinaUnited StatesEurope
The future of Chanel without Karl LagerfeldHow will the French fashion house fare without its influential creative director? “I AM VERY grounded, just not on this earth,” was one of numerous bon mots from Karl Lagerfeld, who died on February 19th. Mr Lagerfeld, born in Hamburg 85 years ago, may not have felt he belonged on this planet but he knew very well what its wealthier inhabitants wanted to
“Green Book” overshadows a surprisingly diverse Academy AwardsIf Best Picture proved contentious, the winners in other categories offered plenty to cheer about By N.B. AT THE post-Oscars press conference, having drunk six glasses of champagne, Spike Lee commented on the night’s big award. “Green Book” had just been named Best Picture (pictured), beating his film, “BlacKkKlansman”; “Every time some
In Japan, there is a boom in books by and for the elderlyAs the market ages, so do the authors and themes LITERATURE REFLECTS life. So in ageing Japan there is a raft of smash-hit books by aged authors. “Age 90: what’s so great about it?” is a humorous essay on the difficulties of the elderly, by Aiko Sato, who is 95 and wrote it with a pen. It sold 1m copies in 2017, making it Japan’s bestselling
A new book argues weakened communities threaten liberal democracyRaghuram Rajan’s “The Third Pillar” says that society matters UNTIL RECENTLY, economists’ prescription for struggling places was bloodless: let them die. “Some towns cannot be preserved”, this newspaper argued in 2013, attracting a larger-than-usual volume of correspondence from dissenting readers. But the electoral successes of Dona
By ERASMUS TO PUT it very mildly, dark portents of resurgent anti-Semitism are making news all over Europe. According to provisional figures released in recent days, the number of anti-Semitic incidents recorded in Germany climbed to 1,646 last year, a rise of nearly 10% on the previous year. Along with acts of abuse or desecration, the 2018 total included 62 physical attacks, up from 37 in 2017.
The market for cyber-insurance is growingBut computer risks are harder to handle than physical ones IT SOUNDS AS if it was named by a seven-year-old boy and looks like a film set. Housed in a sleek black truck, IBM’s “X-Force Command Cyber Tactical Operations Centre” travels from city to city, simulating the experience of falling victim to a cyber-attack. Rows of desks sport monitors and keyboards
Few sports are doing enough to protect athletes from brain damageSmall rule changes can reduce concussions in rugby and American football FANS OF LARGE men colliding with one another are in luck. Next weekend the Six Nations, a rugby contest for the best teams in Europe, gets going in Paris. Two days later the Super Bowl kicks off in Atlanta. Some 115 cameras will beam the final of the National Fo
SUPPRESSIO VERI, suggestio falsi. Over the course of many years, without making any great fuss about it, the authorities in New York disabled most of the control buttons that once operated pedestrian-crossing lights in the city. Computerised timers, they had decided, almost always worked better. By 2004, fewer than 750 of 3,250 such buttons remained functional. The city government did not, however
No one did more for the small investor than Jack BogleIndex investing has saved amateur punters a fortune in fees IN DECEMBER 2009 Paul Volcker, a revered former chairman of the Federal Reserve, took part in a conference on the future of finance. America was plunging into its worst recession since the 1930s, pushed to the brink of disaster by toxic products concocted by Wall Street alchemists. To
The steam has gone out of globalisationA new pattern of world commerce is becoming clearer—as are its costs WHEN AMERICA took a protectionist turn two years ago, it provoked dark warnings about the miseries of the 1930s. Today those ominous predictions look misplaced. Yes, China is slowing. And, yes, Western firms exposed to China, such as Apple, have been clobbered. But in 2018 global growth was
A Japanese court strikes a blow against exacting dress codesCould mandatory hair-dyeing be on its way out? JAPAN IS A country of conformity. As the saying goes, the nail that sticks up gets hammered down. For the most part, people obey rules without questioning their often flimsy or non-existent rationale. It was surprising, therefore, that two subway drivers in the city of Osaka refused to shave
LARGE AND sustained increases in the cross-border flow of goods, money, ideas and people have been the most important factor in world affairs for the past three decades. They have reshaped relations between states both large and small, and have increasingly come to affect internal politics, too. From iPhones to France’s gilets jaunes, globalisation and its discontents have remade the world.
As retailers abandon the high street, why is IKEA moving in?The company is heading into the heart of London, Paris and New York TOTTENHAM COURT road is a little-loved street of furniture stores in central London, made even more drab by boarded-up shops and SALE signs plastered across the windows. But since October a new type of outlet has brought in some Lewis Carroll-like magical realism. Through
Why Dutch hospitals are so good at beating superbugsCan the rest of Europe catch up? THE SEVENTH floor of Vrije University Medical Centre (VUMC), a 700-bed hospital in Amsterdam, houses what staff call the “Ebola room”. To enter, you have to wait in a pressurised antechamber until a monitor on the wall turns green. The difference in air pressure keeps germs from escaping. Nurses and doctors who ch
Graphic novels and the refugee crisisIn the right hands, they can communicate unspeakable horrors. But governments are using graphic novels to force assimilation By L.K. ART SPIEGELMAN, the renowned graphic novelist behind “Maus” (1986, 1991), proved that comics can be expansive and nuanced enough to capture the stories of movements, peoples and nations. “Maus” depicted the experiences of his pare
TO VISIT BRITAIN after years of living on the European mainland, as Charlemagne did last weekend, is to glimpse the country through continental eyes. It is an exotically distinct place. Its cities are dominated by two-or-three storey buildings rather than five-or-six storey ones. Houses are more common than blocks of flats. Forms of convenience culture—pre-packed meals, card-tapping electronic pay
リリース、障害情報などのサービスのお知らせ
最新の人気エントリーの配信
j次のブックマーク
k前のブックマーク
lあとで読む
eコメント一覧を開く
oページを開く