Greenleaf Final Season Premiere Recap: ‘Altared’ State — Plus, Has [Spoiler] Done the ‘Most Cynical Thing Ever’?!?

Warning: The following contains spoilers for the fifth and final season premiere of OWN’s Greenleaf. If you’d rather watch first, read later, we pray you’ll heed our advice and exit this recap now (or forever hold your peace). Don’t bother asking if Greenleaf can get an amen. After Tuesday’s Season 5 premiere, I’m pretty sure […]

‘Cynical and illegal’: Journalists, activists slam US-led missile strike against Syria

The US-led missile attack against Syria demonstrates Washington’s complete disregard for international law, and its timing, before a proper investigation was conducted, raises serious questions, experts told RT. Describing Saturday morning’s missile attack as illegal, Joe Lauria, an independent journalist and former Wall Street Journal correspondent, told RT that the strike was shocking – but […]

Wanderers stars’ cynical coathanger

Video Wanderers stars’ cynical coathanger0:22 A-League: Brendan Hamill was given a yellow card for this blatant coathanger. March 10th 2018 2 minutes ago /display/newscorpaustralia.com/Web/NewsNetwork/Sport news and galleries/Football/ Football No lead is safe for long in the A-League1:19 March 10th 2018 21 minutes ago /display/newscorpaustralia.com/Web/NewsNetwork/Sport news and galleries/Football/ Jamie Maclaren strikes in Scotland0:33 March 10th 2018 […]

How to market real AI solutions in a cynical world

GUEST: The business world is fast-moving, and staying relevant is an unending challenge. To keep up, companies increasingly invoke AI in their marketing regardless of their true expertise in the area. As a result, the real promise of artificial intelligence is lost in the hype, and it sinks into a sci-fi version of snake oil. […]

The Unpopular Opinion: ‘Jupiter Ascending’ is the Gorgeous, Big-Hearted Antidote to Cynical Science Fiction

(Welcome to The Unpopular Opinion, a series where a writer goes to the defense of a much-maligned film or sets their sights on a movie seemingly beloved by all. In this edition: why the failure of Valerian the City of a Thousand Planets allows it to join the club of overlooked space fantasy that already includes […]

‘Brutal, dreadful, cynical’: World leaders react to London attacks

Leaders and high-ranking officials from across the globe have condemned the London attacks that killed at least seven and injured nearly 50. Officials called the tragedy “brutal,” “dreadful,” and “cowardly.” Read more In a show of support, Russian President Vladimir Putin has sent a letter of condolence to UK Prime Minister Theresa May, according to […]

Is the H-1B Program a Cynical Attempt to Undercut American Workers?

Each year,  in the first week of April, thousands of businesses enter an immigration lottery to win several of 85,000 H-1B visas, which are awarded each year for foreign-born workers in “specialty” jobs, often in technology and science. There are two classic ways of thinking about the H-1B system. The first upholds the H-1B program […]