All of America is doomed to repeat a mistake Kansas made 5 years ago

Alex Wong/Getty Images Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback attempted to turn his state into a conservative model for the nation by enacting a series of sweeping tax cuts.  It turned into a disaster.  Now Republicans on Capitol Hill are on the verge of repeating a similar mistake.  In a rational world, Kansas’ notorious experiment with radical business […]

Virtue, Moir repeat at NHK Trophy to continue unbeaten return

Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir continue to amaze, achieving a season best score in Saturday’s free dance to defend their NHK Trophy crown in Osaka, Japan. This is the ice dancing duo’s second Grand Prix win of the season, following their victory at the Skate Canada International in October.   Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir skate […]

PS5 release date boost against Xbox One X and Nintendo Switch to repeat PS4 success?

While Sony haven’t provided all the details yet, they have revealed that a PS5 release date will arrive in the future. Beyond the confirmation that a new console to follow the PS4 and PS4 Pro is coming, the tech giant remain tight-lipped on other major details. Fans already have a few things on the wishlist, […]

Cubs edge Nationals in Game 5 thriller to continue repeat quest

The Chicago Cubs win whenever they need to, with whatever it takes, even a seven-out save by Wade Davis to preserve a shrinking lead and a “Did that really happen?” four-run inning against Washington’s Max Scherzer in a thriller of a Game 5. That wild, bat-around fifth inning Thursday night for Chicago included Addison Russell’s […]

Those Who Don’t Learn From Financial Crises Are Doomed to Repeat Them

Veterans of the stock market insist that the four most dangerous words on Wall Street are “this time is different.” It rarely is. In the autumn of 1929, Irving Fisher, a prominent economist at Yale, assured Americans that stock prices had reached “what looks like a permanently high plateau.” That was on October 15, just […]

Build, gather, brawl, repeat: The history of real-time strategy games

The rise and fall of real-time strategy games is a strange one. They emerged gradually out of experiments to combine the excitement and speed of action games with the deliberateness and depth of strategy. Then, suddenly, the genre exploded in popularity in the latter half of the 1990s—only to fall from favor (StarCraft aside) just […]

Trump could force a repeat of the Federal Reserve’s worst modern-day policy blunder

If there’s been one consistent theme in Donald Trump’s roller coaster presidency, it’s a deep desire for loosely-defined “loyalty” from those he appoints to positions of power. That’s a terrible thing for the Federal Reserve’s vaunted political independence, especially since the early retirement of vice chairman Stanley Fischer puts Trump in the unprecedented position of naming […]

Why ‘Edge of Tomorrow’ Got Retitled ‘Live Die Repeat’

Edge of Tomorrow is one of the most unfortunate cases of a studio movie underperforming in the last few years. Most seem to agree it’s a high-quality summer movie, but it didn’t immediately strike a chord with audiences at the domestic box-office back in 2015. Some lay blame on the title, which director Doug Liman also didn’t love. Below, […]

‘Midnighters’ Trailer: Kill, Cover It Up, Repeat

This year’s Los Angeles Film Festival has kicked off in Culver City and they’re hosting the world premiere of Midnighters, a thriller from long-time TV director Julius Ramsay. He’s been at the helm of Alias, Battlestar Galactica, and 23 episodes of The Walking Dead, but he’s making his feature debut with this suspenseful story about a couple that accidentally kills someone and […]