Lost Retirement Horizon: Why 401(k)s Are Not OK (and Not Just Because of the Lousy Economy)

Fretting over your 401(k) lately? For all the current turbulence in these retirement plans – from their rocky recent market performance to asset managers’ politicization of their investments through the “environment, social and governance” agenda – the main problem lies in their flawed design decades ago, a range of retirement experts say.   They say… Continue reading Lost Retirement Horizon: Why 401(k)s Are Not OK (and Not Just Because of the Lousy Economy)

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US May Release Intelligence Showing China Poised To Transfer Arms To Russia

The Biden administration says it has proof that China is strongly considering supplying Russia with lethal aid amid the war in Ukraine and that it may release this intelligence to the public.  “The Biden administration is considering releasing intelligence it believes shows that China is weighing whether to supply weapons to support Russia’s war in… Continue reading US May Release Intelligence Showing China Poised To Transfer Arms To Russia

Death Penalty for Touching Mary? (Thanksgiving Weird Questions)

Podcast: Download MYS234: It’s the day after Thanksgiving, so Cy Kellett of Catholic Answers Live is asking Jimmy Akin more weird questions from listeners, including lucid dreaming and morality; whether aliens would worship Jesus; would you die if you touched the Blessed Mother; time travel to the future and presumption; and more. Get all new… Continue reading Death Penalty for Touching Mary? (Thanksgiving Weird Questions)

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Climate Change Actions Are Far More Popular Than People in U.S. Realize

A multibillion-dollar slate of moderate climate-mitigation measures in the Biden administration’s Inflation Reduction Act has been met so far with general public approval. But a broader reaction to the historic federal action underlies the discourse: What took you so long? A survey-based study published on Tuesday suggests that a shared delusion among nearly all Americans… Continue reading Climate Change Actions Are Far More Popular Than People in U.S. Realize

India Upholds the Rules-Based Liberal International Order—But in Its Own Way

For U.S. policymakers, India’s relentless ambiguity about Russia’s war in Ukraine has been maddening. At the United Nations, India has voted to abstain on nearly every resolution condemning Russian aggression. In other multilateral venues, such as the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (or Quad)—which consists of Australia, India, Japan, and the United States—New Delhi refuses to even… Continue reading India Upholds the Rules-Based Liberal International Order—But in Its Own Way

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You Are My Beloved: The Lord Takes Delight in His People

Editor’s note: This is part three of a series.  Part one can be found here and part two here.  In the previous article, we reflected on human marriage, which “has profounder origins than the sexual instinct, and is connected above all with the spiritual nature of the human person.” Marriage on earth is but a… Continue reading You Are My Beloved: The Lord Takes Delight in His People

Q4 GDP Revised Lower As Core PCE Unexpectedly Comes In Hot

One month after the first Q4 GDP estimate surprised to the upside, coming in at 2.9% vs expectations of a 2.6% number, moments ago things gradually reverted to normalcy for a Biden admin that has seen its fair share of grossly manipulated economic data, when the BEA reported in its 2nd estimate of Q4 GDP… Continue reading Q4 GDP Revised Lower As Core PCE Unexpectedly Comes In Hot

De-Extinction! (And More Patron Questions)

Podcast: Download MYS235: We regularly give Patrons the opportunity to ask Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli their mysterious questions and make them available exclusively to Patrons first and then later to the whole audience. Get all new episodes automatically and for free: Follow by Email | Watch this episode and subscribe on YouTube Help us… Continue reading De-Extinction! (And More Patron Questions)

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Chaos Researchers Can Now Predict Perilous Points of No Return

Predicting complex systems like the weather is famously difficult. But at least the weather’s governing equations don’t change from one day to the next. In contrast, certain complex systems can undergo “tipping point” transitions, suddenly changing their behavior dramatically and perhaps irreversibly, with little warning and potentially catastrophic consequences. On long enough timescales, most real-world… Continue reading Chaos Researchers Can Now Predict Perilous Points of No Return