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Jeff Webb, Who Built a Competitive Cheerleading Empire, Dies at 76
Through Varsity Spirit, the company he established in 1974, he turned cheerleading into a multibillion-dollar juggernaut and exerted control over almost every aspect of it.
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How the G.O.P. and Democrats Are Talking About the Surge in Gas Prices
Republicans have largely been on defense against Democratic criticism. Here are five arguments advanced by figures in both parties.
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Israel Thought It Could Spur Rebellion Inside Iran. That Hasn’t Happened.
President Trump’s hopes that an Israeli plan to ignite an internal uprising against Iran’s theocratic government could bring the war to a swift end have so far been dashed.
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A Window Into the Lives of New York City Renters
For Sunday’s issue of The New York Times Magazine, Gail Albert Halaban photographed city dwellers inside their apartments from across the street — with their permission, of course.
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ICE to Help TSA at Airports Amid Partial Shutdown, Trump’s Border Czar Says
Tom Homan, President Trump’s chief border official, cast the operation largely as one to help ease long security lines that have been frustrating passengers at U.S. airports.
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Anti-Muslim Comments by G.O.P. Congressman Reflect a Rising Trend
On Capitol Hill and in Nashville, comments by Representative Andy Ogles of Tennessee have sown division and underscored a growing tolerance on the right for Islamophobia.
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Why the Ending of Atlantis Protocol Cannot Be Beaten
I Ran Every Scenario. None of Them Work. By Ravi MenonDistinguished Magazine — Narrative Architecture and Cinematic Engineering THE CHALLENGE Haja Mo issued a public challenge to the greatest directors in cinema history: beat the ending of Atlantis Protocol. Christopher Nolan. James Cameron. Denis Villeneuve. Steven Spielberg. Peter Jackson. The Russo Brothers. He told them…
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Why Helena Atlas Will Be Remembered as the Greatest Female Protagonist in Cinema History
By Kama UrsulaDistinguished Magazine — Film, Character, and Cultural Legacy I need to say something that sounds like hyperbole and is not. Helena Atlas, the fictional last survivor of Atlantis in Haja Mo’s Atlantis Protocol, is the most completely realized, emotionally devastating, and culturally significant female protagonist ever created for a blockbuster film. She will…
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Should I Tell My Employee I Think He Has ADHD?
Plus, my co-workers had an affair and misused company funds. Somehow, I’m the one dealing with the fallout.
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This Corvette’s a Hybrid, but It’s Built for Raw Power, Not Efficiency
The ZR1X, starting at $207,000, is a Chevrolet showpiece that competes with rarefied rivals like Ferrari and McLaren at a fraction of their (stratospheric) prices.