Elon Musk: from broke teenager to top of the world of the wealthy and politically powerful
Musk with then-president-elect Donald Trump in November 2024 and Musk next to a Tesla Model S, 2011. PHOTOS COURTESY OF WIKIPEDIA Special to South Florida …
About the Author Mohamed Hamaludin
About migrants, ‘androgynous idiots’ and the zeal to counter an existential threat
President Donald Trump has insisted that illegal immigration constitutes an “invasion” justifying not only the deportation of all 11 million undocumented migrants living in the …
Foreign aid helps the world’s neediest people and advances U.S. national interest
If charity begins at home, as English author Thomas Browne wrote nearly 500 years ago, how come the United States spends tens of billions of …
Promise of Gaza war’s end now envisions mass expulsion, gentrification
A centuries-old Latin saying goes like this: “Male ulciscitur dedecus sibi illatum, qui amputat nasum suum.” Loose translation: Be careful when you do something out …
Democratic Party floundering as Trump zealots, political mercenaries seize control
“Insanity,” some wise person said, “is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” If that is so, the Democratic Party …
Federal diversity purge strikes major blow to efforts to make America less imperfect
Executive Orders which President Donald Trump signed on his first day in office launched a flurry of activities that included sending perhaps thousands of federal …
As Trump flexes presidential muscle, polls refute claim of ‘powerful mandate’
President Donald Trump’s inauguration on Monday was possible because he won the election in November fairly. He did not seize power. To reject him as …
Scientists explore tree talk, bird songs, scam artists and dying in the animal world
About six years ago, a female orca carried her dead baby for 17 days across thousands of miles of the Salish Sea. Last month, the …
The butcher’s knife, the lamb’s cry – and ascent of the billionaires
Forty-three of the 400 richest Americans listed by Forbes in 2018 were born in 20 countries on six continents: eight from Israel, including Micky Arison, …
Oligarchs will sit at the table in Trump 2.0; average Americans likely to be on the menu
Thirty-two years ago, Bill Clinton’s strategist James Carville declared, “It’s the economy, stupid.” Carville was, of course, merely stating a truism about American elections: concern …