US Views Of Islam Have Deteriorated In Past 25 Years

UMich Consumer Confidence Slides In September As Republicans Lose Faith After July's rebound to pre-war levels, a re-escalation in the MidEast (and soaring fuel costs) has sent confidence back towards YTD lows. Today's final September data was expected to show UMich headline sentiment sliding further (and inflation expectations re-accelerating). And while sentiment is lower overall (month to month), it did actually pick up modestly intra-month from preliminary levels. Consumer sentiment ticked down less than four index points in September, reaching the lowest reading in four months and back down notably from January...

The NYT Sat On The Rape Allegations Against Platner Last Month Graham Platner's Senate campaign is imploding after Politico published a detailed account on Monday from Jenny Racicot, a 41-year-old Democrat from Maine, who accuses the progressive darling of rape. Donors are heading for the exits, Democrats are withdrawing endorsements, and calling for Platner to drop out. But there's another scandal hiding in plain sight, and it involves the New York Times, which published an exposé last month featuring three women who dated Platner, who had each accused him of domestic...

Erdogan Taunts Israel & Greece After Trump Hands Turkey F-35, Sanctions Win Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has responded to ongoing Israeli and Greek objections to the possible US sale of F-35 fighter jets to Turkey by mocking the Turkish enemies and rivals. Opposition to the potential stealth fighter transfer raised by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Greece’s Kyriakos Mitsotakis "has no place in my world," Erdogan said in his characteristically bellicose manner. "Hopefully, when the F-35s are delivered to Turkey, the whole world will say America kept its promise," Erdogan said at...