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Taxing the rich is no silver bullet for saving Social Security

“Putting a fair burden on the wealthy” is President Biden’s response When asked at last month’s presidential debate how he would deal with the threat of Social Security going bankrupt, he replied: Opposition If there is no benefit to making cuts of any kind, then it follows that Social Security’s finances should be stabilized by […]

Adam Silver won’t engage on Knicks owner James Dolan’s issues

LAS VEGAS — Last year, the Knicks sued another NBA team, questioned the commissioner’s objectivity and sent scathing letters to other owners about the direction of the league. Given the opportunity to respond or elaborate on Tuesday, Adam Silver largely sidestepped the issue surrounding the Knicks and James Dolan. “My response is that we are […]

Nate Silver joins prediction market Polymarket as advisor

Political analyst Nate Silver will join the oversight board of prediction market PolyMarkets. Announced on Tuesday. Silver founded 538 in 2008 and left the political news and predictions site and its parent company ABC in 2023. PolyMarket is the largest prediction market in the country. It is a system that allows users to buy shares […]

Luis Gil’s dominant outing was silver lining for Yankees

The 27-time world champion Yankees are not usually a team that scores moral victories, and they usually shouldn’t be judged based on averages. But these are not normal times in the Bronx. Sure, the Yankees lost 3-0 to the rival Red Sox on Sunday night, again in front of a nearly sold-out Yankee Stadium and […]

Pollster Nate Silver urges Biden to drop out of race after ABC interview

Pollster Nate Silver is calling on President Biden to step down after an interview with ABC News on Friday night. The 22-minute interview with George Stephanopoulos was intended to appease the president’s critics following his disastrous performance in last month’s debate, but Silver argued the exchange made the president look even worse. “This is a […]

Nate Silver calls for Biden to resign after ‘incoherent’ comments in ABC interview

Nate Silver, founder and pollster of ABC’s FiveThirtyEight, called on Biden to withdraw from the 2024 presidential race, citing “incoherent rhetoric” during his first interview after Friday’s debate. Friday morning, Silver Wrote a column More than a week after Biden’s poor performance in the debates, voters remain skeptical of his ability, and there is debate […]