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Two towering figures who helped steer Bank of America out of the financial crisis a decade ago will retire at the end of the year.

This is the most unusual yet strangely familiar story I have ever penned concerning a Vietnam veteran. Unusual due to the veteran involved; strangely familiar of the assumed fate of Nam veterans after returning home from the hell of Southeast Asia. Richard J. Flaherty fought for the privilege to enlist in the U.S. Army against almost impossible odds. In basic training, he endured insults and discrimination. Tagged with the nickname Private Mighty Mouse, Flaherty’s determination and acumen ...

Singapore’s Former U.N. Ambassador Talks Nationalism, Taiwan, and China-U.S. Relations Kishore Mahbubani China should carefully manage its rising nationalistic sentiment, particularly among young people, to help create a favorable environment for the country’s development and foreign relations, Singapore’s former United Nations ambassador said in a wide-ranging interview with Caixin. Kishore Mahbubani, the city-state’s ambassador to the U.N. from 2001-2002, said that “nationalism is a...

What kind of day will tomorrow be? To find out what the stars say, read the forecast given for your birth sign.

Today’s highlight May 27, 1941: The British Royal Navy sank the German battleship Bismarck off France with a loss of some 2,000 lives, three days after the Bismarck sank the HMS Hood with the loss of more than 1,400 lives. Amid rising world tensions, President Franklin D. Roosevelt proclaimed an “unlimited national emergency” during a radio address from the White House. On this date 1861: Chief Justice Roger Taney, sitting as a federal circuit court judge in Baltimore, ruled that Presid...

SHARE: Near the end of an endorsement interview with Democratic New York City mayoral candidate Shaun Donovan, New York Times editorial board member Mara Gay asked if he knew the median sales price of a home in Brooklyn. He guessed $100,000, which is off by a factor of nine. Donovan, in an email to the newspaper the next day, said he misunderstood the question as referring to assessed value for property taxes, which is a much lower figure.  Getting that answer so outrageously wrong would be em...

Biden lags behind Trump and Obama, with vacant ambassador posts around globe Naomi Lim © Provided by Washington Examiner President Joe Biden could strain relations with some longtime U.S. allies unless he begins nominating ambassadors at a more rapid clip. The former Senate Foreign Relations Committee chairman campaigned, in part, on a desire to improve the countrys standing on the world stage following four years of former President Donald Trumps "America first" foreign polic...

‘The Crime of the Century’: TV Review Daniel Fienberg The Crime of the Century Ultra-prolific documentarian Alex Gibney really needs to slow down his output. He may be a machine, but I’m but a man incapable of generating five-to-10 Gibney-specific review ledes per year. Alternatively, ultra-prolific documentarian Alex Gibney really needs to speed up his output. Like seemingly everybody else these days, Gibney is steadliy finding things to take umbrage at, but even at his ...

CalPERS likes to think that all that matters is if it can control perceptions in Sacramento. If Dan Walters’ latest column is any indication, CalPERS is losing that battle. For those of you outside California, Walters has been the most influential commentator in Sacramento for decades. His view skew somewhat conservative, but he regularly calls out politicians on both sides of the aisle. His latest object of disfavor is the CalPERS-sponsored bill AB 386, which he lambasted forcefully in his...

(1) Walter Funk US Prosecutor Thomas Dodd cross examined Walter Funk, the Minister of Economics, also known as the “Banker of Gold Teeth” for his role in managing Nazi plunder.  In  Letters from Nuremberg, Christopher Dodd recounts an exchange during interrogations between Thomas Dodd and Funk. “ Funk: Business with the SS? I have never done that. Dodd: Yes, sir. Business with the SS. Are you sure about that? I ask you again, sir. When did you start doing business with the SS?”  Fun...