Welcome to the Era of Unapologetic Bad Taste

In 2022, pop culture is doing the most. ­Consider some of the most memorable images to come out of the entertainment industry recently: Mr. Big campily keeling over on his Peloton in And Just Like That… Nicole Kidman baring an impossible 3 feet of midriff on the cover of Vanity Fair. The sight of dopey, meme-based game show Is It Cake? claiming the No. 1 slo…

Read more

Why the Royals Are Silent on Prince Harry’s Book

“Never complain, never explain” is the infamous motto of the British royal family. And it’s this strategy they have clung to in the aftermath of explosive allegations in Prince Harry’s new memoir Spare—published on Tuesday—and candid television interviews aired this past Sunday.

Harry has lobbed a host of accusations against his family. That incl…

Read more

‘Matilda the Musical’ Is a Lively Reimagining

The pleasures of Roald Dahl’s work have survived several generations of children, numerous adaptations good and bad, and more than a few troubling charges of racism and antisemitism. The Welsh-born novelist didn’t even work very hard to hide the latter, admitting to it in an interview conducted shortly before his death in 1990, at age 74. Dahl’s personal views complicate the q…

Read more

Why AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 Vaccine Is Being Suspended

It’s the last thing public health officials want to see in the midst of a pandemic: more than two months after pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca and Oxford University scientists released their COVID-19 vaccine, countries in Europe and elsewhere are pausing its use amid disconcerting reports that a small number of recipients have experienced blood clots, some of them fatal.

It’s…

Read more

Fear of Fentanyl is Driving Laws That Could Lead to Overdoses

Since the U.S. drug war was declared in 1971, various drugs have been identified as public enemy number one—from crack cocaine, in the 1980s, to prescription opioids in the early 2000s. Today, the primary villain is fentanyl, a synthetic opioid about 50 times more potent than heroin. In 2021, more than 71,000 people in the U.S. died after overdoses involving synthetic opioids—mostly…

Read more

Why, When and How to Test At-Home for COVID-19

As we close in on two years of living with COVID-19, quick and accurate tests for COVID-19 remain an urgent priority. In fact, as schools reopen, businesses resume operations and people return to work, rapid testing could be the key to preventing Delta or any new variants of SARS-CoV-2 from flaring into even larger outbreaks.

But that’s only if testing is used in the right way, at t…

Read more

Why Chuck Yeager Claimed He Had No ‘Right Stuff’

Frank Borman did not expect to hear a congratulations from Chuck Yeager one day in 1962—and that’s just as well because he didn’t get one. It wasn’t a surprise that Yeager wouldn’t extend much courtesy to the likes of Borman. There were rules, after all, and there was a hierarchy after all, and Yeager, who on Dec. 7 died at the age of 97, was then the commander of …

Read more

Why Europe’s New Climate Rules Matter to American Companies

(To get this story in your inbox, subscribe to the TIME CO2 Leadership Report newsletter here.)

The E.U. is in the middle of implementing its Green Deal program with a wide range of implications for how the world tackles climate change. Perhaps nothing is of more obvious import to global business leaders than the bloc’s coming climate disclosure rules, which are scheduled t…

Read more

Why ESG Is So Confusing

(To get this story in your inbox, subscribe to the TIME CO2 Leadership Report newsletter here.)

A few weeks ago, I wrote a story about the anti-ESG movement in Texas’s foray into insurance. Soon after, I received a very thoughtful response from a declared ESG opponent taking issue with the idea that ESG metrics are relevant for insurers. The one issue: he had used the term …

Read more

5 Reasons Why Amazon Buying Whole Foods Makes Sense

Amazon announced on Friday that it will acquire upscale food market chain Whole Foods for $13.7 billion, giving the online retail giant a stronger foothold into the grocery business. The move is a strategic one for both companies: It comes amidst financial struggles at the organic food market while also boosting Amazon’s brick-and-mortar presence. Here’s a closer look at why the pur…

Read more