Rating: 8/10 Created in the mid 90s, Birds of Prey was initially a team-up between Barbara Gordon’s Batgirl and Dinah Lance’s Black Canary. Over the next couple of decades, there have been a variety of different members. In many cases, the line-up drew heavily from Batman related characters. The new Birds of Prey series is taking a slightly different direction and it is looking great. From the first issue of Kelly Thompson’s run, Dinah has been avoiding involving Barbara and instead set up a new team.

As someone who cut her teeth recapping Netflix’s Defenders shows, I’ve seen my fair share of gruesome live action Marvel violence before. (Remember that Daredevil bowling alley scene?) But even I was shocked to see a proper MCU series—one starring flagship character Nick Fury no less—casually deploy dismemberment and bloody knife fights. Building on last week’s unnerving bombing scene, the second episode of Secret Invasion ups the brutality far beyond Marvel’s usual standards, with weightier themes to complement that brutal tone.

On Thursday night, CNBC host Brian Sullivan interviewed me on his show, “Last Call.” We discussed the southern border, LNG exports, and bitcoin. Here’s a summary of our conversation: The Southern Border The reality of the southern border is surreal. I’ve been to the border twice, and on my most recent visit, I ncG1vNJzZminoJq7b7%2FUm6qtmZOge6S7zGinrppfp7yjsdGtnaSdnqOypcXJq2apZ5KewaS7yKdkm6eimbKzecSnnKufqWK4prrNnpuyZZOjr6SL1K2kmKufqr%2BksZyppqysVpi8rrnEp6usdaSnwqZy1K2kmKWVmba2uZywnJs%3D

On February 13, 2024, National Geographic published a book I wrote called, TELL ME WHEN IT’S OVER: AN INSIDER’S GUIDE TO DECIPHERING COVID MYTHS AND NAVIGATING OUR POST-PANDEMIC WORLD. For the next few months, I’ll be writing about issues discussed in that book. Anti-vaccine activists often target isolated groups. For example, in 2017, as a direct result of a misinformation campaign by an anti-vaccine activist named Mark Blaxill, a measles outbreak occurred among a Somali American community in Hennepin County, Minnesota.

“Will I run out of money?” This is a question that most of us ask when we are considering retirement, a sabbatical, or even leaving the salary and benefits of a good-paying job behind in order to start our own business. If we turn to the web for answers, it spits out an endless list of retirement calculators. All retirement calculators are not created equal. Some are overly simplistic, others are too complex.