Venice Film Festival: ‘Dune’ Leaves Us 3 Big Questions

Spices should flow. But will the audience go? Denis Villeneuve’s highly anticipated film “Dune” premiered at the Venice Film Festival on Friday. This is an unusual place to start a sci-fi series that cost $160 million. Then again, “Dune” isn’t your typical support post. Something fancier and more bizarre is a movie that so provocatively …

‘The Big Scary ‘S’ Word’ Review: Socialism for Beginners

The word “socialism” is often used as a boogeyman to scare voters, with little or no reference to the true essence. Enter the “Big Scary ‘S’ Word,” Yael Bridge’s stuffed compendium of formulations from experts, historical precedents, and justifications. Hope is not a policy as it is said, so Bridge tries to provide both by …

ACC, Big Ten, and Pac-12 Form Coalition Against SEC Power

Three of the wealthiest college sports leagues — the Atlantic Coast, Big Ten and Pac-12 conferences — looking for a way to curb the Southeastern Conference’s swell power said Tuesday they’ve formed a coalition to move forward during a turbulent time. Beyond a “programming alliance” that could eventually produce more marquee matches in basketball and …

Breakthrough Rock Duo’s Big Brother Don Everly dies at 84

Both brothers played acoustic guitar, but it was their intimate vocal mix that gave their recording a distinctive and enduring quality. The lower of the two voices, Don typically sang lead, while Phil sang a slightly higher but rarely close harmony piece. “When we sang, it was almost like we could read each other’s minds,” …

‘Big Family’ Housing Serving Older Americans Raising Children

When Jackie Lynn’s niece gave birth to a heroin-addicted baby, Ms. Lynn took action. After raising two children and living alone for 14 years, she thought she had turned the page on parenting. But while her niece was undergoing treatment, Ms. Lynn moved from Washington State to Oregon in 2009 to care for the baby …

A Skeptical Stock Analyst Wins Big By Searching For Fraud

Last month, federal officials accused the founder of electric vehicle maker Nikola, which went public in the summer of 2020, of defrauding investors. They were directed there, in part by the work of a little-known Wall Streeter named Nathan Anderson. Anderson, a stock researcher and investor, and his startup Hindenburg Research are having a moment. …

Business Week: A Big Step For Infrastructure Spending

Whats up? (August 8-14) Infrastructure Law Moving Home Senate approved $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill rebuilding roads and bridges and funding broadband and climate resilience initiatives. Legislation, reuse of pandemic relief funds and tighter scrutiny of cryptocurrency transactions (The Congressional Budget Office plan still add $256 billion deficit over the next ten years). Shortly after …