Tag Archives: December 2025

BARRON’S MAGAZINE – DECEMBER 22, 2025

December 22, 2025 - Barron's Magazine

BARRON’S MAGAZINE: The latest issue features ‘Wall Street’s New Wager’ – The rise of prediction markets is raising an uncomfortable question: Is there any difference between investing and gambling?

Predictions Markets Will Make the Stock Market Obsolete. Yes or No?

As prediction markets surge, Wall Street is grappling with an uncomfortable question: Is there any distinction left between investing and gambling?

China’s Tencent Is Accessing Banned Nvidia Chips Through the Cloud

Tencent is using a Japanese cloud service to access Nvidia Blackwell chips that remain banned to Chinese customers.

These Stock Funds Are Crushing the Market. Here Are Their Picks for 2026.

These market-beating funds see bargains in stocks like AppLovin, Wells Fargo, and Boeing. Where they’re investing for 2026.

Retailers Are Pushing Store Brands. Why Wings and French Macarons Are Big Money Makers.

Walmart, Target, and Kroger are competing with national brands by promoting their own products with healthy ingredients and innovative flavors to lure customers.

How Companies Are Using AI to Squeeze More From Your Wallet

Companies like Instacart and Delta are using AI to set prices. What you pay may hinge on how much the AI knows about you.

THE NEW YORK TIMES – SATURDAY, DEC. 20, 2025

Redactions and Unanswered Questions: First Look at the Epstein Files

The Justice Department released more than 13,000 files related to Jeffrey Epstein, with more expected. Read six takeaways about what the files did and did not divulge.

Victims Upset About Lack of Transparency in Newly Released Files

U.S. and Venezuela Jam Caribbean GPS Signals to Thwart Attacks, Raising Flight Hazard

Military brinkmanship between President Trump and Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela has led to an increase in electronic warfare in the region.

How Democrats Used One Word to Turn the Tide Against Trump

Both parties are now preparing for “affordability” to play a major role in the midterm elections next year. How did it emerge so quickly?

Inside a ‘Turn and Burn’ Immigration Crackdown and the Chaos It Unleashes

A video analysis of one early morning raid in Los Angeles revealed the vast web of consequences brought by aggressive new Border Patrol tactics.

THE NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE – Dec. 21, 2025

In this issue, Sarah A. Topol on the dark side of fertility industry; Wyatt Williams on the writer Denis Johnson and his novella "Train Dreams"; Sam Kriss on A.I. writing; and more.

THE NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE: The 12.21.25 Issue features Sarah A. Topol on the dark side of fertility industry; Wyatt Williams on the writer Denis Johnson and his novella “Train Dreams”; Sam Kriss on A.I. writing; and more.

They Answered an Ad for Surrogates, and Found Themselves in a Nightmare

Eve was one of dozens of Thai women who traveled 4,000 miles — only to be trapped by the dark side of the global fertility industry.

How ‘Affordability’ Became a New Magic Word for Politicians

A rallying cry for Democrats taps into frustration over the inaccessibility of a modestly nice American existence — even for those with a decent income. By Nitsuh Abebe

The Lives They Lived

Remembering some of the artists, innovators and thinkers we lost in the past year.

THE NEW YORK TIMES – FRIDAY, DECEMBER 19, 2025

Suspect in Brown University Shooting Is Found Dead

The body of a 48-year-old former student suspected in the killing of two students and an M.I.T. professor was found in a storage unit in New Hampshire. Any motive remains unclear.

Europe to Lend $105 Billion to Ukraine, Without Touching Russian Funds

European Union officials wanted to use Russia’s frozen assets to back a major loan to Ukraine. Facing opposition in their own camp, they settled on another way.

‘A Singularly Turbulent Time’: Deeper Uncertainty Looms Over the Global Economy

A reordering of the rules of trade, set on top of transformational change in technology, demographics and climate, is remaking jobs, politics and lives.

Shouting, Ranting and Insulting: Trump’s Uninhibited Second Term

Many of President Trump’s supporters love his professional-wrestling style of leadership. But recent attacks have sickened even some of his own political allies.

SCIENCE MAGAZINE – DECEMBER 18, 2025

SCIENCE MAGAZINE: The latest issue features ‘2025 Breakthrough of the Year’…

Good morning, sunshine

The seemingly unstoppable growth of renewable energy is Science’s 2025 Breakthrough of the Year

The green giant

Images of China’s clean energy infrastructure reveal a transformation of unmatched scale and speed

Seafloor telecom cable turned into giant earthquake detector

Dense seismic array more than 4000 kilometers long promises new views of Earth’s interior

New materials could supercharge computer memory chips

Ferroelectrics could bolster “flash” memory in AI data centers and autonomous robots

THE ECONOMIST MAGAZINE – DECEMBER 20, 2025 PREVIEW

THE ECONOMIST MAGAZINE: The latest issue features ‘Holiday double issue’

China proved its strengths in 2025—and Donald Trump helped

It was a good year for Xi Jinping

Two months in, the Gaza ceasefire is floundering

The consequences will ripple beyond the Middle East

The Economist’s country of the year for 2025

Which country improved the most this year?

What Novo Nordisk, OpenAI and Pop Mart have in common

All three have suffered the curse of overnight success

THE NEW YORK TIMES – THURSDAY, DEC. 18, 2025

U.S. Inflation Unexpectedly Slowed to 2.7% in November

The latest Consumer Price Index was below what economists had expected and likely reflects distortions caused by the government shutdown.

European Leaders Face Off Over Whether to Tap Russian Frozen Assets for Ukraine

The European Council convened on Thursday, and at stake is a contentious deal to back Ukraine and its war effort. The final decision is a major test of Europe’s ability to support Ukraine.

A Bellicose Trump Points Fingers in Defending Record on Economy

In an 18-minute address, President Trump said the economy was booming despite the public’s consistent concerns about prices. Here are six takeaways.

‘Don’s Best Friend’: How Epstein and Trump Bonded Over the Pursuit of Women

Documents and interviews reveal a complicated relationship in which chasing women was a game of ego and dominance, and female bodies were currency.

LONDON REVIEW OF BOOKS – DECEMBER 25, 2025 PREVIEW

LONDON REVIEW OF BOOKS: The latest issue features ‘Will the AI Bubble burst?’


Walter Lippmann: An Intellectual Biography 
by Tom Arnold-Forster


The Thinking Machine: Jensen Huang, Nvidia and the World’s Most Coveted Microchip 
by Stephen Witt

The Nvidia Way: Jensen Huang and the Making of a Tech Giant by Tae Kim

Empire of AI: Inside the Reckless Race for Total Domination by Karen Hao

Supremacy: AI, ChatGPT and the Race that Will Change the World by Parmy Olson


Alchemy: 
An Illustrated History of Elixirs, Experiments and the Birth of Modern Science by Philip Ball

Cover: Claremont Review Of Books – Winter 2026

Claremont Review of Books: The latest issue features ‘Special Anniversary Double Issue’….

Palace Intrigues

by Barry Strauss

The Lives of the Caesars

Imagine sitting near the apex of power in an empire and then being shown the door. You might want to write a tell-all book about it. If so, however, you would be advised to proceed with caution. Now, imagine what would barely be conceivable today: that you undertook to write your exposé while you were still in office. You would need all the finesse of a tightrope walker. 

The Lives of the Caesars

One Score and Five

by Charles R. Kesler

This essay is adapted from remarks delivered at the Claremont Review of Books 25th anniversary gala, held at the Metropolitan Club in New York City on November 6, 2025.

Radical Republican

by Randy E. Barnett

Charles Sumner: Conscience of a Nation

Charles Sumner: Conscience of a Nation

In the early hours of March 11, 1874, word spread around Washington that Charles Sumner was on the brink of death. The 63-year-old senator from Massachusetts had suffered a massive heart attack the previous evening. By 9 a.m., a crowd of several hundred had gathered in front of his home on Lafayette Square. “Colored men and women mingled with white in knots about his home,” wrote The New-York Tribune. Government workers, merchants, shopmen, waiters, and even “old colored women with baskets and bundles on their arms” stood together. Many were crying and begging to be let inside. They were stopped by one of Sumner’s friends and two policemen standing guard at the front door.

FOREIGN AFFAIRS MAGAZINE JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2026

FOREIGN AFFAIRS MAGAZINE: The latest issue features ‘How Strong Are The Strongmen?’

The Weakness of the Strongmen

What Really Threatens Authoritarians? Stephen Kotkin

The Price of American Authoritarianism

What Can Reverse Democratic Decline? By Steven LevitskyLucan A. Way, and Daniel Ziblatt

The Illiberal International

Authoritarian Cooperation Is Reshaping the Global Order by Nic CheesemanMatías Bianchi, and Jennifer Cyr

How China Wins the Future

Beijing’s Strategy to Seize the New Frontiers of Power by Elizabeth Economy