REAL ESTATE

Mortgage rates hit 13-month high as Iran conflict rattles bond market

Mortgage rates jumped to 6.71 percent this week, as an Iran-conflict-driven bond sell-off pushed Treasury yields sharply higher. Source link

RELIGION

The post-9/11 infrastructure of Islamophobia

(RNS) — This week, Republicans are gathering for a midterm convention in Dallas, in my own backyard, immediately before the 25th anniversary of Sept. 11.

SCIENCE

El Niño fuels wildfires in Indonesia, sickening some 100,000 people

El Niño conditions are helping to fuel wildfires across Indonesia, leaving some 100,000 people ill or injured, according to the country’s health officials. This year’s

SHOWS

Project Runway Season 22 Winner: Jude Mikulencak Wins Finale

Freeform Thursday’s “Project Runway” Season 22 finale picked up in the middle of a tense elimination before

TECH

Thrive Capital led VCs into pro sports ownership; Collaborative Fund just upped that play

Collaborative Fund, the 15-year-old, New York-based generalist venture firm that has roughly $1 billion under management and which made early bets on Lyft, Reddit, Sweetgreen,

classified

Benson & Bingham fought the corporate lawyers for me

A commercial delivery truck hit the side of my vehicle on the highway in Las Vegas, leaving me with a sprained shoulder. The corporate insurance

BUSINESS

NY Rangers Fan Confidence Poll-September 7, 2026: Hockey returns this month

2025-2026 Record: 34-39-9 (8th in Metro, 30th in NHL)Last Poll’s Results: 4.18 Top stories last week: Please take a second to answer the NY Rangers

CRYPTO

Swiss stablecoin sandbox enters testing phase, adds two new partners

Financial market operator SIX and payment app TWINT have joined numerous banks in the sandbox seeking to develop a Swiss franc-based stablecoin. Source link

CULTURE

The poisoned umbrella that pointed to a KGB murder

A 1978 killing is one of the great unsolved mysteries of the Cold War Source link

ECONOMY

Ed Elson and Scott Galloway interview me on AI

Ed Elson and Scott Galloway interview me on AI – Marginal REVOLUTION Thank-you! You’ve been successfully added to the Marginal Revolution email subscription list. Source