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Wall Street Journal
11 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Wall Street Journal
Why Being A Mere Millionaire Is a Failure, According to Jason Schwartzman
This article contains spoilers for 'Mountainhead.' In the world of the ultrarich, some wear the scarlet 'M.'
Daily Mail
a day ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
The REAL reason some stars age like fine wine while others... don't: AMANDA GOFF reveals the generational habit speeding up the clock - and it has everything to do with the year you were born
It's hard to remember life before... 'it' arrived. It was a simpler time, a better time. It was a time when our brains weren't completely rotted and we knew what women actually looked like.
The Independent
2 days ago
- General
- The Independent
Why Japan wants to clamp down on certain baby names
Japan has introduced new regulations on the pronunciation of kanji used in children 's names, limiting them to standard or widely accepted readings to prevent unconventional "kirakira" names. The move aims to reduce confusion in public institutions and streamline administrative processes by curbing the trend of quirky names inspired by pop culture. The new rules, enforced this week, require phonetic annotations in family registers (koseki) to ensure names are read as intended, with parents potentially needing to justify unusual readings. The decision follows concerns that unconventional names cause social and practical challenges for children, reflecting a broader societal shift toward individualism, according to a 2022 study by Yuji Ogihara. The trend of unique names increased between 1979 and 2018, replacing traditional names like Daisuke and Tomoko with more modern kanji names such as Ren and Yuzuki, indicating a cultural shift towards uniqueness and independence.
Daily Mail
3 days ago
- General
- Daily Mail
PETER HITCHENS: How the OSTRICH class are ruining Britain. These self-regarding rule makers dictate your life then bury their heads in the sand... and YOU are paying
Meet the Ostrich Class, that great swamp of silly, self-regarding people who decide how we shall live, suffer and quite possibly die. They know nothing about anything but they share the conventional view of what is good, so their inability to think or observe does not matter.
Daily Mail
3 days ago
- Health
- Daily Mail
PETER HITCHENS: Sadiq Khan wants to legalise marijuana, the drug behind so many violent horrors. He, and the rest of the liberal Ostrich class, are ignoring a national catastrophe
Meet the Ostrich Class, that great swamp of silly, self-regarding people who decide how we shall live, suffer and quite possibly die. They know nothing about anything but they share the conventional view of what is good, so their inability to think or observe does not matter.
