Dean Karayanis

1 week ago | historydean.substack.com | Dean Karayanis

Business Insider’s CEO, Barbara Peng, sent a memo on Thursday morning firing 21% of staffers and replacing them with AI, going “all-in” on the technology. It’s a battle in a war as old as the Industrial Revolution. Demonstrating the timelessness of the theme is how it tracks with “The Brain Center at Whipple's,” an episode of “The Twilight Zone” from six decades ago — as far in the past as 2085 is in the future.

1 week ago | nysun.com | Dean Karayanis

The former police commissioner of the NYPD, Bernard ‚ÄúBernie‚ÄĚ Kerik, is dead at 69 years old. An Army veteran at the vanguard of the city‚Äôs 9/11 response, interior minister in Iraq, and convicted tax evader, his story reads like a ride on the Coney Island Cyclone ‚ÄĒ a rollercoaster of highs and lows.

1 week ago | nysun.com | Dean Karayanis

Recent polls are music to President Trump’s ears, but Democrats are deaf to the melody. They’re wedded to the fallacy that Americans see the president as they do and will dance to their tune in next year’s midterm elections. Ever since 2015, foes have denied that Mr. Trump has any appeal beyond what President Theodore Roosevelt dubbed “the lunatic fringe.” This is the “false consensus effect,” the belief that everyone shares your viewpoint.

1 week ago | historydean.substack.com | Dean Karayanis

This Memorial Day, Americans are honoring the fallen of past wars while looking forward to the 250th Independence Day next summer. The intersection invites comparisons to 1875, when — with the centennial a year away — the Civil War generation strove to heal divisions that might again spill into bloodshed. Today social media and the press are glutted with accounts of America coming apart at the seams. Few voices aim to unite ahead of the 250th anniversary as America did for its 100th.

1 week ago | nysun.com | Dean Karayanis

“Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning” is flying into theaters as an action-packed love letter to the American genre. Tom Cruise delivers everything Hollywood needs to recapture the glory of its golden age and fill theaters, turning audiences into fans and actors into stars. Mr. Cruise delivers a message before the movie begins, offering thanks for the “privilege” of producing the film.