Glenn C. Altschuler

4 days ago | thehill.com | Glenn C. Altschuler

Warren Buffett announced earlier this month that he would retire as CEO of Berkshire Hathaway by the end of the year. The multinational conglomerate, which he acquired in 1965 when it was a textile mill, became the first non-technology company to reach a $1 trillion market cap. At age 94, Buffett is the fifth-wealthiest person in the world.

4 days ago | yahoo.com | Glenn C. Altschuler

Warren Buffett announced earlier this month that he would retire as CEO of Berkshire Hathaway by the end of the year. The multinational conglomerate, which he acquired in 1965 when it was a textile mill, became the first non-technology company to reach a $1 trillion market cap. At age 94, Buffett is the fifth-wealthiest person in the world.

1 week ago | thehill.com | Glenn C. Altschuler

About 42 percent of Americans approve of President Trump’s performance in office, a historic low for a president in the early months of his term. Just 43 percent approve of Trump’s handling of the economy, which had been his strong suit; 44 percent believe he “understands the problems facing people like you;” 55 percent oppose his tariff policies; 54 percent believe he is “exceeding the powers available to him.” A whopping 66 percent chose the word “chaotic” to describe his policies.

2 weeks ago | thehill.com | Glenn C. Altschuler |David Wippman

Attacks on higher education are occurring almost daily. The Trump administration has frozen billions of dollars in federal research funding at elite universities, deported international students with little or no due process, questioned the tax-exempt status of Harvard and accused dozens of institutions of tolerating antisemitism, among other aggressive actions.

2 weeks ago | jpost.com | Glenn C. Altschuler

More than 40 years after the death of Chaim Grade – whom Elie Wiesel called “one of the great, if not the greatest, contemporary Yiddish novelists” – an English translation by Rose Waldman of Grade’s final, unfinished work has been published. Born in Vilna, Lithuania, Grade resettled in New York after his wife and mother were murdered during the Holocaust.