The opening weekend of the Eredivisie had left NEC Nijmegen with a bitter taste in their mouths. After all the summer optimism, the preparation, and the hopes of a new season, they had stumbled out of the blocks with a disheartening 1–2 home defeat against Telstar, a result that felt like a false start. In the unforgiving world of Dutch top-flight football, there was no time to dwell. Round two came quickly, and with it an away trip to Tilburg to face a wounded Willem II side desperate to make their own mark. What followed was a performance of real…

In the starkest terms possible, the story of Congressman Max Miller (R-OH) exposes the chilling moral calculus that governs American politics today. Faced with serious, deeply troubling allegations of domestic abuse—reports that emerged with painful detail in the Daily Mail—one might expect a politician to face at least a modicum of professional consequence. Instead, the financial spigot has remained stubbornly open, revealing that corporate ethics are, at best, a seasonal costume. Companies like Elevance, Altria, Pfizer, John Deere, and TD Bank have funneled fresh donations into Miller’s war chest, arriving precisely after the damaging report went public. It is a…