The Fed looks set to make a dangerous mistake  —  Raising rates this year will threaten all of the central bank's major objectives  —  Will the Federal Reserve's September meeting see US interest rates go up for the first time since 2006?  Officials have held out the prospect that it might …

Donald Trump Puts ‘Hedge Fund Guys’ on Notice  —  The billionaire Republican front-runner channels his inner Bernie Sanders.  —  t writerknowles  —  For a moment there, Donald Trump was starting to sound a lot like Bernie Sanders.  —  The billionaire Republican front-runner assailed hedge fund managers …

Satan worshipers drown women with milk in Planned Parenthood counter-protest  —  Share Tweet Reddit Digg Mail Print SMS More  —  Satan worshipers launched a counter-protest against pro-lifers outside the Detriot and Ferndale, Michigan Planned Parenthood locations Saturday.

Joe Biden Is Leaning Toward a 2016 Run  —  Vice President Joe Biden is increasingly leaning toward entering the 2016 race, if it is still possible he can knit together a competitive campaign at this late date, people familiar with the matter said.

Fiorina supporters slam ‘ludicrous’ CNN debate methodology  —  Carly Fiorina supporters are criticizing CNN's debate criteria that could prevent the former Hewlett-Packard CEO from grabbing a spot on the main stage at the second debate despite her surging poll numbers.

A Moveable Glut  —  What caused Friday's stock plunge?  What does it mean for the future?  Nobody knows, and not much.  —  Attempts to explain daily stock movements are usually foolish: a real-time survey of the 1987 stock crash found no evidence for any of the rationalizations economists …

Elizabeth Warren refuses to commit to 2018 Senate run  —  It's “too early” to commit to another term in the Senate, Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren told a Boston television station in an interview aired Sunday.  —  Asked by WBZ-TV's Jon Keller whether she would promise to seeking another term …

Crazy Like a Visionary  —  Elon Musk's remarkable career reminds us that individuals matter.  —  Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future, by Ashlee Vance (Ecco, 400 pp., $28.99)  —  I am an unlikely fan of Elon Musk, the flamboyant, Steve Jobs-like …

Dow futures plummet 400 points as Wall Street preps for steep selloff  —  U.S. stock futures pointed to a sharply lower open Monday after a selloff on Friday that dragged major indexes to four-year lows.  —  U.S. stock index futures screamed lower on Monday, with Dow futures tumbling as much as 400 points …

Burning Down The Field in Order to Save It  —  So, I thought I didn't care about the result of the Hugos, because in making the establishment lose their collective sh*t at the “non approved” nominations, we'd proven our point: that there is a political color bar in SF/F …

A Tale of Two Rallies: My Summer With Bernie and Trump  —  One is a political revolution with a mellow vibe.  The other feels more like a professional wrestling match.  —  SHARES  —  The breakout stars of 2015 are two old white guys from the outer boroughs of New York, and I've had access to the hottest tickets in town.

Dean: Hillary email answers too ‘lawyerly’  —  Howard Dean, the former chairman of the Democratic National Committee, said Sunday that Hillary Clinton's response to her email issues had been too “lawyerly.”  —  “One of the problems is that Hillary Clinton is an incredibly smart lawyer,” …

Kickapoo Tribe files suit against former chairman Steve Cadue  —  Lawsuit accuses Cadue of malfeasance, falsifying minutes  —  The Kickapoo Tribe has taken legal action against its former chairman, accusing him of financial malfeasance and falsifying meeting minutes to fraudulently pass an unbalanced budget.