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AN ASSASSIN IN UTOPIA: The True Story of a Nineteenth-Century Sex Cult and a President’s Murder, by Susan Wels What do an experiment in free love, a renowned newspaper editor with a penchant for the occult, and a dour — then murdered — president have in common? That’s the question that the prolific historian Susan Wels poses in “An Assassin in Utopia,” which explores the interwoven fates of the radical preacher John Humphrey Noyes, the media impresario Horace Greeley and the doomed James A. Garfield, who was shot four months into his tenure as president of the United States and died of infection two months later. It spoils none of the rollicking pleasures of the book to reveal that the answer is a proto-incel named Charles Julius Guiteau, so let’s set him aside for the moment. Instead, we can start as Wels does, with the spiritual awakening of Noyes and his ensuing desire to establish a model of communal living based on audacious religious doctrine. Among his precepts: … [Read more...] about The 19th-Century Cult That Gave Rise to an Incel Assassin

It is impossible even to talk about the long bull market that ended in January 2022 without saying high-growth tech stocks propelled the market higher. Companies like Alphabet (Google) , Amazon , Apple, Meta (Facebook) , Microsoft , Netflix, Nvidia and Tesla dominated the headlines for years. Tech stocks and growth stocks were virtually synonymous. But not anymore. The new growth stocks, in the estimation of S&P Dow Jones Indices, an influential market analysis firm, now include fossil-fuel energy companies. The world has changed radically in the last year or two, and traditional categories, like growth and value, are topsy-turvy. S&P Dow Jones Indices handles the plumbing behind the two most famous American stock market indexes — the S&P 500 and the Dow Jones industrial average — and many other important world market benchmarks. In an annual review of the S&P 500 index, it has found that the seemingly immutable connections … [Read more...] about Value Stocks? Growth Stocks? Markets Last Year Turned Everything Topsy-Turvy.

See the article in its original context from May 11, 2002 Section Page Buy Reprints View on timesmachine TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. The former F.B.I. agent Robert Hanssen was sentenced today to life in prison for spying for Moscow during and after the cold war, bringing to a close one of the most lurid and damaging espionage cases in American history. Appearing before Chief Judge Claude M. Hilton of United States District Court in Alexandria, Va., this morning, Mr. Hanssen publicly apologized for the first time for betraying both his country and his family, saying he was shamed by his own behavior and adding, ''I have opened the door to calumny to my totally innocent wife and family.'' Yet despite his display of contrition, many of the government's top counterintelligence experts still believe that Mr. Hanssen has not told them the whole truth about his long career as a Russian spy, which spanned more than … [Read more...] about Former F.B.I. Agent Gets Life in Prison For Years as a Spy

0 Community Corner Looking for things to do this weekend throughout Greater Los Angeles? Patch has you covered. Susan C. Schena , Patch Staff Posted Reply LOS ANGELES COUNTY, CA — To keep your weekend fun and lively, Patch has rounded up some entertaining events going on throughout Greater Los Angeles — from the Westside, South Bay and beaches, through DTLA, the East Side, San Gabriel and San Fernando valleys to the Ventura county line. Some are free. Some have a fee. Whether you opt for an activity close to home or a mini day trip, see what's slated this weekend from Saturday, Feb. 4 to Sunday, Feb. 5. Double-check with event organizers to confirm dates, times and locations ,in case activities were updated since posted on Patch. DTLA & EAST SIDE: Full Moon DrumBath® Empowerment Ceremony , Eagle Rock Self-Guided Tour of Hollywood Friendship Buddies: Free Outdoor Stand-Up Comedy at Verdugo … [Read more...] about ‘Astra Lumina’ Night Walk; Jazz At Naz Fest; Roadster Show: LA Weekend