
The World and Everything in It: October 15, 2026
A Hollywood merger leaves $80 billion in debt—and moviegoers may be the winners. Another film takes Facebook to task while overlooking some of the platform’s alleged harms to children. In Iran, a revolution’s former supporters are still fighting the regime it brought to power. Plus: Dennis Prager finds gratitude in memories of a life before paralysis, Democratic governors break with teachers’ unions, and a world-record pumpkin reigns for just seven days.