From container-ship pileups at West Coast ports to the Ever Given’s viral weeklong blockage of the Suez Canal to shortages ranging from the quirky (cream cheese) to the catastrophic (semiconductors), the supply chain has never been as top of mind as it was in 2021. Case in point: The best-performing industrial stock on the S&P 500 was Old Dominion ...

  It’s mid-December, time for my annual dispatches from the Christmas wars: Let’s start with the latest on a holiday battle that’s been going on for six years. I haven’t yet seen “Twas the Fight Before Christmas,” the documentary by the director Becky Read, but I’m looking forward to watching it. The film, now streaming on Apple TV+, chronicles the ...

  Forget the debate over how scared we should be of omicron. What matters is putting our energy into solutions that work — taking action that matters on a personal level and demanding effective actions from world leaders. Scientists are already scrambling to learn how well our existing vaccines will work against this new coronavirus variant. That can help predict ...