Billionaire Elon Musk’s effort to rid the government of purported “waste and fraud” has been a dismal failure. With his so-called Department of Government Efficiency, the richest man in the world has ...

From the 16th to the 19th centuries whale oil was inedible and was used principally for lighting, lubrication and the manufacture of soap, textiles, jute, varnish, explosives and paint. Whales were ...