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Dispiriting politics, wanton violence, and narcissistic postings dominate the news. And there’s no denying the national shame of having a president today who cannot tell the truth. After all, this stands in mocking contrast with having a president at the birth of this nation who could not tell a lie. I am mindful, however, that… Read more.
Today is the 20th anniversary of “the Handover” (as the British say) or “the Return” (as the Chinese say) of sovereign authority over Hong Kong from Britain to China. To mark the occasion, China is going out of its way to disabuse Britain of any notion that it retains any authority at all. The Chinese… Read more.
Australian police charged a top Vatican cardinal on Thursday with multiple counts of historical sexual assault offenses, a stunning decision certain to rock the highest levels of the Holy See. … In 2014, Francis won cautious praise from victims’ advocacy groups when he created a commission of outside experts to advise him and the broader… Read more.
Female teachers having sex with students is rampant. At least, that’s what media reports would have us believe. Female teachers having sex with students The prevailing view is that female teachers have nothing on their male counterparts in this regard. A report in the Washington Post (on January 20, 2015) affirmed that view. It showed that male teachers accounted for two-thirds of… Read more.
China and the United States agreed that efforts to denuclearize the Korean Peninsula should be ‘complete, verifiable and irreversible’, Chinese state media said on Saturday, reporting the results of high level talks in Washington this week. ‘Both sides reaffirm that they will strive for the complete, verifiable and irreversible denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula,’ a… Read more.
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I grew up in a family that was a de facto matriarchy. More to the point, my seven sisters, as well as every woman I’ve known since those formative years, make the following seem self-evident: A growing body of scientific study is turning centuries-old gender research on its head — by suggesting that women are,… Read more.
More than 120 refugees are feared to have drowned in the Mediterranean after a boat sank off the Libyan cost on Friday, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) has said. … At least 1,850 refugees have lost their lives on the dangerous crossing so far this year, says the IOM. … After drifting for a… Read more.
Reza Aslan is to religion what Fareed Zakaria is to politics: easily the most interesting, informed, and impartial TV commentator in his field. Each man is like an oasis in a vast desert of empty-headed twits parroting partisan talking points as insightful commentary. This is why CNN firing Aslan means a far greater loss for… Read more.
Fraught events are besieging England like wild weeds o’er the green grass of Wimbledon. Brexit was (and remains) unsettling enough. But then Islamists started terrorizing the place. Then Prime Minister Theresa May called a snap election, which she (and every pundit) thought would forge national unity and seal her mandate. Instead, it left the country more… Read more.
