The No. 1 tennis player in the world and the Canadian trucker convoy share a sincerity in their principles that galls the managerial class. Novak Djokovic is worth $220 million dollars, but you might not think when you look at him. He stands at a respectable 6’2″ tall, speaks with only a slight accent to…Continue Reading
A single generation of subversive genius can retain its brilliance, but would-be imitators following manage only to echo the subversion. Ivan the Terrible and His Son Ivan on November 16th, 1581, completed by Ilya Repin in 1885. (Public domain via Wikimedia Commons) Alexander Vasilyev was working last December at the Boris Yeltsin Presidential Center in…Continue Reading
If only the rest of the world had learned from the Catholic Church’s sex-abuse crisis, as the Catholic Church did. Pope Benedict XVI prays before a statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary.(Frippitaun/Shutterstock) In 1980, Peter Hullermann arrived in Munich. Hullermann was a Catholic priest; he was also a confessed child rapist, and was in the…Continue Reading
Dubai, United Arab Emirates – As Dubai’s Expo 2020 draws to a close in March, many national pavilions are starting to ponder the impact of the world fair beyond its six-month run. This is the first time a world fair has been held in the Middle East and North Africa, and with similar events having…Continue Reading
Brunel, in his mid-70s, was under investigation for the rape and trafficking of minors for sexual exploitation.Published On 19 Feb 202219 Feb 2022A French modelling agent who was close to disgraced US financier Jeffrey Epstein was found dead on Saturday in his prison cell in Paris, where he was being held in an investigation into…Continue Reading
Fierce Atlantic storm brought record winds, knocking 1.4 million households off the grid the day before.Published On 19 Feb 202219 Feb 2022Nearly 200,000 British homes are still without power after Storm Eunice left a deadly trail across Europe and left transport networks in disarray. The fierce Atlantic storm brought record winds of up to 196km/h (122…Continue Reading
Published On 19 Feb 202219 Feb 2022Russia’s President Vladimir Putin oversaw military manoeuvres by strategic nuclear missile forces as the worst crisis since the Cold War grips Europe. The Kremlin said on Saturday that Russia successfully test-launched hypersonic and cruise missiles at sea and land-based targets during the exercises. Putin sat observing the war games…Continue Reading
The blast caused ‘huge damage’ in a restaurant filled with politicians and government officials, police said.Published On 19 Feb 202219 Feb 2022At least 13 people have been killed in central Somalia on Saturday after a suicide bomber detonated explosives in a restaurant packed with local officials and politicians. The dead were mostly civilians and 20…Continue Reading
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks said the school board recalls in San Francisco “should be a five-alarm fire” to Democrats, who have gotten on the wrong side of the major issues of education and crime. Host Judy Woodruff asked, “Some glimmerings around the country in local races, David, that voters…Continue Reading
During a portion of an interview with MSNBC released on Friday, California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) argued that we should be “cautious” about overreacting to election results in the California recall, Virginia, and San Francisco, and “recognize what we’re up against, which is mishegoss, which is full-time propaganda coming from a disciplined far, extreme right,…Continue Reading
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