Today’s youth have inherited a big, unprecedented climate problem to solve — and the eco-anxiety to go with it. Gen-Zer and activist Clover Hogan knows the struggle firsthand, but she also understands the path to climate action starts with the one thing you can control: your mindset…Continue Reading
(Jason Redmond/Reuters) The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) is set to vote this week on draft guidelines clarifying the meaning of Communion that could prohibit Catholics who express support for abortion — such as President Joe Biden and House speaker Nancy Pelosi — from receiving the Eucharist. The bishops will vote on the document…Continue Reading
Treasury secretary Janet Yellen during a news conference in Dublin, Ireland, November 1, 2021 (Clodagh Kilcoyne/Reuters) Treasury secretary Janet Yellen blamed the COVID-19 pandemic for the record inflation increase the U.S. is seeing and said the country must continue to “make progress” against the pandemic to get inflation under control. CBS’s Face the Nation host…Continue Reading
National Economic Council director Brian Deese at a press briefing in the White House, Washington, D.C., July 2, 2021 (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters) National Economic Council director Brian Deese said on Sunday that he and President Biden were not wrong months ago when they downplayed inflation as a short-term issue caused by the pandemic. When Deese appeared…Continue Reading
(Cheney: Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters; Cruz: Susan Walsh/Pool via Reuters) Senator Ted Cruz (R., Texas) blasted Representative Liz Cheney (R., Wyo.) on Saturday, suggesting that if she launches a bid for president in 2024, it should be as a Democrat. Cruz’s comment came in response to a tweet by CNN’s The Lead, which featured a video of…Continue Reading
In Glasgow, the substance of climate-change policy takes a backseat to the most useless kind of boutique social radicalism. Glasgow, U.K. — “Good morning, climate criminals!” My breakfast-table greeting is met by a slight rustling of newspapers and tweed. I am here in Glasgow with my friends from the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI), which has…Continue Reading
Many world leaders and activists expressed disappointment this weekend with the climate deal that emerged from two weeks of heated negotiations in Glasgow, Scotland — warning that countries will have to strengthen their commitments if they want to avert disastrous consequences and help at-risk nations cope with the damage that’s already occurring from climate change.Key…Continue Reading
The pounding, suspenseful music warned of something dangerous. A man in a white lab coat appeared on screen to recount his participation, along with Cuban dissidents, in training seminars on how to subvert the Cuban military.He is a doctor, he explained, an oncologist who also has served for the past 25 years as a secret…Continue Reading
LONDON — During England’s first coronavirus lockdown, weatherman Owain Wyn Evans ended a forecast by jumping onto his at-home drum kit to accompany the widely recognized BBC News theme to end his broadcast. “When they said try working from home I didn’t realise they’d expect me to do the music too,” the BBC weatherman wrote…Continue Reading
MEXICO CITY — Gunmen in north-central Mexico assaulted a house and killed five family members, including a 14-year-old boy, and wounded an 8-month-old baby. authorities report Sunday.Prosecutors in the state of Guanajuato said the killings occurred Saturday in the town of Apaseo El Grande, where drug gangs have been fighting turf battles.Three women, one man…Continue Reading