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I did not want to write this article on the Afghanistan withdrawal as I thought the American public had learned their lesson from the boondoggles in the Middle East over the past twenty years. Alas, we are still a society largely driven by media cycles so I am going to...
Kevin Rector and the Los Angeles Times analyzed crime data of L.A. homicides concluding that in the 18-month period from January 2020 through this June, there were 266 Latino victims killed in L.A., compared with 182 Latino victims in the prior 18-month period — a 46.2% increase. There were 192...
The United Nations sixth assessment report was released this week confirming what many had already suspected: The Earth is on track to get (at least) 1.5 degrees hotter in the next 20 years, and humans are to blame for it. This means we can start readying ourselves for more fires, flooding, droughts,...
Metabolism is every drop of chemistry needed to keep the body going. BBC health and science correspondent James Gallagher reports that a 29 country study of 6,400 people, from eight days old up to age 95, suggests that metabolism remains “rock solid” throughout mid-life peaking at the age of one,...
New data from the Census Bureau to be released today is expected to show that dozens of counties across 18 states, largely in the South and Southwest, are now less than 50 percent white, and no racial or ethnic group makes up a majority. The non-Hispanic white population is expected...
I’ve been seeing a lot of Democrats defend Andrew Cuomo against the sexual harassment and impropriety that forced him to resign. It’s the usual medley of “Look at this picture one of the accusers took with him!” and “He deserved due process!” While not unexpected in this age of Al...
Previously, I have tried to both define and clarify Critical Race Theory (CRT) including why opposition is misplaced (read racist) and its necessity in American education though concepts such as anti-racism training and the 1619 Project are not CRT though they are often conflated with it. Joy Pullman of the...
75% of voters believe more police are needed on the street as crime is on the rise across the country, according to a new Harvard CAPS-Harris Poll survey. Just 25 percent of respondents in the poll said they do not need more policing. Brittany Bernstein of National Review gives us the...
Kwaisi France / Politics, Society, Freedom, and Equality / Science, Technology & Medicine / The Breeze
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Ian Hodgson and Rose Wong of the Tampa Bay Times reports how Florida man, Governor Ron DeSantis, is in denial despite leading the nation last week in COVID-19 infections and hospitalizations as the Sunshine State becomes the epicenter of the delta-driven fourth pandemic wave. The state continues to issue weekly,...
The AP points out the U.S. economy grew at a 6.5% annual rate last quarter. The pre-pandemic economy is back as the total size of the economy has now surpassed its pre-pandemic level. Thursday’s report from the Commerce Department estimated that the nation’s gross domestic product — its total output...