The Knotty Death of the Necktie

Not long ago, on a Times podcast, Paul Krugman breezily announced (and if we can’t trust Paul Krugman in a breezy mood, whom can we trust?) that, though it’s hard to summarize the economic consequences of the pandemic with certainty, one sure thing is that it killed off ties. He meant not the strong social ...

Texas billionaire preachers poised to take their Christian nationalist agenda nationwide

rawstory.com - 02/Oct 10:29

Reporting HighlightsStatehouse Influence: Oil tycoons Tim Dunn and Farris Wilks have pushed the Texas statehouse to the far right by funding...

Egypt Is Refusing To Release An Icon Of The 2011 Revolution – OpEd

eurasiareview.com - 01/Oct 01:55

By Sharif Abdel Kouddous “I don’t know how my spirit will accept that we are entering a new form of illegal incarceration,” the imprisoned...

Readers Write: October 2024

canadianmennonite.org - 04/Oct 15:13

Love and Hate I agree with Ryan Dueck’s insightful article, “A place for hate” (June 2024), particularly in today’s harsh world. In...

How a school voucher supporter won in a TX House district with almost no private schools

rawstory.com - 02/Oct 10:17

Gov. Greg Abbott felt vindicated when nine Texas Republican lawmakers who helped block a school voucher program he championed last year lost their...

‘There’s Going To Be A Crisis’: New Condo Construction Is Heading Toward A Cliff

storeys.com - 27/Sep 14:28

At a press conference on July 22, Ontario Premier Doug Ford stood before a room full of reporters and told them, to scattered applause, that new homes...

Scientists fear underfunded Argentina research on verge of collapse

rawstory.com - 02/Oct 10:34

Argentine biochemist Alejandro Nadra worries that President Javier Milei's budget cuts will undo his scientific quest to unravel the cause of genetic...

Small businesses on the ropes

niagaraindependent.ca - 24/Sep 10:00

These federal Liberals have never been friends of SMEs. Photo Credit: iStock. Small- and medium-sized Canadian businesses (SMEs) have been having a...

Zelenskyy’s visit to the US. Ins and outs. Interview with Cormac Smith

eng.uatv.ua - 30/Sep 15:10

Ukrainian president visited the US. Met Biden. Met Harris. Met Trump. But did he met his own goals? The topic was discussed in an interview in...

My Six Favorite Untruths About The Biden-Harris Economy – OpEd

eurasiareview.com - 26/Sep 23:00

We know that most people say that they think the economy has performed poorly under the Biden-Harris administration. However, we also know that by...

Walking through open doors

canadianmennonite.org - 04/Oct 14:04

John and Edna Peters, 87 and 86, respectively, live in Winnipeg, where they are charter members of Charleswood Mennonite Church. Edna worked as a...

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