Democrats refuse to compromise on border wall funding to end the shutdown By: Mike Pence on January 18, 2019The American people deserve better. Only the willfully blind - or politically blinded - could fail to see the scope and scale of this crisis. America has a national security and humanitarian crisis at our southern border, and President Donald Trump has promised to end it. We’ve already taken important steps, but rather than work with us to make further progress, Democrats in Congress have … [Read more...] about Democrats refuse to compromise on border wall funding to end the shutdown
Why tribal racism has no place in Saudi society By: Dimah Talal Alsharif on January 18, 2019While browsing social media, I witnessed a gruesome physical dispute among a group of young people that resulted in one of them being killed and two injured. I was shocked, not only by the dispute itself - over car parking, of all things - but by some public reactions. There were people who encouraged the violence, and even started to call for the collection of financial compensation, or diyah, … [Read more...] about Why tribal racism has no place in Saudi society
If you’re mad at Gillette’s toxic masculinity ad, maybe you’re the problem By: Bill Goodykoontz on January 18, 2019Why are some men so afraid of the new Gillette #MeToo commercial? That’s the only explanation, right? The razor company has a new commercial that takes its decades-old slogan, “The best a man can get,” and turns it on its ear. The ad, which depicts bullying, sexual harassment and more - toxic masculinity, in other words - asks, “Is this the best a man can get?” And a lot of men have taken to … [Read more...] about If you’re mad at Gillette’s toxic masculinity ad, maybe you’re the problem
It is make or break time for the Congress By: Rajdeep Sardesai on January 18, 2019For four years and a bit, every time there has been a major state election, the dominant narrative is to call it a “test” for Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Amit Shah. The truth is, barring defeats in Bihar and Delhi in 2015, and a ‘stolen’ mandate in Goa in 2017, the BJP leadership has successfully passed almost every election test ( in Punjab, it was the BJP ally, the Akali Dal, which was the … [Read more...] about It is make or break time for the Congress
Toxic fumes threaten our children By: George Monbiot on January 17, 2019Imagine that you could easily buy canisters containing toxic gas. Imagine that some people walked the streets, squirting this gas into the face of every child they passed. Imagine that it became a craze, so that a child couldn't walk a metre without receiving a faceful. Imagine that, while a single dose was unlikely to cause serious harm, repeated doses damaged their hearts, lungs and brains, … [Read more...] about Toxic fumes threaten our children
Thinking of Obama as US turns into an unreliable ally By: Arnab Neil Sengupta on January 17, 2019What made the Syria deployment easily justifiable was the fact that the cost in terms of American lives was practically zero. For all we know, US President Donald Trump's Syria withdrawal has a beginning but no clear end. As he has said in one of his many perplexing remarks on the issue, the US military pullout will happen "over a period of time". Also, for all their threats and battle cries, … [Read more...] about Thinking of Obama as US turns into an unreliable ally
Drugs and illegal immigration By: Tom Rice on January 17, 2019Do not confuse legal immigration with illegal immigration. America is a very generous nation. We accept more than 1.1 million legal immigrants every year, far more than any other country. However, unwilling to comply with our legal immigration system, hundreds of thousands of illegal aliens cross our southern border every year. We do not know the exact number of people that reside here … [Read more...] about Drugs and illegal immigration
Bad forensic science is putting innocent people in prison By: Edward Humes on January 16, 2019On an April night in 1989, Jo Ann Parks survived a house fire in the Southern California city of Bell that claimed the lives of her three small children. Two years later, investigators announced that the seeming accident was actually a monstrous crime in which the 23-year-old waitress had set several fires, then barricaded her 4-year-old son inside a closet so he could not escape. Convicted … [Read more...] about Bad forensic science is putting innocent people in prison
January 2019: When media fact-checkers finally jumped the shark By: Larry O'Connor on January 16, 2019The 48-hour build-up to President Trump's first Oval Office address to the nation was chock-full of breathless hand-wringing in the media over whether they should air the speech in the first place. "How can we air a speech that will be full of lies and distortions?" they asked each other on endless panel shows. "Maybe we should tape-delay the address so we can contextualize his statements and … [Read more...] about January 2019: When media fact-checkers finally jumped the shark
Trump’s mistakes make a China trade deal harder to seal By: John Crudele on January 16, 2019Donald Trump fancies himself as a great negotiator. But he's made at least two big mistakes that'll make it difficult for the US to come to a trade agreement with the Chinese. Eventually, some sort of deal will be reached. Whether it will be honored is another matter. But whatever it turns out to be the talks would have been easier without these errors: No. 1: Trump let the world know that … [Read more...] about Trump’s mistakes make a China trade deal harder to seal
