Month: April 2021

Georgia GOP Criticizes MLB: ‘CCP OK, GA Bad’

On April 13, the Georgia GOP Press Secretary posted a newsletter calling out Major League Baseball: “MLB Gets in Business with China while Boycotting Georgia,” with the headline “MLB: CCP ok, GA bad.” In the newsletter, it calls out the MLB for pulling its All-Star game from Georgia to boycott the newly-passed election integrity law soon…


Florida Education Chief: Masks Should Be Optional Next School Year

Florida Education Commissioner Richard Corcoran is asking public school districts across the state to drop mask mandates for the upcoming school year, saying that it has no impact whether or not students and teachers wear masks on campus. “We ask that districts, which currently are implementing a mandated face-covering policy, revise their policy to be…


Lt. Sedgeley and the Sunken B-17 Bomber

Commentary My friend struggled into his wetsuit. It was a warm, sunny Mediterranean day. I was driving a small motorboat across the bay from the biology research station to Calvi. “I cannot believe people do this for pleasure,” Daniel grumbled. Sweat was dripping down his forehead. His beard was wet and he wore a grumpy…


Sunken Bomber

Commentary My friend struggled into his wetsuit. It was a warm, sunny Mediterranean day. I was driving a small motorboat across the bay from the biology research station to Calvi. “I cannot believe people do this for pleasure,” Daniel grumbled. Sweat was dripping down his forehead. His beard was wet and he wore a grumpy…


Social Media Is a Mighty Pen Indeed

Commentary “The pen is mightier than the sword.” So said English author Edward Bulwer-Lytton in 1839. Essentially, Bulwer-Lytton meant that the written word is more effective at achieving lasting results than violence or the threat of violence. It’s not hard to see why this is the case. The threat of violence might lead to outward compliance,…


Ottawa Sending Help to Ontario as Pfizer Vaccine Supply Bolstered by 8 Million Doses

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says more doses of COVID-19 vaccines are coming soon from Pfizer-BioNTech, and the federal government will deploy the Canadian Red Cross to help Ontario with their mobile vaccination teams. Trudeau announced Friday a contract with Pfizer for an additional eight million doses of their vaccine, hours after Canada said its incoming…


Trudeau Sending Help to Ontario as Pfizer Vaccine Supply Bolstered by 8 Million Doses

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says more doses of COVID-19 vaccines are coming soon from Pfizer-BioNTech, and the federal government will deploy the Canadian Red Cross to help Ontario with their mobile vaccination teams. Trudeau announced Friday a contract with Pfizer for an additional eight million doses of their vaccine, hours after Canada said its incoming…


Chinese-Belizean Businessman Sentenced in China for Funding Hong Kong Pro-Democracy Protests

On April 14, Chinese-Belizean businessman Henley Lee apparently confessed on China’s state-run CCTV that he funded Hong Kong pro-democracy protests. Ten days earlier, Lee had been sentenced to 11 years in prison. Formerly known as Li Huxiang, Lee was born in Shanghai and became a citizen of Belize several years ago. He previously served as…


Chinese-Belizean Businessman Sentenced for Funding Hong Kong Pro-Democracy Protests

On April 14, Chinese-Belizean businessman Henley Lee confessed on China’s state-run CCTV that he funded Hong Kong pro-democracy protests. Lee had already been sentenced to 11 years in prison on April 2. Formerly known as Li Huxiang, Lee was born in Shanghai and became a citizen of Belize several years ago. He previously served as…


Praise the Graze: Where Angus Cattle Roam Free

Back to Nature The best things in life remain as they have for generations; no new technology or innovations in science can compare to the authenticity of nature in her truest form. Conscientious ranchers across the United States have increasingly set out to bridge the gaps between nature, animals, the environment, and people, by raising…