Month: April 2021

Movies, Morality, and Men: Gifts From Hollywood

Grab a bowl of popcorn and your favorite beverage, hit the sofa, dim the lights, and flick on the television screen. We’re off to the movies. Specifically, movies about men. Over the past century, Hollywood has produced thousands of cinematic portraits of men and manhood. They’ve stepped onto the big screen as good guys and…


Banks’ Trillions in Climate Financing Pledges Are Bailout Hazard, Experts Warn

News Analysis Trillions in financing pledged by banks to climate change projects present an unprecedented gamble that could end up in potentially the largest government bailout ever seen, warned several experts on environmental policy and investment. Many of the world’s largest banks have recently made pledges to direct trillions in investments to projects meant to…


Banks’ Trillions in Climate Financing Pledges Are a Bailout Hazard, Experts Warn

News Analysis Trillions in financing pledged by banks to climate change projects present an unprecedented gamble that could end up in potentially the largest government bailout ever seen, warned several experts on environmental policy and investment. Many of the world’s largest banks have recently made pledges to direct trillions in investments to projects meant to…


Trump Portrait Featured in Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery Unveiled

The portrait of former President Donald Trump that will hang in the National Portrait Gallery in Washington is a photograph taken by Pari Dukovic in 2019 at the White House. Trump is seen in the picture looking straight at the camera, seated in the chair behind the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office. The picture…


Boko Haram Moves to Northwest Nigeria, Threatening Nation’s Capital

The military of Nigeria, Africa’s most populous state, is scrambling to contain an invasion of ISIS-allied Boko Haram in its bandit-prone Northwestern State of Niger, The Epoch Times has learned. Gov. Sani Bello of Niger State called for an immediate counterattack by the Army to dislodge bandits and “elements of Boko Haram” that have displaced…


Program Offers Glimmer of Job-Creating Success

Commentary A California-sponsored program to help companies fund employees has helped create 124,000 new jobs since the program began in 2013. Furthermore, the “multiplier effect” of those primary jobs led to about 1.7 times that amount in additional positions within the same geographic areas, totaling about 338,000 extra jobs. Through the California Competes Tax Credit…


People Fully Vaccinated Against COVID-19 Don’t Need to Wear Masks Outdoors: CDC

People who have been fully vaccinated against the virus that causes COVID-19 are no longer being advised to wear masks outdoors. People who have gotten two Moderna or Pfizer shots, or the single-shot Johnson & Johnson vaccine, can conduct a range of activities outside without wearing a mask, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention…


US Targeting Human Smuggling Groups With New Operation

The United States on Tuesday announced a new operation focused on combating human smuggling, with an emphasis on taking down criminal organizations that smuggle kids, women, and men into the United States from Mexico and Canada. “We know all too well that these organizations put profit over human life with devastating consequences. With the help…


Biden Eyes Expanding Welfare State, Overturning Clinton-Era Reform

WASHINGTON—President Bill Clinton in 1996 signed welfare reform into law, fulfilling his campaign promise to “end welfare as we know it.” A quarter-century later, advocates of the reform law accuse the Biden administration of overturning the bipartisan accomplishment, calling its proposal an “attack” on American welfare system. A majority of both Democrats and Republicans voted…


Giusi Mastro: Born Architect

A column capital’s intricate decorative motifs, an arched window’s perfect proportions, a majestic Greek statue beneath a frieze—you’ll notice these fine architectural details in New York City if you take a moment to look up at some of the buildings, those landmarks that have been preserved over the course of the city’s history. Italian architect…