Month: August 2021

Exploring Teaching, What It Means to Be a Teacher

What is a teacher? The job of teaching, as defined by our system of education, is complicated, but essential to understand. Consider what we expect from our school teachers. Is it justified? Is it reasonable? Follow EpochTV on Facebook and Twitter


Nothing Sacred

Synopsis: An eccentric woman learns she is not dying of radium poisoning as earlier assumed, but when she meets a reporter looking for a story, she feigns sickness again for her own profit. Director: William A. Wellman  Writers: Ben Hecht(screen play)James Street(suggested by a story by)David O. Selznick(contributing writer) Stars: Carole LombardFredric MarchCharles Winninger


Sherlock Holmes and the Woman in Green

Synopsis: Sherlock Holmes investigates when young women around London turn up murdered, each with a finger severed. Scotland Yard suspects a madman, but Holmes believes the killings to be part of a diabolical plot. Director: Roy William Neill Writers: Bertram Millhauser(original screenplay), Arthur Conan Doyle (based on the story “The Adventures of the Empty House”…


Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon

Synopsis: Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson must protect a Swiss inventor of an advanced bomb sight from falling into German hands. Director: Roy William Neill Writers: Edward T. Lowe Jr.(screenplay)Scott Darling(screenplay)Edmund L. Hartmann(screenplay) Stars: Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Lionel Atwill


Tropical Storm Nora Fading, After Leaving 1 Dead, 7 Missing

MEXICO CITY—Tropical Storm Nora is dropping heavy rains along the Gulf of California after weakening from a hurricane that set off floods and landslides on Mexico’s Pacific coast, caused havoc in Puerta Vallarta, and left at least one dead and seven missing. Nora weakened from a Category 1 hurricane at midday Sunday after making a…


Sen. McConnell on Total Withdrawal From Afghanistan: “One of the Worst Foreign Policy Decisions in American History”

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) criticized President Joe Biden’s decision to completely withdraw from Afghanistan, calling it “one of the worst foreign policy decisions” ever made in the nation’s history. “Now we are looking at the exit and over the next two days, our heroic military is doing the best they can with a…


Vulnerable Democrats in Congress Distance Themselves From Biden

As the 2022 midterm elections loom nearer, Democrats in vulnerable House and Senate seats are distancing themselves from President Joe Biden over his handling of the Afghanistan withdrawal. This is unsurprising: surveys since the beginning of the situation in Afghanistan have consistently shown that most American voters disapprove of the president’s handling of the situation….


China’s Transnational Repression Must End

Commentary China is the world’s biggest perpetrator of transnational repression globally, according to a new Freedom House report. The report cites “millions of Chinese and minority populations from China in at least 36 countries” affected by intimidation, espionage, threats, cyberattacks, physical assaults, illegal extradition, and rendition. Written by Nate Schenkkan and Isabel Linzer, the excellent report’s…


Lawyers Helping Airline Workers Land Religious Waivers Against COVID-19 Vaccines

A Florida-based coalition of lawyers says it’s going to bat for thousands of U.S. airline workers seeking a religious exemption from mandatory COVID-19 vaccines. Liberty Counsel, an international group that advocates for religious freedom, said at least 3,000 employees representing 15 airlines in the United States and abroad have come forward asking for legal help….


Quebec Health Department Recommends Third COVID 19 Vaccine Dose for Immunocompromised

MONTREAL—Quebec is recommending a third dose of COVID-19 vaccine for people who have weak immune systems, who are on dialysis or who have received vaccines not approved in Canada, the Health Department said Monday. The recommendation is based on advice from the province’s immunization committee and comes amid the rise of the Delta variant, the…