Month: September 2021

Packers-Niners Renew Now Familiar NFL Rivalry on Sunday

If it seems as if the Packers have transferred to the NFC West or the 49ers moved to the NFC North, blame the schedule makers at league headquarters. When Green Bay (1–1) visits San Francisco (2–0) on Sunday, it will be the fourth trip to the Bay Area for the Cheeseheads in 22 months. The…


NYC Schools Brace for Staffing Shortages as COVID-19 Vaccine Deadline Approaches

A potential staffing crisis at the nation’s largest public school system looms as New York City’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for all public school employees threatens to bar thousands of teacher and staff from classrooms when it takes effect next week. While Mayor Bill de Blasio seeks to keep as many schools as possible open for…


Black Lives Matter NYC Leader Promises ‘Uprising’ Against City’s Vaccine Passports

One of the leaders of a Black Lives Matter group in New York City promised an “uprising” against the city’s COVID-19 vaccine passports, decrying the system as racist. According to data provided by New York state, about 85 percent of black residents have not received one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine. Data provided by New York…


China Plays a Clumsy Nuclear Card

Commentary If there were ever any doubts about how China will comport itself as a superpower, there are fewer today than there were yesterday. This week, in a televised interview with an apparent spokesman for the Chinese regime, the world learned that Australia will be considered a valid target of nuclear weapons if it acquires…


Biden: Booster Shots Should Be Available ‘Basically Across the Board’ in the Future

While COVID-19 vaccine booster shots are now available to tens of millions of Americans, President Joe Biden signaled Friday that the boosters will in the future be authorized for practically anybody. The Food and Drug Administration this week expanded emergency use authorization for Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine, enabling certain groups to get a third dose of…


Xi Jinping Readying to Counter a Military Coup

News Analysis Before discussing what’s happening with Party leader Xi Jinping, we need to look at a similar situation in China’s history. On Sept. 13, 1971, a plane crashed in Wendul Khan, Mongolia, killing all nine people on board. The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) said that Lin Biao, Mao Zedong’s successor, together with his wife…


Katharine Hepburn in ‘Woman of the Year’ and ‘Adam’s Rib’: Femininity Over Feminism

Katharine Hepburn is remembered as a feminist icon because of her liberal views on gender equality and the strong roles she played in movies. However, her personal ideology was rarely reflected in the Golden Era movies she made. If you actually watch her movies from the 1930s to the ’50s, you’ll find that most of…


GOP Senators Introduce Bill to Block Biden’s ‘Weaponization’ of IRS Bank Account Surveillance

President Joe Biden’s proposal for a radical expansion of IRS monitoring of Americans’  bank accounts would be stopped in its tracks under a proposal introduced by two Senate Republicans concerned about protecting privacy rights. “What they’ve done is, they are weaponizing the IRS, they’re pushing many, many billions of dollars into that and they will…


Brazil’s Bolsonaro Says UK’s Johnson Sought ‘Emergency’ Food Deal, British Embassy Differs

BRASILIA—Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said on Thursday that British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, whom he met this week in New York, asked him for an “emergency” agreement to supply a food product that is lacking in Britain. Bolsonaro, speaking on his weekly webcast to supporters, did not name the product, but said he had passed…


China Places Southeastern City in Hard Lockdown as COVID-19 Cases Surge

A coastal Chinese city has tightened lockdown restrictions by barring hundreds of thousands of residents from leaving and punishing those who do, amid a widening Delta variant outbreak. The Fujian Provincial Health Commission confirmed 15 cases on Sept. 24, with 11 in Xiamen city. As of Friday, the city totaled 222 cases in the past…