Former film producer Harvey Weinstein again pleaded “not guilty” to charges of sex crimes against five women as he faced arraignment on a grand jury indictment to add a count that was earlier dismissed by a judge on Sept. 20. Prosecutors also filed a motion under seal to request several accusers testify in support of…
To Honor a Killer’s Last Request—Or Not?
Commentary A medium-rare rib-eye steak, a baked potato with butter and sour cream, an iceberg lettuce salad, garlic bread, and lemon meringue pie for dessert. That was the last meal ordered up by serial killer Oscar Bolin right before the state of Florida executed him. It is customary in most states for death row inmates…
‘We Were Them:’ Vietnamese Americans Help Afghan Refugees
WESTMINSTER, Calif.—In the faces of Afghans desperate to leave their country after U.S. forces withdrew, Thuy Do sees her own family, decades earlier and thousands of miles away. A 39-year-old doctor in Seattle, Washington, Do remembers hearing how her parents sought to leave Saigon after Vietnam fell to communist rule in 1975 and the American…
Nancy Pelosi Urges Congress to ‘Come Together’ to End Debt Ceiling Crisis
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Sunday released a “Dear Colleague” letter addressing ongoing tensions between Republicans and Democrats over raising the debt ceiling, urging Congress to ‘come together’ to raise the debt limit. The current battle over the debt ceiling began in August, when Senate Republicans, unhappy with Democratic spending, signed a…
BLM Protest Planned at New York Restaurant Where Vaccination Proof Was Demanded
A Black Lives Matter chapter confirmed it will hold a protest at a New York City restaurant to support three black women who were arrested after a melee with a hostess who allegedly demanded they present proof of COVID-19 vaccination. Black Lives Matter Greater New York confirmed to Fox News and other news outlets that…
California Climate Change Update: China Comparisons, EVs, and the CCC
Commentary With so much else going on in politics lately, it’s worth it to return to the main obsession of California politicians during normal times: climate change. Some items: My Aug. 12 article here was titled, “California Wildfire Greenhouse Gases Dwarfed by China’s.” A couple of weeks later, on September 3, the climate site Watts…
The New Exodus
Commentary LOS ANGELES—Forget what you hear most pundits saying about last week’s recall election that failed to unseat California Governor Gavin Newsom. Some Democrats think because Newsom ran on an anti-Trump platform that will bring the party success—or cause them less damage—in the next two elections. They are wrong. The real story is the slow…
Column: No Tiger, No Phil. And Maybe a US Ryder Cup Win
Tiger Woods won’t be at Whistling Straits this week, for obvious reasons. Phil Mickelson will, but for the first time since 1995, he won’t hit a shot in the Ryder Cup. The storyline in the Ryder Cup hasn’t changed, but the marquee players have—at least when it comes to the beleaguered U.S. team. Woods is…
In Petito Case, Media Show Contempt for Justice System
Commentary The leading news item in most American network newscasts the last few days has been the distressing saga of Gabby Petito, an attractive young lady who was traveling across the United States in her van with her fiancé, and whose corpse has apparently been found in the wilderness of Grand Teton National Park in…
New Hong Kong Electors Chosen, With Only 1 Opposition Member
HONG KONG—The 1,500-member panel that picks Hong Kong’s next leader will have only one opposition-leaning member, according to results Monday from a tightly controlled selection process amid a crackdown on dissent in the city. Separately, Hong Kong national security police arrested three student members of one of the city’s last remaining pro-democracy political organizations on…
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