Month: September 2021

DEA Issues Warning Over Fake Prescription Pills Containing Deadly Dose of Fentanyl

The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is warning the public of a “significant nationwide surge” in potentially lethal counterfeit prescription pills. In a rare public safety alert released Monday, the DEA says Americans are being killed at an “unprecedented rate” by pills manufactured in labs and deceptively sold by criminal networks. Those pills, according to the…


Prisoner Swap Between Huawei CFO and Canada’s ‘Two Michaels’ Gives Hardliners in Beijing Ammunition

Commentary Former diplomat Michael Kovrig and business consultant Michael Spavor are both home in Canada now. On Sept. 24, they were released by Beijing immediately after Huawei Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou was released from Canadian custody, following U.S. prosecutors’ decision to end the extradition request for her and to put the prosecution on hold…


Climate Activists Blocks Motorway to Heathrow Airport Despite Government Injunctions

More than 50 protesters from the eco-activist group Insulate Britain (IB) blocked the M25 motorway at the exit leading to the Heathrow Airport on Monday morning. It’s the group’s sixth roadblock in two weeks. The group, an offshoot of Extinction Rebellion (XR), is calling on the government to insulate homes across the UK to help cut carbon…


Boston Fed Chief to Retire Early Due to Health, With Ethics Concerns Over Trades in Background

Boston Federal Reserve president Eric Rosengren has announced he is retiring nine months ahead of schedule, citing deteriorating health from a longstanding kidney condition, with the announcement following recent controversy over trades he made during the pandemic. Rosengren’s announcement, which came in a Sept. 27 letter (pdf) to Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, follows an uproar…


Valencia-Raised Driver Wins Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach

LONG BEACH, Calif.—Colton Herta won the Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach by 0.5883 of a second over pole-sitter Josef Newgarden Sept. 26, the second consecutive NTT IndyCar Series victory by the 21-year-old driver who was raised in Valencia. Herta took the lead from fellow American Graham Rahal on the 64th lap and led for…


EpochTV Review: God Bless Texas

In my opinion, we’re incredibly lucky as a country that the Republic of Texas became the State of Texas way back in 1845. This is where proponents of the 1619 Project emerge from the bushes to hurl eggs and maybe industrial grade fireworks in my direction since it joined as a slave state, but we’re…


EpochTV Review: Teaching Is More than Just a Job

In this episode of “School’s Out,” “Exploring Teaching, What It Means To Be a Teacher,” host Sam Sorbo delves into what the job of teaching entails, especially how it is defined by our system of education. The host begins by asking, “What is teaching and what makes an effective teacher?” Teaching is a verb which…


Credit Suisse Extends Time-Off Benefits for Swiss Staff

ZURICH—Credit Suisse will extend time off for childcare and holidays and will let senior managers take sabbaticals under new rules for Swiss staff to take effect next year, Switzerland’s second-biggest bank said on Monday. “Helping parents with childcare and encouraging staff to regularly take time off to rest are a priority for Credit Suisse,” it…


China Faces Food Security Issues

Analysis Xi Jinping’s new agricultural reforms sound very much like Mao-era policies. Like a board game, it involves moving people and resources around, planning the increase in food production and how much will be stored for the future, who will receive which resources, and who will be favored by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Mao’s…


Ohio State Police ‘Aware and Monitoring’ Possible Trucker Protests Against Vaccine Mandates

Officials in Ohio said they are monitoring the possibility of a trucker protest against COVID-19 vaccine mandates that was reportedly scheduled for Monday. Some social media posts said that truckers would protest against the Biden administration’s vaccine mandate on Monday. Several posts reportedly called for “slow rolls” or the complete blockage of highways over masking…