The standout new TV series, “Yellowstone,” has been very well received. Here are four things that make it such a fantastic, unique experience. Bucks a Lot of Stereotypes The Paramount Network’s series “Yellowstone” revolves around the Dutton family, a large and complex family with behavior patterns and tastes that don’t fall into the usual stereotypes….
Maryland Board of Education Lifts Statewide School Mask Mandate
Maryland’s Board of Education on Feb. 22 voted to lift the statewide mask mandate it imposed in 2021. Members voted 12–2 to rescind the mandate. Authorities noted that COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations, and deaths are declining nationwide as well as in Maryland, that COVID-19 vaccines are available to all Americans 5 and older, and that there has…
News on US-China Trade: Some Bad, Some Good
Commentary On the matter of China-U.S. trade, there is one item of bad news and two of good news. The bad news is that China has failed to meet its commitments under the first phase of the trade agreement signed in January 2020. This is hardly a surprise to anyone who has followed the data,…
Conservatives End Boycott of Parliament’s National Security Committee
OTTAWA—The federal Conservatives are ending their boycott of a special national security and intelligence committee made up of MPs and senators. Interim Conservative leader Candice Bergen announced the reversal this afternoon, saying Tory MPs Michelle Rempel Garner and Rob Morrison will represent the party on the committee. The move came two months after then-Conservative leader…
Pick Your Own Exercise Goals to Make Changes That Last
When people set their own exercise goals and then pursue them immediately, it’s more likely to result in positive lasting changes, according to a new study. The researchers made their findings among an underserved population at particularly high risk of having or developing heart conditions, making the work especially important. “Most behavior change programs involve…
Space Traveler Hayley Arceneaux Writes About Her ‘Wild Ride’
NEW YORK—The youngest American to journey into space, Hayley Arceneaux, has a simple title for her upcoming memoir: “Wild Ride.” Convergent, an imprint of Random House, announced Tuesday that “Wild Ride” will come out Sept. 6. It is part of a three-book deal that includes a middle-grade and picture book edition of her memoir. Arceneaux…
Lawyers Urge Parliamentarians Not to Pass Emergencies Act Motion, as Senators Debate the Matter
A group of lawyers says the use of the Emergencies Act by the federal government is not warranted, and failing to meet its strict criteria before invoking it undermines the rule of law and civil liberties. The motion was passed in the House of Commons on the night of Feb. 21. The act must also…
Supreme Court Denies Trump Request to Withhold White House Documents from Jan. 6 Select Committee
February 22, 2022
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The Supreme Court on Feb. 22 put an end to former President Donald Trump’s legal fight to withhold documents from his White House tenure that he claimed were protected by executive privilege from Democrats in Congress investigating the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Executive privilege has been invoked by presidents to…
Venice’s Homeless ‘Languish on the Streets,’ Struggling With Addiction
VENICE, Calif.—“It’s like a game of whack-a-mole,” 30-year Venice resident Sean O’Brien told The Epoch Times. “They move one encampment and another pops up.” O’Brien is one of the many residents of the beachside neighborhood of Los Angeles who said they’ve become involved in a tussle with city officials in its handling of new homeless…
Biden Warns Americans of ‘Pain’ at the Pump Due to Russian Sanctions
President Joe Biden on Tuesday acknowledged that U.S. gas prices may keep rising due to his sanctions on Russian assets, saying that “defending freedom will have costs. “As I said last week, defending freedom will have costs for us as well and here at home. We need to be honest about that,” Biden said at…
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