Month: February 2022

The Ukraine Crisis Is on Biden

Commentary Does anyone seriously believe that if Donald Trump were still sitting in the Oval Office, as perhaps he should be, Ukraine would be in the jeopardy that it is?  The Ukraine crisis is on Joseph Biden. And I’m not just talking about how he treated that country as his family’s piggy bank, with his son…


Staff Shortage Concerns Challenge Germany’s Vaccine Mandate

BERLIN—Frank Vogel, a 64-year-old local politician from the eastern German Erzgebirge region, has been scrambling to find ways to keep nursing homes open when a vaccine mandate for health care workers takes effect next month. His region near the Czech border has one of the lowest vaccination rates in Germany. With only 57 percent of…


US Trucker Convoy to ‘Shut Down’ Traffic on Major Roads Outside Washington: Organizer

One of the U.S. trucker convoys planning to leave soon plans on shutting down traffic on the Capital Beltway outside Washington. “We’re going to have a shutdown,” Bob Bolus, the organizer, told The Epoch Times. “We’ll shut it down.” The beltway encircles Washington, running through portions of Maryland and Virginia, and passes through a small…


US Trucker Convoy to ‘Shut Down’ Traffic on Major Roads Outside Washington, DC: Organizer

One of the U.S. trucker convoys planning to leave soon plans on shutting down traffic on the Capital Beltway outside Washington. “We’re going to have a shutdown,” Bob Bolus, the organizer, told The Epoch Times. “We’ll shut it down.” The beltway encircles Washington, running through portions of Maryland and Virginia. It does pass through a…


Why Utility Bills Are Rising for Edison Customers

There are a number of factors contributing to rising electricity bills including the increasing wildfire prevention efforts, rising gas prices, and wildfire insurance costs, which have not gone unnoticed by some of Southern California Edison’s (SCE) 15 million customers. Ron Gales, a spokesperson for the utility, additionally said efforts to prevent SCE’s power lines from…


Lose 24 Pounds in 2 Weeks With the ‘Boiled Egg Diet’

Every day, it seems that another impressive-looking diet pops up on the internet, encouraging patrons to cut things out of their daily menus and focus on specific food categories in order to drop dozens of pounds. While some of the fad diets are unsustainable in their entirety, though, other types of much more balanced diets…


Why Choose the Boiled Egg Diet?

Every day, it seems that another impressive-looking diet pops up on the internet, encouraging patrons to cut things out of their daily menus and focus on specific food categories in order to drop dozens of pounds. While some of the fad diets are unsustainable in their entirety, though, other types of much more balanced diets…


TV Series Review: ‘Lost in Space’: Family Values on Netflix?!

On the streaming service Netflix, it’s hard to find anything family-friendly. Gratuitous nudity, violence, bad language, gender confusion, and political diatribes are the rule. But there is actually a Netflix series parents can watch with their children that’s not only entertaining and exciting and even teaches good values. “Lost in Space” began in 1964, when…


German Producer Prices Soar as Bundesbank, BDI Warn on Economy

BERLIN—German producer prices rose in January at their fastest rate since modern records began, soaring 25 percent and extending a run of sharp increases likely to keep businesses under financial stress and consumer inflation high. Monday’s Federal Statistics Office showed most of the rise was due to spiralling energy costs, which the BDI industry association…


Putin Recognizes Independence of Ukraine Separatist Regions

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s on Feb. 21 said that Russia recognizes the independence of the separatist Donetsk and Lugansk regions in eastern Ukraine, which some Western officials assert would give Moscow the pretext to send in troops. Putin, in a lengthy speech, said that he will “immediately recognize the sovereignty” of the Donetsk and Lugansk republics. On…