Commentary The opening ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympics in February angered viewers around the world. It especially angered South Korean viewers. During the performance, a Chinese woman emerged wearing a hanbok, a dress that is an inextricable part of Korean culture. When asked for comment, the Chinese Embassy in Seoul insisted that the performer…
CDC Issues Nationwide Alert About Mysterious Hepatitis Cases in Children
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a health advisory after children in Alabama were discovered to have adenovirus and hepatitis infections. They said that a “cluster of children” have been infected with both hepatitis and adenovirus after clinicians at a large hospital in Alabama issued a notice to the CDC in November…
Germany Averse to Immediately Cutting Off Russian Energy Imports, Finance Minister Urges Patience
April 21, 2022
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Though Germany is moving “as fast as possible” to end its dependence on Russian energy supplies, such a move cannot be implemented soon, according to Christian Lindner, the country’s finance minister. “We have to be patient,” Lindner said in an interview with the BBC. “We are willing to stop all energy imports from Russia, it’s just…
China’s Xi Echoes Putin in Proposal for New ‘Global Security Initiative’ Amid Mounting International Criticism
April 21, 2022
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Chinese leader Xi Jinping on April 21 took several veiled swipes at Washington and allies’ sanctions on Russia, while proposing what he called a new China-led “global security initiative.” Xi said the new initiative takes “legitimate security concerns of all” and upholds “the principle of indivisibility of security,” key concepts that Russia has used to…
On Gardening: The Early Butterfly Gets the Verbena. Do You Have Them Planted?
By Norman Winter From Tribune News Service Swallowtails were early at The Garden Guy’s house this year. Thank goodness I had Superbena verbenas in full bloom. It is as if they had been given the task of announcing the arrival of spring and the butterfly season. On March 22, I photographed an eastern tiger swallowtail…
Alienating Parents Is Always a Bad Idea
Commentary There’s an old proverb that says you should never bite the hand that feeds you. It’s a pithy way of saying that it’s never wise to attack your benefactors. This proverb originates with 18th-century political thinker Edmund Burke. Burke was cautious about change, and he often warned his readers about the dangers of unintended…
6 Double Standards Public Health Officials Used to Justify COVID Vaccines
From the beginning, the official COVID-19 narrative has been inconsistent, hypocritical and/or contradictory because medical authorities used double standards to create the illusion their narrative was logical and sensible. We are not only in an epidemiological crisis, we also are in an epistemological crisis. How do we know what we know? What differentiates opinion from…
More Democrats Split With Biden as White House Hints at No Delay in Scrapping Title 42
April 21, 2022
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A dozen Democrats have urged for a comprehensive plan to address the expected influx of migrants at the southern border before the Biden administration ends Title 42 expulsions. The White House said on April 20 it’s “planning and preparing for the end” of the Trump-era public health order, which was implemented amid the COVID-19 pandemic…
Crown Wraps Case at Quebec Halloween Murder Trial, Defence to Begin Next Week
The Crown has wrapped its case in the trial of a 26-year-old man charged with using a sword to murder two people and injure five others on Halloween night 2020 in Quebec City’s historic district. Carl Girouard is charged with two counts of first-degree murder in the killings of Suzanne Clermont, 61, and François Duchesne,…
Long Wait Time for Medical Treatment Cost Canadian Patients Nearly $4.1 Billion in Lost Wages in 2021
Long waits for surgery and medical treatment cost Canadians nearly $4.1 billion in lost wages, productivity, and leisure time in 2021, a new study by think tank Fraser Institute estimates. Published on April 20, the study says about 1.4 million Canadians were waiting for treatment last year, and each lost on average $2,848 from lost…
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