Month: July 2022

So-Called Inflation Reduction Act Would Make Stagflation Worse

Commentary After more than a year of expressing his concerns about the impact of inflation, Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) has signed off on a massive tax and spending bill that only would push prices for working families even higher. The deal, which Manchin made with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) was reached only hours before the…


Medical Board Letters Threatening to Revoke Certifications Over ‘Misinformation’ Contain ‘No Evidence of Any Falsehood:’ Lawyer

The letters sent by medical boards to physicians threatening to revoke their certifications contain vague language and don’t allege any specific falsehoods, a lawyer who sued the boards says. “The letters generally allege misinformation … but they’re not specific. They don’t specifically identify anything that’s false that anyone has been saying. There’s no evidence of…


The New Age of Orwellianism

Commentary Community organizer and left-wing social activist Saul Alinsky wrote, in his 1971 book “Rules for Radicals,” that “he who controls the language controls the masses.” Alinsky, whose work profoundly influenced at least one notable fellow Chicagoan, Barack Obama, was in that quip channeling George Orwell’s famous dystopian novel, “1984.” “Newspeak,” the language of Orwell’s…


Trump Criticizes DC Mayor Over Requesting the Deployment of National Guard

Former President Donald Trump chided Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser after she requested that the National Guard be mobilized to deal with the influx of illegal immigrants being transported from southern states. “The Mayor of Washington, D.C., wants the National Guard to help with the thousands of Illegal Immigrants, coming from the insane Open Border,…


A Second Look at Apricot Kernel (Laetrile) Therapy

Not many natural cancer treatments have been as controversial as laetrile, a substance derived from the seeds of apricots. But make no mistake, the heated debate over the effectiveness of apricot kernel therapy (laetrile therapy) in treating cancer has not died down as conventional medical doctors and holistically minded experts go toe-to-toe in heated debates….


Pelosi Confirms Trip to Asia, Makes No Mention of Taiwan

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) confirmed on July 31 that she’s heading to Asia this week to visit four countries but made no mention of Taiwan. The speaker said she’ll visit Singapore, Malaysia, South Korea, and Japan with a congressional delegation to “hold high-level meetings to discuss how we can further advance our shared interests and values,…


Pelosi Reveals Trip to Asia but Makes No Mention of Taiwan

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) confirmed Sunday that she is visiting Asia but made no mention of Taiwan. The speaker said she will visit Singapore, Malaysia, South Korea, and Japan with a congressional delegation, according to a statement issued early on Sunday, to “hold high-level meetings to discuss how we can further advance our shared interests…


Florida’s Highway A1A Offers Opportunities for Romancing the Road

By Mary Ann Anderson From Tribune News Service Few things are more romantic than a road trip. It’s just the two of you, with time alone on the open road, to discover together what’s around the next curve. If you enjoy seafood, a dip in the Atlantic, astonishingly colorful sunrises and a sense of old…


Sunday, July 31, 2022: Epoch Crossword


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