Month: July 2022

Life of Michelagnolo Buonarroti Painter, Sculptor, and Architect of Florence (Part One of Three)

While the most noble and industrious spirits were striving, by the light of the famous Giotto and of his followers, to give to the world a proof of the ability that the benign influence of the stars and the proportionate admixture of humours had given to their intellects, and while, desirous to imitate with the…


Top FDA Officials Concerned About Pressure to Authorize COVID-19 Vaccine Boosters: Emails

Top officials at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) were worried about what they saw as pressure being placed on them by vaccine companies and the White House to clear booster shots, according to newly released emails. Dr. Marion Gruber, the director of the FDA’s Office of Vaccines Research and Review (OVRR), said that she…


Secrets for Fighting the Common Cold Using Chinese Medicine

I began writing this post a couple of weeks ago, feeling pretty smug and self-righteous that I hadn’t caught the cold that everyone around me was sporting. Most people I knew weren’t flat out sick, but as their cold progressed, it dropped down and became a chest thing, and they were dealing with a big…


Reunited With Tom Brady, Logan Ryan Has Clear Goal in Tampa

TAMPA, Fla.—Logan Ryan won a pair of Super Bowls in New England while playing with Tom Brady, picked off his final pass with the Patriots for a touchdown and has reunited with him on the Buccaneers. Getting another ring together in Tampa Bay is a clear goal. “We’ve been in locker rooms together. We’ve been…


Even Chores, Socializing Might Lower Your Odds for Dementia

Your daily walk, cleaning the house and lunch with friends could together be keys to staving off dementia, according to researchers. A new study looked at lifestyle habits that could help lower risks, instead of factors that may contribute to the disease. Researchers in China combed the data of more than a half-million British people…


Will Smith Posts an Apology Video for Slapping Chris Rock

NEW YORK—Will Smith has again apologized to Chris Rock for slapping him during the Oscar telecast in a new video, saying that his behavior was “unacceptable” and that he had reached out to the comedian to discuss the incident but was told Rock wasn’t ready. “There is no part of me that thinks that was…


British Culture Secretary Gives Grade II-listed Status to Cecil Rhodes Plaque at Oxford

British culture secretary Nadine Dorries has granted listed status to a plaque commemorating the industrialist and colonialist Cecil Rhodes at a University of Oxford college. The Oriel College memorial in Oxford, has a plaque of Cecil Rhodes (1853–1902) on the outside wall,  just around the corner from the much-contested statue of the British mining magnate…


Fire at Moscow Hostel With Bars on Windows Kills 8

MOSCOW—A fire killed eight people in a Moscow hostel where bars on the windows prevented occupants from escaping escape, authorities said Friday. The fire broke out late Thursday in the hostel, which was located in a multi-story apartment building in the Russian capital’s far southeast. The cause of the blaze has not been determined. About…


Kash Patel: Liz Cheney Has Effectively Exonerated Trump for Charges of Insurrection

Whistleblowers have recently come forward alleging widespread misconduct within the FBI and DOJ and a cover-up of the Hunter Biden laptop story, according to a letter from Sen. Chuck Grassley demanding answers and accountability. “Here you have an actual journalistic investigation, which proves the merits of the Hunter Biden laptop and its contents. And then…


PREMIERING 8 PM ET: Kash Patel: Liz Cheney Has Effectively Exonerated Trump for Charges of Insurrection

This episode will premiere on Friday, July 29, at 8 p.m. ET.  Whistleblowers have recently come forward alleging widespread misconduct within the FBI and DOJ and a cover-up of the Hunter Biden laptop story, according to a letter from Sen. Chuck Grassley demanding answers and accountability. “Here you have an actual journalistic investigation, which proves…