When Quebecers go to the polls for a provincial election a month from now, they will face a changed political landscape, with five viable parties competing for votes and the separation issue losing traction, pundits say. The Oct. 3 election will determine whether Quebecers still support the Coalition Avenir Québec (CAQ) and its approach to Quebec…
Brown University Not Denying That Student Was Hospitalized After COVID-19 Vaccination
A top university in Rhode Island is not denying that a student at the school was hospitalized with heart inflammation after receiving a COVID-19 vaccine. Russell Carey, an executive vice president at the school, said in a recent missive (pdf) that the university would not comment on a specific student’s medical condition. “In regard to…
Whatever Happened to Empathy?
Commentary On an afternoon stroll yesterday, I noticed across the street a quick-walking woman on a sidewalk headed toward a family of four coming the other direction. The woman ran into the family like a bowling ball hitting pins. On the other side of the resulting mess, the woman who was the main cause of…
Trump Lawyer May Have Walked Into DOJ Perjury Trap, New Documents Reveal
News Analysis In a late-night filing on Aug. 30 in response to former President Donald Trump’s motion for an independent party to scrutinize documents seized from his Mar-a-Lago estate, the Department of Justice (DOJ) urged a judge not to grant the motion. Much attention has focused on a photograph attached to the DOJ’s filing. The…
Megadrought Threatening Millions of Americans With Loss of Water and Power
The Colorado River Basin meanders through seven U.S. states and supplies water to Lake Powell in the Upper Basin and Lake Mead in the Lower Basin. In turn, these reservoirs deliver water and power to millions of Americans. They’re also going dry. Indeed, on Aug. 16, 2021, the Bureau of Reclamation issued the first Level…
Rep. Crist Resigns Ahead of Florida Governor Race
August 31, 2022
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Rep. Charlie Crist (D-Fla.) announced that effective at the end of the day on Aug. 31, he will resign from the U.S. House in preparation for his gubernatorial bid against Gov. Ron DeSantis. Crist won the Democrat nomination for the seat by double-digit margins in an Aug. 23 primary, beating out a field of three…
Canadians Need Tax Relief, Say Pundits as Poilievre Highlights Marginal Effective Tax Rate
Conservative leadership contender Pierre Poilievre maintains high taxes paid by Canadians are discouraging employment, something economists say is a real problem. In a YouTube video called “Make work pay,” Poilievre draws attention to the marginal effective tax rate (METR), which measures what someone pays the government on every new dollar earned. The government charges workers…
10 Killed in Indonesia in Truck Crash Outside School
BEKASI, Indonesia—At least 10 people have been killed, including some children, after a truck crashed on Wednesday near a bus stop outside a school in Indonesia’s West Java Province, police said. The students were waiting at the bus stop after class in the city of Bekasi, when the truck veered toward them and crashed into…
Why You Should Buy a Good Annuity and Avoid the Rest
Let’s be real. It can be hard to save for retirement. But, after you figure out how much you need to save for retirement, the real work begins. Obviously, there are a lot of ways to save for retirement. Your main options are 401(k)s through your employer and individual retirement accounts (IRAs). But, there are also…
NIL Turning Star College Football Players Into Millionaires
Glance around the parking lot of the Woody Hayes Athletic Center at The Ohio State University this fall and you might come across a $200,000 palace on wheels, the kind of luxury ride more likely to be found in the garages of movie stars, music moguls and titans of business than on a college campus….
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