Month: December 2022

New California Laws Affecting Businesses and Employers Jan. 1

Certain businesses, employers, and employees face several changes as hundreds of new laws go into effect Jan. 1 affecting minimum wages, time off for the death of a family member, no more tax on women’s hygiene products, and more. Here’s a quick look at a handful of the most notable: Minimum Wage Raise (SB 3)…


UK’s Problems Will Not ‘Go Away’ in 2023, Says Sunak in New Year Message

Rishi Sunak has warned that the UK’s problems will not “go away” in 2023 after a “tough” 12 months, as he delivered his New Year message. The prime minister, in his message to the public after a turbulent year in British politics, promised that the “very best of Britain” will be on display in the…


Cory Morgan: AB’s Treatment Approach to Addiction Works and BC’s Harm Reduction Doesn’t, the Numbers Show

Commentary While we will finally be looking at the COVID-19 pandemic in the rear-view mirror in 2023, we still have the consequences of the pandemic and government responses to it to deal with. North America had already been struggling to deal with the growth in opioid addiction prior to 2021. The increase in addiction rates…


‘80 Percent of Patients Have Differing Degrees of Pneumonia’: Chinese Doctor

While the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) top health body announced a downgrading of China’s COVID-19 management measures and renamed the Chinese term for COVID, Chinese doctors posted online that the virus has severely impacted the lungs of most of their COVID patients. A respiratory and critical care medicine physician from The First Affiliated Hospital of…


Celebrities Who Passed Away in 2022

As the year closes, it’s time to commemorate some of the prominent people in the world of arts, entertainment, and sports who we said goodbye to in 2022, from actors like Bob Saget to football legends like Franco Harris to television personality Barbara Walters. January 2022 Bob Saget arrives at a screening of “MacGruber” in…


8 Percent of Human DNA Comes From Viruses, May Be Good for Immunity

The concept that microbes such as those in the gut and skin contribute to human health is not new. In fact, scientists have also discovered that hundreds of thousands of DNA fragments in the human body are derived from viruses; these fragments were embedded in the human body long ago and passed down from generation…


The Ideas That Formed the Constitution, Part 11: Livy

Commentary The two previous essays (here and here) observed that the final years of the Roman Republic and the first years of the Roman Empire produced some outstanding poets. This period produced some outstanding historians as well. The one with the most impact on the American constitution-makers was Titius Livius, whom English speakers call “Livy.”…


Libya Says Boat With 700 Europe-Bound Migrants Intercepted

CAIRO—A vessel carrying at least 700 migrants was intercepted off the eastern coast of Libya, the coast guard said. It was one of the largest interceptions in recent months. The coast guard said the boat was stopped Friday off the Mediterranean town of Moura, 90 kilometers (56 miles) west of the eastern city of Benghazi….


Biden Flies Omnibus Bill to St. Croix For Signing, Faces Backlash

While Buffalo residents continue to dig out of a blizzard that has reportedly killed at least 40 in western New York, President Joe Biden on Dec. 29 signed the $1.7 billion omnibus spending package in St. Croix, where he is vacationing with family at a beachfront villa owned by a billionaire couple who donated to…


US Border Crisis is National Security Crisis: Former ICE Chief Tom Homan

Tom Homan, former acting director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), has criticized what he described as lax border security policies under the Biden administration, arguing that the surge in illegal immigration “is on purpose.” Homan, who served as head of ICE from 2017 to 2018, described the border crisis as one that amounted…