Author Abraham Verghese’s previous novel, “Cutting for Stone,” occupies a prestigious literary spotlight as it’s spent more than two years on a bestseller list. “The Covenant of Water,” released in May 2023, could well do the same. It’s a tome for sure, spanning slightly more than 700 pages and, for me, was a luscious piece of…
China’s ‘One-and-Done’ Arms Buyers
Commentary What is the secret to success as an arms exporter? Repeat business. Countries buy arms from certain suppliers for specific reasons: performance, reliability, cost, alliance politics, and so on. An important sign of success as an arms producer is building up a large and reliable overseas customer base—countries that return, year upon year, to…
Facebook’s Zuckerberg Responds to Cage Match Challenge From Twitter’s Musk
June 22, 2023
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Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk, the owners of competing social media platforms, could soon get into a cage match if their talk on social media is to be believed. Zuckerberg—who co-founded Facebook and whose Meta Platforms Inc. owns Instagram—has reportedly been preparing a new social media platform to compete with Twitter. Musk, who bought out…
Censorship ‘Unhealthy for Public Discourse,’ Big Tech Manipulating Elections ‘For Some Time’: Musk
Billionaire Elon Musk expressed his concern about threats to freedom of speech online and warned that big tech firms like Facebook and Google have been manipulating elections globally for some time. One of the main factors that motivated Musk to buy Twitter was that he was becoming “increasingly concerned” about the lack of freedom of…
Taiwan Invasion Would Wreck US Economy, Military Development: Report
June 22, 2023
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A Chinese communist invasion of Taiwan would wreck the United States’ economy and military development due to the nation’s reliance on the island for its advanced semiconductors, according to a new report. The report (pdf), published jointly by the U.S.-Taiwan Business Council and the Project 2049 Institute think tank, says that any disruption in access…
Man Arrested for Allegedly Starting California’s Devastating 2022 Oak Fire
June 22, 2023
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CAL FIRE announced the arrest of Edward Wackerman of Mariposa County for allegedly starting last year’s Oak Fire that ravaged California’s Yosemite National Park area. “This fire has become the most devastating fire in Mariposa’s history. And as a community, we stay engaged to support one another,” said Mariposa County Sheriff Jeremy Briese at a…
Senate Appropriations Committee Sets Stage for Showdown With House
June 22, 2023
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The Senate Appropriations Committee passed two bills and approved top-line spending for 10 others at the levels indicated by the Fiscal Responsibility Act, the spending agreement reached by President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) in May. The action took place at a June 22 markup, a committee session where a bill may…
FBI Verified Laptop Belonged to Hunter Biden: Whistleblower
The FBI verified that a laptop computer later widely reported as belonging to the son of President Joe Biden did indeed belong to him, a whistleblower says. Gary Shapley, an IRS criminal special agent, was assigned to work on an investigation into Hunter Biden’s taxes. He says he was removed by the U.S. Department of…
Most Americans Believe Trump Indictment Is Primarily Politically Motivated: Quinnipiac Poll
Quinnipiac University released a poll on June 21 in which 62 percent of registered voters said that the 37-count indictment against former President Donald Trump for alleged improper handling of classified materials is primarily politically motivated. These numbers follow Quinnipiac’s June 14 poll showing that six days after Trump’s indictment, his favorability numbers had hardly…
Liberal Bill Requiring Google and Meta to Pay for News Content Passes in Senate
A federal bill that will require Google and Meta to pay media outlets for news content that they share or otherwise repurpose on their platforms is set to become law. The Senate has passed the bill in a final vote and it is now awaiting royal assent amid a standoff between the Liberal government and…
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