Former Disney employees sue company over vaccine, mask requirements, claiming religious discrimination
Three former Disney employees have sued the company and a subsidiary after they say they were fired for refusing to wear a face covering at work and not getting vaccinated for COVID-19 on religious grounds. The employees, Barbara Andreas, Stephen Cribb and Adam Pajer, filed the lawsuit on June 30, arguing that Disney “targeted” staff members who declined to get the vaccine. The lawsuit states that getting the v
Read MoreUkrainian Foreign Ministry hits Rep. Spartz over 'baseless speculation' on Zelensky chief of staff
A spokesperson for the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry alleged that Ukrainian-born Rep. Victoria Spartz (R-Ind.) is “trying to earn extra political capital” after she sent a letter to President Biden regarding the head of the office of the president of Ukraine, Andriy Yermak. “Ukraine is deeply grateful to the United States of America for their unwavering support in the fight against Russia's aggression. It's hard to overestimate the political, military, and financial help Congress and President Joseph Biden's administration provided to our country in four months of all-out war. We c
Read MoreWe need U.S. industry to counter the next global food crisis
Economic conditions are causing food supply issues worldwide, with prices at a 40-year high and increasing still. Reasons for the constraints range from anomaly to continued COVID disruption to geopolitical maelstroms, but just the same, forecast one unmistakable outcome: Without a concerted course correction, the world will stare down a generational global food crisis before the year ends. Ther
Read MoreSunday shows preview: Jan. 6 hearings resume after Cipollone interview; July 4th shooting rocks nation
The public hearings being held by the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot, which are set to resume this week after former Trump White House counsel Pat Cipollone met informally with the panel on Friday, and the aftermath of a shooting in the Chicago suburb of Highland Park, Ill., on July 4 are expected to dominate this week’s Sunday show circuit. The House select committee will be holding its next hearing on Tuesday morning. The panel has not yet formally announced who the witnesses will be. Speaking on CBS’s “Face the Nation” last Sunda
Read MoreLet’s axe the ‘1812’ Overture once and for all
I applaud the decision of some U.S. orchestras to strike Tchaikovsky’s “1812 Overture” from their July 4 concert programs. This musical composition is a tribute to the military might of Tsarist Russia, specifically the Russian victory over Napoleon’s invading Grande Armée at the Battle of Borodino in September 1812. When Napoleon retreated from Russia at the end of that year, Tsar Alexander I declared that, to commemorate t
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