Beware of war predictions: Ukraine’s outcome is not yet written
In 1942, Germany controlled most of Europe and a large swath of Northern Africa, and Japan controlled much of China, Southeast Asia, and was at Australia’s doorstep. By the end of 1943, the maps looked quite different. War is like that, a dynamic phenomenon. A scene from the movie, “Lawrence of Arabia,” says it best: After marching through burning sands and biting windstorms, Lawrence and his men were on the edge of dehydration when they found an oasis. Lawrence realized that his camel boy was mis
Read MoreChris Rock jokes about Will Smith slap after apology
Hours after Will Smith posted an apology video for slapping Chris Rock at the Academy Awards earlier this year, Rock reportedly joked about the incident during his comedy show — without directly addressing Smith's apology. During a show in Atlanta on Friday as part o
Read MoreSpeaking up about college presidents speaking out
When the Supreme Court announced its decision overturning Roe v. Wade, college and university presidents faced a familiar dilemma: Should they weigh in on hotly contested public controversies? We believe they should, but only on issues that have a direct impact on their campus communities and in ways that protect and promote their commitment to critical thinking, active debate, and the pursuit of truth by students, faculty, and staff. In th
Read MoreZelensky says Ukraine's harvest could be cut in half by war
Ukraine’s typical harvest output could be halved this year by the Russian invasion, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Sunday. "Ukrainian harvest this year is under the threat to be twice less," Zelensky wrote in a Tweet in English. “Our main goal — to prevent global food crisis caused by Russian invasion,” Zelensky wrote Sunday. "Still grains find a way to be delivered alternatively.” A top global food supplier, Ukrain
Read MoreNo, Sen. Grassley, the FBI is not corrupted to its core
When a politician who has been in Congress for nearly half a century says that the FBI is “corrupted” to its “core,” well, that's enough to send a chill up and down the national spine. After all, if the FBI is totally corrupt, to whom do we turn to ensure integrity in our democratic institutions so that we don’t become Mexico, where justice is scaled to the amount of “
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