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Mar 12 2024
Headline Roundup
TikTok Ban: Freedom of Speech vs. National Security
Should TikTok be banned if ByteDance refuses to sell the app to an American company?
For Context: The House of Representatives could soon vote on a bill that would give President Joe Biden authority to ban TikTok if ByteDance, the app’s Chinese parent company, does not sell the app to an American company.
First Amendment Concerns? A columnist in the Boston Globe (Left bias)
The Boston Globe Newsweek Wall Street Journal (Opinion)Oct 17 2021
News
Appeals Court Refuses to Stop Maine Vaccine Mandate, Organization Mulls Turning to Supreme Court
The 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday refused to issue an emergency injunction to stop Maine’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate.
The three-judge panel of the Boston-based court issued a one-sentence statement saying the request was denied without an explanation, The Bangor Daily News reported.
A final ruling will likely be issued next week, according to Liberty Counsel, an
The Epoch TimesApr 13 2021
News
Fed leaders agree: Economics has a racial-disparity problem
Top Federal Reserve policymakers on Tuesday underscored their concern that Black and Hispanic people are sharply underrepresented in the economics field, which lessens the perspectives that economists can bring to key policy issues.
“If we don’t have a diverse group of people in the field, we won’t have the right topics to focus on,” said Eric Rosengren, president of the Federal Reserve
Associated PressNov 09 2021
News
GE Will Split Into Three Units, Ending Conglomerate for Good
General Electric Co. will split into three separate companies in a stunning breakup of the iconic manufacturer founded by Thomas Edison whose sprawling businesses once made it the world’s most valuable company. The shares surged.
GE will spin off its health care business in early 2023 and combine its renewable energy, fossil-fuel power and digital units into a single energy-focused
BloombergSep 03 2021
News
Europe may soon restrict U.S. tourists again. What does that mean?
Stephanie Flynn had planned to travel from Boston to Italy with her mom to celebrate her 30th birthday. It was April 2020, and the trip didn’t happen due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Neither did their rescheduled getaway last September. Finally, with the world opening up this past spring, Flynn—fully vaccinated—made a third attempt to book her Italy trip, aiming for a September departure.
National GeographicNov 24 2021
Opinion
Tearing Down Thomas Jefferson Over Slavery Is Moral Idiocy
You can always count on woke progressives to live up to the worst caricatures of their ideas. Democrats on the New York City Council have now removed a statue of the founder of the Democratic Party, Thomas Jefferson, from the City Council chamber in New York City Hall. The statue has been in City Hall since 1834 (eight years after Jefferson’s death), when it was erected to celebrate his
Dan McLaughlinAug 24 2021
News
Dawn of the electric vehicle age? One car shopper’s experience.
Seated for the first time in an electric car – a Ford Mustang Mach-E so new it doesn’t have a sticker price yet – Mary Beermann has a broad grin on her face. She struggles to open the doors, the trunk, and even the cover to the connector plug – a boomer flailing in the push-button dawn of the electric-car age.
But none of this seems to daunt her.
“I think this is it,” she says. “
Christian Science MonitorApr 22 2013
News
Marathon bombing suspect can't speak, communicating in writing
Boston plans to mark the traumatic week of the Boston Marathon bombings with mournful silence as the city returns to its bustling commute.
Fox News (Online News)Sep 10 2021
Analysis
Have Vaccines Ever Been Mandated in History? Biden COVID Shot Plans Could Affect 100m People
In order to tackle the spread of COVID in the U.S., President Joe Biden made a U-turn on mandatory vaccination on Thursday when he announced that all federal employees must be vaccinated over the coming months or their jobs may be at risk.
The mandate could potentially affect up to 100 million Americans. Employers with more than 100 employees must ensure their workers are vaccinated or
NewsweekDec 26 2020
Analysis
Why the future of elder care may be fewer nursing homes
When geriatrician Bill Thomas first sat down to reimagine American nursing homes, the risk of a deadly pandemic wasn’t on his mind. His vision was of elder-directed care on a human scale, an alternative to the “big box” homes staffed and run like hospitals.
Nearly two decades on, the Green House movement he birthed has spread to 300 homes in 32 states. And when COVID-19 hit, its design
Christian Science Monitor