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THE FIRST WEEK... BUT HOPE SPRINGS ETERNAL Of course, anyone who hits the gym year-round will have seen this cousin of the weekend warrior. She and other resolution warriors crowd gyms in January, working out with gusto that would make any cross-fit enthusiast look like a slacker. Yet you’d be hard-pressed to find any of… Read more.
I’m commander in chief now, bitches. And, you know, I’ve seen enough of my weak-kneed generals to know that I’ve already forgotten more about fighting wars than any of those losers know (Remember Vietnam?!!!). So who cares about this: Two daughters of a New York podiatrist say that 50 years ago their father diagnosed President Donald… Read more.
Donald Trump doesn’t have much to commend in his presidential legacy, but criminal justice reform stands out. Trump’s criminal justice reform The legislation signed by President Donald Trump on Friday makes big changes to the treatment and rehabilitation of low-level federal prisoners. The new law, called the First Step Act, retroactively applies changes Congress made to drug sentencing… Read more.
Be grateful it’s not the stockings filled with coal they’re having sent to the Ukrainians… Related commentaries: Putin to Ukraine… Ukraine… Read more.
The church urges that persons with this rooted tendency not be accepted into (priestly) ministry or consecrated life. It is better that they leave the priesthood or the consecrated life rather than live a double life. (The Observer, December 3, 2018) Except that the Catholic Church without gays would be like the NBA without blacks.… Read more.
My views on treating allies with respect and also being clear-eyed about both malign actors and strategic competitors are strongly held. Because you have the right to have a Secretary of Defense whose views are better aligned with yours on these and other subjects, I believe it is right for me to step down from… Read more.
It’s what they do. Yet everyone is making much ado about an “explosive” report The New York Times published yesterday under the headline: “Facebook Offered Users Privacy Wall, Then Let Tech Giants Around It.” Here’s the takeaway: ____________________ For years, Facebook gave some of the world’s largest technology companies more intrusive access to users’ personal… Read more.
And so the house of cards that is the Trump Organization begins to fall. But here is how I indicted the Trump Foundation over two years ago in “Forget the Clinton Foundation. Shut Down the Trump Organization,” August 26, 2016: ____________________ Trump calling for the charitable Clinton Foundation to be shut down if Hillary is… Read more.
Social media platforms are replete with people staging selfies just for “Likes.” But an increasing number of them are literally dying for attention. The next time you’re standing at the edge of a scenic cliff or on top of a waterfall, take care before snapping a quick selfie. It could be the last thing you… Read more.
Thousands of [Yellow Vest] protesters took to the streets of French cities on Saturday in the fifth weekend of nationwide demonstrations against Emmanuel Macron’s government. … The government, as well as several unions and opposition politicians called on protesters to stay off the streets on Saturday, after four people were killed in a gun attack… Read more.
