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Thu, December 8, 2022 | 09:11

Labor market's double-edged sword

The unemployment rate now matches the pre-pandemic, half-century low of 3.5 percent. But with 2.8 million missing workers, low unemployment is both a blessing and a curse.

2022-10-16 14:05

Here's why Ukraine is winning: It is fighting a modern war while Russia's army is lost in WWII

Here's why Ukraine is winning: It is fighting a modern war while Russia's army is lost in WWII

As I was watching YouTube videos of Ukrainian forces advancing against Russian troops, my mind flashed back to a conversation I had in a pizza restaurant in Kharkiv in July with a 50-year-old Ukrainian military volunteer whose moniker was Sergo.

2022-10-13 14:00

The government is actually doing a good job

You wouldn't know it from watching the news, but American children are doing better than they were at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, at least when it comes to having their basic needs met.

2022-10-13 13:59

India's balancing act on Russia is getting trickier

India's official position on the Russian invasion of Ukraine is notoriously hard to pin down. Within the last two weeks alone, Prime Minister Narendra Modi publicly reproved Russian President Vladimir Putin, telling him that “this is not the era for war.”

2022-10-12 14:19

OPEC's move to raise oil prices is all about Russia

Last Wednesday, OPEC+ announced a dramatic reduction in production quotas, by 2 million barrels per day. According to oil ministers, the goal is to boost crude prices and “encourage investment” in the sector - making it sound like they are doing the world a favor. In fact, this is an extraordinarily harmful step that will push oil prices up - when the global economy is in a p...

2022-10-11 14:36

Is COVID-19 pandemic really over?

President Joe Biden elucidated his thoughts on the status of the COVID-19 pandemic in an interview with “60 Minutes” last month. “The pandemic is over. … We still have a problem with COVID. We're still doing a lot of work on it. But the pandemic is over. If you notice, no one's wearing masks. Everybody seems to be in pretty good shape, and so, I think it's changing.”

2022-10-10 17:00

How Hollywood producers created the first conservative political attack ads

Once again, political mudslinging and false campaign ads threaten to take center stage in the final weeks before Election Day in November. This is nothing new, but thanks to television networks, streaming services and the internet, these ads are now more influential than ever. But the first attack ads to hit the screen predated these mediums by many years. Their creator was n...

2022-10-09 17:00

In both Iran and Russia, backlashes against tyrants grow

When authoritarian regimes strip away the humanity of their own people, blowback invariably follows. That is now happening in both Iran and Russia, where the autocrats in charge are seeing firsthand their nations' boiling points reached, both on the streets and in the minds of infuriated citizens.

2022-10-06 15:26

Turning back clock on voters with disabilities

When Barbara Sheinbein, 64, went to vote in the April election her friend drove her to the polls. Her friend went inside the polling location in St. Louis County and told a worker that Sheinbein wanted to use an accessible voting machine because she is blind. She can't read a printed ballot.

2022-10-05 13:12

Putin's threat of a nuclear strike on Ukraine may not be a bluff. What do we do now?

After weeks of reverses, Russia's army is still losing ground in the battlefields of Ukraine. President Vladimir Putin's response, characteristically, has been to escalate on other fronts.

2022-10-04 13:39

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