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Thu, March 30, 2023 | 16:22

On the first anniversary of Putin's invasion, Ukraine fights on for its independence and for the security of the West

It's not an anniversary anyone wants to celebrate.Feb. 24 will mark one year since Moscow's invasion of Ukraine - an act that changed the world more than most Americans fathom - all because of Vladimir Putin's delusion that he could seize control of the country in a matter of days.

2023-02-23 16:50

How can we boost COVID-19 economic recovery? End the tourist visa backlog

There's a good chance that Main Street in your hometown looks different from how it did three years ago, whether that's in Illinois or elsewhere in the U.S. Perhaps your favorite restaurant has closed, or your barber never reopened after lockdowns. For communities whose economic success is tied to tourism and travel, the contrast is much grimmer.

2023-02-23 16:25

Bruce Willis has frontotemporal dementia. So did my dad

Like the rest of the world, I learned Thursday that Bruce Willis - the man we all know from "Die Hard" and "Moonlighting" - has frontotemporal dementia. I caught my breath at the headline, but didn't process the news until the quiet of night, as I was trying to fall asleep.

2023-02-22 16:35

Putin is relocating Ukrainian children to Russian 're-education' camps. It's tantamount to a war crime

One of Vladimir Putin's strategies during his brutal, illegal war in Ukraine has been to ensure that Russians only hear one version of reality. His. This week, the world learned that he's also applying that tactic to Ukrainian children.

2023-02-21 16:30

Another sign of inequality: minutes spent waiting

We've waited far too long for a scientific study of waiting. From queues to telephone holds to waiting rooms, delays are all around us and they're miserable. And according to new research just published in Nature Human Behavior, lower income people and Black people of all income levels get stuck with more of it than others.

2023-02-20 16:30

How should global leaders use trillions of dollars to combat climate change?

We cannot just buy, invest or build our way out of the climate and environmental crisis. Nevertheless, money is still very much at the heart of the problem. Investment is vital. Financial resources need to be directed to the best available solutions, adaptations and restorations, as much as we can possibly find. But the money seems to be going elsewhere.

2023-02-19 16:30

What do the Oscar best picture choices tell us about the world we live in?

Just what do the Academy Awards tell us about the world we live in? I began thinking about this after I was contacted by Carl Plantinga, a research fellow and professor of film and media studies at Calvin University in Michigan. Plantinga was pushing a theory that, for better or worse, Oscars for best picture tend to honor films with simple, straightforward, morally clear mes...

2023-02-16 16:50

Earthquake survivors in Turkey face more tragic times as nation approaches economic collapse

By Stephen FranklinTragedy has long haunted the broad swath of land where earthquakes have just claimed thousands of lives, left many thousands of people injured and plunged already impoverished millions into yet deeper financial despair.For centuries, an angry earth has shaken communities in the sunbaked mountains and valleys that sprawl across southeastern Turkey. But the e...

2023-02-16 16:20

What's to become of human beings?

Whether you believe that human beings were created by an all-powerful God in a universe designed for their sustenance and enjoyment or, on the other hand, that the universe Big Banged itself into existence, and humanity resulted from a long string of spontaneous chemical reactions and mutations and now occupies a lonely niche in an unfathomably huge emptiness, in either case,...

2023-02-15 16:30

Is China really scarier than Zuckerberg?

A colleague recently sent me a TikTok she thought I'd find interesting. I clicked the link but immediately regretted it. I quickly cleared my browser history but felt it was too late and that the Chinese government was probably in my phone for good now.

2023-02-14 16:30

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