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"I would rather have questions that can't be answered than answers that can't be questioned" Richard Feynman
"The penalty good people pay for not being interested in politics is to be governed by people worse than themselves."
- Plato, Greek philosopher.
With
its splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico, the SpaceX Crew Dragon became the
latest vehicle to continue the tradition of manned flights taking off
from and landing on U.S. seas...
In Wednesday’s
antitrust hearing with the CEOs of Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google,
questions from liberal members of Congress laid the groundwork for
expanding the scope...
Big
business wasn't exactly the first place activists looked for allies as
the modern gay rights movement emerged. Large corporations have long
been seen as a force for social conformity...
The
Niskanen Center is excited to announce a virtual Q&A with Maryland
Governor Larry Hogan on Friday, August 7 at 12pm, in which we will have
the opportunity to discuss...
In
response to Steve Teles and Robert Saldin’s recently published book
Never Trump: The Revolt of the Conservative Elites, the Niskanen Center
co-sponsored a symposium with the...
Only
through acquiring power, in short, can Never Trumpers really shore up
the norms that are essential for the health of liberal democracy. The
post Our Takeaways from the Salvatori...
Labour
has been a constructive opposition in this crisis. But we fear No 10 is
not acting fast enough to save lives and jobsStarmer says PM has one
month to fix coronavirus test-and-trace...
The
prime minister doesn’t seem capable of making difficult choices.
Instead he is masking his ineptitude with blusterCoronavirus – latest
updatesSee all our coronavirus...
Scrapping
regulations in England will unleash a wave of urban sprawl, worsen
inequality – and leave locals powerless to stop itThe most extraordinary
upheaval in modern British...
A
massive explosion rocked Beirut on Tuesday, flattening much of the
port, damaging buildings across the capital and sending a giant mushroom
cloud into the sky. At least 50 people...
An
eyewitness to the huge explosion that shook Beirut on Tuesday
afternoon, shattering glass, toppling buildings and burying countless
people under rubble, told CTV News that 'it...
Canada's
Chief Public Health Officer Dr. Theresa Tam says that vaccine or not,
health officials are preparing to deal with the presence of the novel
coronavirus and prevention of...
Sounds
interesting, but of course experiments don’t always go according to
plan – as Tesla well knew. – – – A New Zealand-based startup has
developed a method of safely and...
Climate
virtue signalling comes back to bite vote-chasing politicians, who
expected they could dump many of the potentially unpopular decisions on
taxes and spending arising from...
H/T
TechXplore But Plan B includes putting heavy batteries in already heavy
trucks, making them too heavy for hauling goods — or reducing their
payloads. But at least the fact that...
The
6.7-inch and 6.1-inch model will be higher-end devices with triple-lens
cameras, while the 5.4 and 6.1-inch models will be lower-end iPhones
with dual-lens cameras and a more...
Celebrated
across the world on July 28, World Nature Conservation Day is yet
another important day that reminds us of the importance of nature in our
lives and why we need to conserve...
Tsitsi
Dangarembga was bundled into a police truck while holding placards on
Friday and charged with breaking the COVID-19 lockdown to hold an
illegal gathering...
A
day ahead of the first anniversary of abrogation of Article 370 in
Jammu and Kashmir, the Imran Khan government included the entire region
of Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh, the erstwhile...
The
analysis has divided the modern concept of Ram Rajya into 5 parts,
which consist of its definition; the role of citizens; environment;
administration; and finally the leadership...
BEIRUT: Lebanon's
Prime Minister Hassan Diab Tuesday urged "friendly countries" to send
help after two massive blasts flattened Beirut's port, killing dozens
and wounding thousands...
Turkey's
new coronavirus cases jumped above 1,000 for the first time in three
weeks on Tuesday in what the government called a troubling rise during
peak holiday season, raising concerns...
DUBLIN:
Ireland on Tuesday (Aug 4) announced a fresh delay to the full
reopening of bars, putting off a move to the final stage out of lockdown
by three weeks while also tightening travel...
LONDON:
A group of UK lawmakers on Tuesday (Aug 4) urged the government to
impose sanctions on Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam over human
rights abuses by police since protests...
US
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Tuesday vowed to protect Hong Kong
pro-democracy campaigners who have fled the city and denounced China
after Beijing said that police had ordered...
JAKARTA:
Indonesia will have capacity to produce 250 million doses a year of a
coronavirus vaccine by the end of 2020 pending trials on humans, a
minister said on Tuesday (Aug 4), as...
Tiger
Woods competes for his 16th major title at the PGA Championship this
week on a TPC Harding Park course he knows well but will have to cope
with August temperatures he is unaccustomed...
Diageo
Plc , the world's largest spirits maker, took a 1.3 billion pound
writedown as it reported a bigger than expected decline in underlying
net sales on Tuesday as demand for its...
BEIRUT: Lebanon's
Prime Minister Hassan Diab Tuesday urged "friendly countries" to send
help after two massive blasts flattened Beirut's port, killing dozens
and wounding thousands...
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