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Tue, May 30, 2023 | 16:46

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

Effectiveness of mask edicts? 'Vanishingly small'

It may seem like long ago, but it was only last February that Nevada became one of the final states to lift its mask mandate as COVID cases waned. Defenders of the edict insisted it was vital to promote public health and to contain the pandemic. And they haven't given up. Many Las Vegas medical offices still require face coverings. Ann Arbor, Michigan, in January brought bac...

2023-02-13 16:30

Preserving Black history

Sixty-three years isn't such a long time. It's shorter than the average life expectancy in the United States, for instance, meaning a great many people here in Hampton Roads remember how the region looked - and how people behaved - not so long ago.

2023-02-12 16:40

COVID policies, unprepared students raise doubts about graduation rate

Hold the candles on the celebration cake when it comes to Buffalo Public Schools' graduation rate. The numbers of students walking across the stage to pick up a diploma may have risen, but the jury is still out on whether those students received the high-quality education their parents, community and state expect.

2023-02-09 17:00

What's the state of the union? People are sick of politics and tired of division.

A weary public seems to be tired of political division and turned off by combative tactics that stoke anger and resentment.

2023-02-09 17:00

How does US-China relationship continue after the spy balloon saga?

If you thought the Chinese spy balloon saga would deflate as fast as the balloon did over the Atlantic Ocean, you're sadly mistaken. Days after a U.S. F-22 destroyed the device with a single air-to-air missile at 58,000 feet, the story continues to hover over the news cycle like a blimp over Mile High Stadium. The only difference is we can't use a fighter jet to bomb the conv...

2023-02-08 17:00

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