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Fri, September 22, 2023 | 21:32

With the wreckage of addiction all around us, society needs a shift

Charnay DuCrest is living her best life.The Tacoma, Washington, professional has a rewarding career helping people beat drug addiction. She's a mother, and will pursue her master's degree this fall.

2023-08-17 16:00

Welcome to the docket. Trump joins long line of American criminal defendants

Donald Trump raises millions off the indictments against him by telling his MAGA peeps that he's “the most persecuted person in American history.” It's not true. Trump is being prosecuted for his behavior, not persecuted for his beliefs.

2023-08-17 15:40

Donald Trump's trial(s) should be televised

Two good writers presented opposing opinions in the New York Times last week concerning this important question: Should former president Donald Trump's potential trial or trials - particularly for his alleged attempt to overturn the 2020 election - be televised?

2023-08-16 12:58

COVID's summer resurgence resists easy answers

Is the current rise in COVID-19 hospitalizations really the result of people moving indoors to enjoy air conditioning? Experts and journalists often make this assumption when they're quoted in the media about the virus's small summer “waves” or “surges” (which, this year, is really more like a small uptick). Similarly, when there's a winter surge, it's usually attributed to p...

2023-08-15 14:58

Housing is Fed's secret weapon in battle against inflation

The consumer price index report for July showed the smallest back-to-back monthly increase in two years. This is welcome news in the battle to tame inflation, but the even better news was buried deep in the report. There, it was revealed that rising shelter costs accounted for a whopping 90 percent of the increase in the CPI. Why is that good? Because the category is notoriou...

2023-08-14 13:53

'Oppenheimer' only makes it harder to control nuclear weapons

The movie “Oppenheimer” hypes a serious issue of national survival, and in the process makes matters much, much worse. By mythologizing J. Robert Oppenheimer (and in the process ascribing god-like powers to nuclear weapons), the movie sets back efforts to control these dangerous devices.

2023-08-13 13:48

Reject any grand bargain between the US, Saudi Arabia, Israel and the Palestinian Authority

According to Thomas L. Friedman, a columnist for the New York Times, who recently had a one-on-one discussion with President Joe Biden about the Middle East, Biden has sent Jake Sullivan, his national security adviser, and Brent McGurk, the White House's top Middle East policy expert, to Saudi Arabia to probe Saudi de facto ruler, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, about his w...

2023-08-10 16:00

The Republican Political Paradox - can't win if you don't attack Trump, can't win if you do

One of the reliably perplexing things about attempts to bring former President Donald Trump to justice is the enduring loyalty of his MAGA Republican base. In the days following his third and most consequential criminal indictment, which alleges he conspired to overturn the results of the 2020 free and fair election, a stream of stories underlined that his supporters' confide...

2023-08-09 16:00

When meat tastes like fear

I mean, if you eat a pork chop harvested from a pig that was frightened before it was slaughtered, can you actually experience the fear it experienced before it died? There is a growing body of evidence that suggests that the answer may be yes.

2023-08-08 16:00

Long COVID is debilitating to me and 65 million other people. Where is the urgency to treat it?

In a world where most pandemic safety protocols have evaporated, where is the sense of urgency to treat, or at the very least support, people with long COVID?

2023-08-07 16:00

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1	30 people purchased 8,000 homes: data

2	Scientists find green way to turn CO2 into fuel with sunlight

3	National Assembly passes motion to arrest DPK chief

4	Gender equality minister nominee in hot seat over remarks on abortion

5	Seoul invites ambassadors to introduce new halal foods in Korea

6	Kim Jong-un's rejection of Russia's food assistance irritates North Korean defectors

7	Rights experts from 17 countries demand release of North Korean escapees in China

8	S. Korea condemns Russia, seeks to mend ties with China

9	COVID-19 deaths hit record high in Korea for 2022

10	Honey-dipped cookie to represent 'K-desserts' at global food expo in Germany

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