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Sun, December 4, 2022 | 10:58

Workplace anti-bias trainings aren't enough

In September, when a federal judge partially blocked Florida's “Stop Woke Act,” which would have banned workplaces from holding mandatory trainings on race- or sex-based discrimination, it was considered a victory for diversity, equity and inclusion, or DEI, programs. But this ignores the fact that DEI training, since it began in the 1960s, has fallen far short of its goals.

2022-10-20 13:50

Will Putin's exit be an off-ramp or trapdoor?

Will Putin's exit be an off-ramp or trapdoor?

Once again, the talking- and typing-heads are filling our news screens with double-doming about building an “off-ramp” Vladimir Putin will be willing to take to get out of the Ukraine war.

2022-10-19 14:00

Race and culture still matter 50 years after Tuskegee syphilis study

Fifty years ago, an Associated Press reporter uncovered the infamous “Tuskegee Study of Untreated Syphilis in the Negro Male.” Tragically, since the physicians deliberately withheld treatment, 28 of the 600 study patients died, 100 died from syphilis complications, 40 of their wives were infected and 19 children were born with congenital syphilis. This disgraceful 40-year stu...

2022-10-19 13:58

Resolve needed amid Russian missile strikes

Russia's response last week to an attack on a critical Crimean bridge reflected the difference between the governments in Kyiv and Moscow.

2022-10-18 15:06

Putin's campaign of terror from the air is already failing

In the rapidly shifting Ukraine war, the growing failure of Russian President Vladimir Putin's ground game is causing him to seek asymmetrical responses. Most visibly, he is turning to what is essentially a terror-bombing campaign against the civilian population of Ukraine.

2022-10-17 13:33

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

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