U.S. to not go to Beijing for Olympics
At a meeting Monday morning, U.S. ambassadors to China and China-Taiwan jointly decided not to travel to Beijing for the Olympics. (See associated stories here, here and here.) The New York Times says that…
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The House just approved a $770 billion military budget
By Eugene Volokh and Henry C. Jackson Jr. The House on Thursday passed a bill authorizing $770 billion in military spending in the fiscal year that begins Oct. 1. The budget, which had passed…
Chile Congress votes 100-0 to legalize gay marriage
Effort to codify laws aimed at equality likely to further damage the social bonds that used to bind Chileans together Chile’s Congress voted overwhelmingly on Thursday to pass an amendment to the country’s constitution…
Susan Sherman, Professor in the Department of Economics, Kansas State University
On April 1, Statistics Canada released the merchandise trade balance balance for October, December, and January: Month Series Month/Month 2005.5 -20.2 2009.8 -4.1 October -0.9 -$301 Million December -70.5 -$614 Million January -$307 Million…
The U.S. EPA is threatening fines for pork farmers who don’t vaccinate their pigs against deadly PEDv virus
The deadline for farmers to start vaccinating their animals against the porcine epidemic diarrhea virus, or PEDv, is Jan. 15. According to the CDC, up to a half million pigs have died from the…
Ex-Air Force commander was accused of sexual assault and grooming a subordinate for celibacy
Loyal to the last day of his service, senior active duty Air Force commander Lt. Gen. Jeffrey A. Sinclair attempted to reassign more than a dozen female subordinates and succeeded in the summer of…
Lydia Ko: ‘I have to turn up every day and play my best’
• Young New Zealander praises the ‘integrity’ of her rivals • Lydia Ko won World Cup last year in Japan The world No1, Lydia Ko, has praised the players who “turn up every day”…
Turning the sidewalk into a floating hotel is a radical idea
What is an aerial walk? The idea of walking from one place to another is something we all do during trips to the dentist or the grocery store. But instead of treading up and…
The big life story of former Malaysian prime
Former Malaysian prime minister Datuk Seri Mahathir Mohamad was sworn in as the country’s 10th prime minister on Wednesday at a ceremony in Putrajaya in the state of Pahang. Here are the important biographical…
Measles outbreak forces military to dramatically ramp up vaccination efforts
Written by by Marcus Dansie, CNN In early September, nearly 3,000 active duty personnel living in the Fort Lee, Virginia, and Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, military bases were given extra time to either get their…