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How a U2 Anthem Defined Generation X
In Cameron Crowe’s Say Anything... (1989), Lloyd Dobler sketches out a stumbling, uncertain-but-nevertheless-determined path for his and my generation:
“I don't want to sell anything, buy anything, or process anything as a career. I don't want to sell anything bought or processed, or buy anything sold or ...
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How a U2 Anthem Defined Generation X
In Cameron Crowe’s Say Anything... (1989), Lloyd Dobler sketches out a stumbling, uncertain-but-nevertheless-determined path for his and my generation:
“I don't want to sell anything, buy anything, or process anything as a career. I don't want to sell anything bought or processed, or buy anything sold or ...
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Amidst the Pandemic, Our Fellow Citizens Are Self-Medicating with Self-Righteousness
On the menu today: some people need to get rid of their superiority complex; Dan McLaughlin writing on Gregg Jeffries; a new paper saying the virus didn’t spread from a patient in Washington State; and two astronauts are set to blast off today.
Our Worldwide Need for Empathy
I can get as annoyed as the ...
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Amidst the Pandemic, Our Fellow Citizens Are Self-Medicating with Self-Righteousness
On the menu today: some people need to get rid of their superiority complex; Dan McLaughlin writing on Gregg Jeffries; a new paper saying the virus didn’t spread from a patient in Washington State; and two astronauts are set to blast off today.
Our Worldwide Need for Empathy
I can get as annoyed as the ...
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Apparently, Democrats Really Are Worried about an Economic Rebound
This story in Politico will add fuel to the fire to the GOP argument that Democrats are rooting against signs of an economic recovery before November. Jason Furman, a top economist in the Obama administration and now a professor at Harvard, contends that “we are about to see the best economic data we’ve seen ...
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Apparently, Democrats Really Are Worried about an Economic Rebound
This story in Politico will add fuel to the fire to the GOP argument that Democrats are rooting against signs of an economic recovery before November. Jason Furman, a top economist in the Obama administration and now a professor at Harvard, contends that “we are about to see the best economic data we’ve seen ...
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‘A Year’s Worth of Suicide Attempts in the Last Four Weeks’: California Doctor Calls for End to Lockdown
The doctor in charge of a Bay Area, Calif. trauma center said the state should end its lockdown orders after an “unprecedented” spike in suicide attempts amid the coronavirus pandemic.
"We've never seen numbers like this, in such a short period of time," Dr. Mike deBoisblanc, head of trauma at John Muir ...
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‘A Year’s Worth of Suicide Attempts in the Last Four Weeks’: California Doctor Calls for End to Lockdown
The doctor in charge of a Bay Area, Calif. trauma center said the state should end its lockdown orders after an “unprecedented” spike in suicide attempts amid the coronavirus pandemic.
"We've never seen numbers like this, in such a short period of time," Dr. Mike deBoisblanc, head of trauma at John Muir ...
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Pompeo Tells Congress Hong Kong Is Effectively ‘No Longer Autonomous’
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday told Congress that the city of Hong Kong is effectively no longer an "autonomous" entity.
"The State Department is required by the Hong Kong Policy Act to assess the autonomy of the territory from China," Pompeo wrote in a statement. "I certified to Congress today ...
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Pompeo Tells Congress Hong Kong Is Effectively ‘No Longer Autonomous’
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday told Congress that the city of Hong Kong is effectively no longer an "autonomous" entity.
"The State Department is required by the Hong Kong Policy Act to assess the autonomy of the territory from China," Pompeo wrote in a statement. "I certified to Congress today ...
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Order Forcing Nursing Homes to Take Covid Patients Scrubbed from N.Y. State Website
The New York Department of Health has apparently deleted a March order issued by Governor Andrew Cuomo that forced nursing homes to admit Covid-positive residents.
The order, which was implemented on March 25, stated that "no resident shall be denied re-admission or admission to a nursing home solely based on ...
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Order Forcing Nursing Homes to Take Covid Patients Scrubbed from N.Y. State Website
The New York Department of Health has apparently deleted a March order issued by Governor Andrew Cuomo that forced nursing homes to admit Covid-positive residents.
The order, which was implemented on March 25, stated that "no resident shall be denied re-admission or admission to a nursing home solely based on ...
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A China–India Border Clash as Beijing Aims for Regional Hegemony
As China reopens its economy after months of lockdowns, the country’s leadership has initiated a broad offensive to expand its influence at home and abroad. A new Hong Kong security law that attemps to stamp out dissent in the autonomous region sparked another round of anti-Mainland protests. Meanwhile, China ...
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A China–India Border Clash as Beijing Aims for Regional Hegemony
As China reopens its economy after months of lockdowns, the country’s leadership has initiated a broad offensive to expand its influence at home and abroad. A new Hong Kong security law that attemps to stamp out dissent in the autonomous region sparked another round of anti-Mainland protests. Meanwhile, China ...
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There’s No Fix for Trump’s Bad Tweets
Whether social media have been good or bad for society is an open question. Whether social media have been good or bad for President Trump isn’t as difficult to discern. For even the most sober-minded and introspective figures, Twitter can serve as a dangerous temptation. For a man as capricious and mercurial ...
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There’s No Fix for Trump’s Bad Tweets
Whether social media have been good or bad for society is an open question. Whether social media have been good or bad for President Trump isn’t as difficult to discern. For even the most sober-minded and introspective figures, Twitter can serve as a dangerous temptation. For a man as capricious and mercurial ...
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Boiling Over
Andrew Ross Sorkin’s frustration over having missed so much of the post-COVID realities in markets and economic life boiled over this morning in one of the more outrageous outbursts I have ever witnessed on financial media. Perhaps this outburst was rivaled only by his behavior during the March COVID market ...
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Boiling Over
Andrew Ross Sorkin’s frustration over having missed so much of the post-COVID realities in markets and economic life boiled over this morning in one of the more outrageous outbursts I have ever witnessed on financial media. Perhaps this outburst was rivaled only by his behavior during the March COVID market ...
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