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Olympic gymnasts Simone Biles and McKala Maroney ripped the FBI and the Justice Department in Senate testimony (see videos above and below) ) on Wednesday for how FBI agents mishandled […]

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On the flight returning from Slovakia, Francis was asked for his opinion about the debate within the U.S. Bishops Conference, about whether Biden, who is Catholic, should be denied […]

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Fearful of Donald Trump’s actions in his final weeks as president, the United States’ top military officer twice assured his Chinese counterpart that the two nations would not go to […]

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Republican Congressman Adam Kinzinger called the former president Donald Trump a “snowflake” and “one of the weakest men that I’ve ever seen” in an interview (see video above) Mo […]

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California Governor Gavin Newsom yesterday emphatically defeated a recall aimed removing him from office, a contest the Democrat framed as part of a national battle for his party’s v […]

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The longest shutdown in Broadway history is over.
Some of the biggest shows in musical theater, including “The Lion King,” “Wicked” and “Hamilton,” resumed performances last night, […]

Gavin Newsom and Larry Elder
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Californians will be voting today whether or not to recall Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom.  In  TV ads and rallies, Gov. Newsom has been urging v […]

Antony Blinken
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Secretary of State Antony Blinken testified at the House Foreign Affairs Committee yesterday that, “as of the end of last week, we had about 100 American citizens in A […]

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My colleague, David Bloomfield alerted me to this article that appeared in Chalkbeat yesterday that comments on what to look for in the coming months in the New York City public […]

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Maureen Dowd had a column yesterday in The New York Times entitled, “Manning Up, Letting Us Down,” that commented on the tendency of American presidents and their close advisers to […]

Emma Raducanu
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Until three months ago, 18-year old Emma Raducanu had never played in a professional tennis tour-level event.  Yesterday she won the US Open.  It was quite a match and R […]

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Former President George W. Bush spoke yesterday at the Flight 93 National Memorial, where one of many events was being held to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, t […]

In the weeks and months after 9/11, as funerals and memorial services were held for those who perished in the attack, especially for the 343 firefighters, bagpipes were heard playing Amazing Grace.  

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The Princeton Review earlier this week released its annual list of the country’s best colleges. Included on this year’s list, which features 387 institutions, are private schools […]

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President Joe Biden yesterday announced sweeping new federal vaccine requirements affecting as many as 100 million Americans in an all-out effort to increase COVID-19 vaccinations […]

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Derek Jeter was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame yesterday and gave an acceptance speech (see video above) with lots of references to family, friends, and fellow baseball […]

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Former Mayor Michael Bloomberg has a guest essay in this morning’s New York Times entitled, “How New York City Can Bounce Back, Again.”  He compares the impact of the pandemic now to […]

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I have just finished reading Chet Jordan’s Establishing an Experimental Community College in the United States: Challenges, Successes, and Implications for Higher Ed […]

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President Joe Biden declared climate change has become “everybody’s crisis” yesterday as he toured neighborhoods flooded by the remnants of Hurricane Ida, warni […]

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Over the weekend, I received news that Karen Swan, the James J. Stukel Distinguished Professor of Educational Leadership, at the University of Illinois – Springfield, passed away s […]