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CUNY Comeback Program for Our Students, Our University and Our City!
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Governor Andrew M. Cuomo yesterday announced the CUNY Comeback Program, a sweeping plan to eliminate up to $125 […]

President Joe Biden with a Bipartisan Group of Senators Sponsoring the Infrastructure Bill
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The Senate yesterday voted to begin work on a nearly $1 trillion national infrastructure […]

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On Saturday, July 31st, my colleagues Chuck Dziuban and Patsy Moskal will be doing a podcast on adaptive learning for the Silver Lining for Learning organization.  If you are at all […]

Capitol Police Sgt. Aquilino Gonell, Metropolitan Police Officers Michael Fanone and Daniel Hodges, and Capitol Police Officer Harry Dunn

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I was at a funeral yesterday and was unable […]

Simone Biles
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Simone Biles, possibly the most outstanding gymnast in the Olympic Games,  withdrew suddenly while competing in the vault competition.  As reported by the Associated P […]

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James Harding, former director of BBC News and editor of The Times newspaper in London, has a guest essay in today’s New York Times, recommending that President Joe Biden se […]

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Clark Atlanta University (CAU) announced over the weekend that it would eliminate students’ account balances from the last five semesters, joining a growing group of […]

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Maureen Dowd had a column in yesterday’s New York Times entitled “Apocalypse Right Now,” that sends a climate change distress signal.  She starts by stating that we are seeing the fi […]

Adam Kinzinger
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Speaker Nancy Pelosi yesterday  appointed Representative Adam Kinzinger to the special committee investigating the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol, adding a second R […]

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The Associated Press has a featured article this morning on the the Yoyogi National Stadium that was designed by Kenzo Tange and is described as “the elegant symbol of To […]

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Rupert Murdoch’s Fox News is cynically promoting “extraordinary … dangerous lies” that are triggering violence as well as death among their unvaccinated disciples, said a disgu […]

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As international singers performed John Lennon’s “Imagine,” the athletes of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics were treated to a stunning drone show that resulted in a revolving globe (see video […]

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After more than 100 years, Cleveland’s Major League Baseball team is getting a new name — Guardians — replacing  Indians.
The ball club announced yesterday (see video above narrat […]

Together, we are all… pic.twitter.com/R5FnT4kv1I

— Cleveland Indians (@Indians) July 23, 2021

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Kelli María Korducki, a writer and editor based in New York City, has a guest essay in today’s New York Times entitled, Milwaukee Needed This Win, that comments on the Milwaukee Bu […]

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The NFL will be enforcing a “get tough” policy with NFL teams that experience a COVID-19 outbreak among nonvaccinated players that could result in forfeited regular-season games, […]

 Nancy Pelosi

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The main political news yesterday was House Speaker Nancy Pelosi rejection of two Republicans tapped by House GOP leader Kevin McCarthy to sit on a committee […]

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In a forthcoming Netflix series, the actress Sandra Oh plays a starring role as a new department chair taking the reins in a time of crisis.

Yesterday, the streaming service released […]

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Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease expert,  leveled Senator Rand Paul at a Senate hearing yesterday.  Fauci angrily confronted Paul in testimony on Capitol Hill, rej […]

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As the Delta variant of COVID-19 ravages the unvaccinated, Fox News and other conservative media have been sending mixed messages about the efficacy of the vaccines (see video […]

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I have just finished reading Serving the Reich: The Struggle for the Soul of Physics Under Hitler (2014)  by Philip Ball, an editor for Nature.  It is an interesting read and goes d […]