international stuff

European population crisis – worse and worse

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The story is about a Greek school which will close after this school year. When you have no children – who said “Demographics is Destiny”? It’s a situation playing out across Europe and beyond. The region has 16 of the world’s top 20 oldest nations, particularly in Southern Europe, according to the independent World Population … Read more

Why French High School students are protesting (not a joke)

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Nothing revolutionary beyond they want teachers, they want toilets that work, they want smaller classes, and they want air conditioning. Read the excerpts below. There has been some violence. It’s all here in Time Magazine. The protests have been driven by anger over a variety of issues impacting French high schools. Roughly 3,000 people have … Read more

Study: NY Times Gaza War coverage skewed against Israel

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the study by the Yale School of Management. The New York Times’ coverage of the first months of the war in Gaza displayed a clear bias against Israel by downplaying the country’s casualties while minimizing Hamas’ role in sustaining the conflict, a new study found. A review of the Times’ 1,559 articles published between Oct. … Read more

Chase CEO Jamie Dimon on why he worries about more than how his bank is doing

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Here’s another take from the interview – which I had an excerpt from here – Chase CEO Jamie Dimon on the American Dream & “the bottom 20%” To see the whole 27 minute interview go here. Jamie Dimon | Full Episode 8.7.26 | Firing Line with Margaret Hoover This is so obvious but we all … Read more

Recovering bodies; the ten killed in the Himalaya avalanche.

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From Outside Magazine. You should be able to access it for free. Some excerpts below. They were climbing Broad Peak, the 12th highest mountain in the world. Ten climbers set out to summit the notorious Broad Peak during a narrow weather window. None of them made it back alive. This is what really happened during … Read more

Democratic Socialists of America Platform – here it is.

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Here it is – link below the picture and then a brief commentary from CatholicVote. Highly recommend you hit the link and at least scroll through. They are certainly straightforward about their goals. DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST OF AMERICA. OUR PROGRAM. This from Kelsey Reinhardt – an excerpt emailed from CatholicVote. The Democratic Socialists of America’s newly … Read more