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A 16th century shipwreck has been found in Northern Italy. But is it a long lost galleon people have been searching for since the 1970s? Gabriele Succi and Edoardo Sbaraini of Rasta...

A Viking settlement has been discovered in Iceland, thought to be the country’s oldest. Sounds straightforward? Not at all! The structure was found under another one. And it may...

US Jobless Now Well over 50 Million after 1.5 Initial Insurance Claims Last Week; GDP Drops at 5% Rate in First Quarter, with Worse to Come; Day of Reckoning Approaches by End of July...

United Front Against Austerity|Tax Wall Street Party American System Network|Thursday, June 25, 2020 Biden Plan Includes Ceiling of 8.5% of Personal Income Spent on Health Care...

The Secretariat of Environment and Natural Resources (SEMARNAT), Mexico’s Environment Ministry, has announced that glyphosate-based herbicides will be phased out of use in...

Bayer-Monsanto have announced that the company will make a total payment of $10.1 billion to $10.9 billion (€9.1 billion to €9.8 billion) to settle the non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma...

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Brahma Chellaney, OPEN Magazine FIGHTING TWO BATTLES simultaneously — one against Chinese aggression in Ladakh and another against the China-originating coronavirus — India...

From Hong Kong to Himalayas, Xi Jinping seizes on disarray to expand China’s global footprints Brahma Chellaney, Nikkei Asian Review President Xi Jinping, seeking to press China’s...

Wherever Shiva is present Devi is there and wherever Devi is present Shiva IS.

A nation that convinces itself that it's history is a myth; it's heroes were mere legends;which considers teaching young from earliest School level it's history is a Sin...

Jan Resseger writes here to refute Trump and Betsy DeVos’s ridiculous claim that school choice is a “civil rights issue.” As she points out, charter schools and vouchers divert...

Maria Popova is a voracious reader. She posts her reflections on literature, which she calls “Brain Pickings.” She reads widely and writes about whatever interests her. Her...

The week of May 18th marked two months since most late night and daytime talk programs had ceased normal production of their shows.  Some of them aired repeats, as would have been customary...

With a continued focus on the coronavirus (or in the case of Conan, an interest in avoiding it) and a decreasing amount of new entertainment content to promote, the late night and daytime...

By Paul Homewood   Much to the joy of Matt McGrath, Ireland is on the verge of committing economic suicide. Ireland stands on the brink of putting climate change at the heart of its government...

By Paul Homewood   h/t Patsy Lacey    The Conversation has now got involved in the Arctic heatwave scare, with this article by Jonathan Bamber, Professor of Physical Geography...

By Kirye and Pierre Gosselin This is how alarmists operate today: Find one single extreme weather event and immediately behold it as proof of an impending climate change catastrophe...

The myth of increasing European drought By Frank Bosse (Translated, edited by P Gosselin) It sounds so simple: it is undoubtedly getting warmer in Central Europe, and this is leading...

Answer Sheet: New Concerns Raised About a Well-Known Digital Learning Platform Over the past five years, the Summit Learning Platform has become one of the best-known online platforms...

Jersey Jazzman: On Comparing Education Spending Across Time I’ve noticed a lot of back-and-forth recently on social media about education spending – specifically, on how spending...

Victor Davis Hanson // National Review The old 2020 election was supposed to be about many familiar issues. It is not anymore. Up until now, the candidates themselves would supposedly...

Victor Davis Hanson // National Review In Aesop’s Fables and Horace’s Satires a common classical allegory is variously retold about the country mouse and his sophisticated...

Paris (AFP) – French cosmetics giant L’Oreal announced Saturday it was removing words like “whitening” from its products, against the backdrop of global anti-racism protests...

Not to worry Texas. On Friday, an even higher authority told you so. None other than the vice president of the United States told the country once again not to worry. As coronavirus numbers...

1. Another shoutout to Progress Studies School (for high school students, though not only). 2. “Today’s most serious problem, which annihilates thoughtfulness about all others...

That is the topic of my latest Bloomberg column, easier read through than excerpted, but here is one bit: When no one can see our countenances, we may behave differently. One study found...

Originally posted on GFBrandenburg's Blog: This is a very important piece. Please read it and share it. It’s by a 10-year veteran of some city in California, who calls himself a bastard...

City workers attempted to clear out barriers at the edge of CHOP, but were sent home empty-handed after protesters blocked their machinery.

The current unrest convulsing our nation certainly does reflect treason, sedition, and insurrection, though some may wonder how many are noticing. But President Trump certainly...

At a time when the world is crying out for justice, it behooves Israel to reverse its destructive policies toward Palestinians – and responsible journalism to ignore the bullies...

COVI-PASS will determine whether you can go to a restaurant, if you need a medical test, or are due for a talking-to by authorities in a post-COVID world. Consent is voluntary, but enforcement...

Why the earliest sign of civilisation is a healed femur(tags:civilization )Last of Us Part II: Is this the most accessible game ever?(tags:games disability accessibility )Scottish...

The Best Dad Jokes to Tell on Father's Day(tags:jokes fatherhood )Britain's role in slavery was not to end it, but to thwart abolition at every turn(tags:UK history slavery )Why does...

Doxxing is not very nice. I don’t know if it’s actually illegal. That’s kind of a gray area, because on the one hand it’s freedom of speech and freedom of information, on the...

So, The Dixie Chicks have shortened their name to The Chicks, which is not too surprising, it goes along with all the Confederate flag banning and statue trashing which I’m generally...

We walked through our tiny patch of forest (compared to Goose Creek) in the rain–of course, in the Monsoon of June–on our third full day at what I used to refer to as The Other Place...

Vietnam: How this country of 95 million kept its coronavirus death toll at zero – CNN Why can’t we learn to do what successful states and nations do that is working? Business as usual...