At the birth of the internet age in the early 1990s, the U.S. and Europe took opposite approaches to advancing this new economy-changing technology. Europe tried the approach of industrial policy: They allowed government to regulate, subsidize and then tax the swarm of new tech companies that...
NHS Confederation A senior NHS leader has criticised the health service, saying his mother received a “black service, not an NHS service” as she died. Lord Victor Adebowale, chair of the NHS Confederation, which represents health managers, described his mother Grace’s death as “undignified”. The 92-year-old died in January of suspected lung cancer, although it...
Emily Bell BBC News, Jersey Danny Parkinson BBC News, Channel Islands BBC Adam Dalton was born with underdeveloped arms and no hands A Jersey teenager born with a congenital limb deficiency (CLD) said learning to play golf had been “life-saving” for him. Adam Dalton, who lives by the motto “no hands, no limits”, has underdeveloped...
Yes, yes, this is precisely the question on everyone’s minds before the victims of the assassin chanting “Free Palestine” have even been buried. Americans watched in horror the last couple of days with the question How will this impact the mostly non-violent “Globalize the Intifada” movement dominating their thoughts. At least, that’s what dominates the minds...
Chelsea have Champions League qualification in their own hands and Aston Villa moved into the top five as both teams won in the Premier League on Friday. The Blues looked as if they were going to drop to sixth before Marc Cucurella’s 71st-minute header earned a 1-0 win over Manchester United. Aston Villa, who would...
Nottinghamshire – whose last County Championship title was in 2010 – have already claimed more league wins than last season, when they finished eighth in Division One with just two victories. The demolition of Hampshire was built on a 238-run second-innings stand between Jack Haynes (120) and Liam Patterson-White (135), who scored his second career...
Columbia’s response to the library takeover Wednesday is winning plaudits from the Trump administration. Yesterday the Joint Task Force to Combat Anti-Semitism issued a statement praising President Shipman and pressing for follow-up disciplinary action. The Task Force is encouraged by Acting President Shipman’s strong and resolute statement regarding the unlawful, violent and disgraceful takeover of...
At a hearing Wednesday on the status of nearly 140 Venezuelan immigrants whom the Trump administration hastily expelled to El Salvador’s notorious Terrorism Confinement Center, a federal judge told lawyers representing the detainees that there were “a lot of facts in their favor” regarding whether the White House has the authority to return the men...
This was a really interesting couple of pieces I came across this morning, especially after writing that piece on all the student loan defaults. It seems there might be a trend back towards the trades beginning to appear among the Gen Z crowd. Some of the reasons seem obvious to me – the bloated cost...
Part 1 What could be said of the annihilation of the woods called Shorleigh Woods, situated in the North Devon countryside a short distance from the Tor River, could do little to articulate the horror and the grief of its murder. To those who had loved the woods that had been home to many animals...
Whether Onana was rested or simply dropped for the visit to Newcastle, the fact he wasn’t even named on the bench was a brave decision from the United boss. Speaking before kick-off, former Manchester United captain Roy Keane said Amorim’s patience with the Cameroon international had worn out. “I think he (Onana) has done OK...
Have you grown tired of the winning yet? Especially after the past week? Yesterday, the media narrative on the House was “Republicans in disarray!” Today, Speaker Mike Johnson and Donald Trump corralled their caucus to pass a renegotiated budget plan that will allow Trump’s tax cuts and spending reductions to pass through reconciliation: The House...
You can’t take ‘man on the street’ interviews TOO seriously. They serve as a great way to amuse yourself or to feel much smarter than others, but to maintain my integrity, I have to admit that there is always a lot of cherry-picking to get the juiciest bits. On...
In communities across the United States and also overseas, coordinated “Hands Off” protests are taking place far and wide Saturday in the largest public rebuke yet to President Donald Trump and top henchman Elon Musk’s assault on the workings of the federal government and their program of economic sabotage that is sacrificing the needs of...
David Schaffer BBC News, West Midlands PA Media Unite’s general secretary has told government leaders they “can no longer pretend” the bin strike, which has lasted for more than three months, is nothing to do with them The government is sitting on its hands over the Birmingham bin strike as negotiations in the dispute descend...