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Crisis Magazine 

The Priest as Hercules

A perfect metaphor for the classical priest is Hercules. Sadly, the Modern priest happily sees himself as Shirley Temple, steering not the mighty Barque of Peter but the Good Ship Lollipop.

Las Vegas Sun (lasvegassun.com) 

Once-secretive far-right ideology emerging as threat to democracy

Last week, Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., admitted something that might have once shocked his party. “Some will say I’m calling America a Christian nation,” Hawley told an audience at the National Conservatism Conference in Washington. “And so I am. Some will say I’m advocating ...

Las Vegas Sun (lasvegassun.com) 

Trump shooting is on all of us; stop violent rhetoric

We all lost something Saturday afternoon — and I struggle even to compose these words. I struggle because even amid our horrendous political rancor, amid our discordant discourse over the direction of this nation, over who should lead this nation for the next four years ...

Las Vegas Sun (lasvegassun.com) 

Expand access to biomarker testing

Cancer is a relentless adversary that has touched the lives of millions, including my own. I lost both my wife and son to this unforgiving disease. Through my work in founding bioscience companies dedicated to exploring the causes of cancer, I have come to understand two ...

Las Vegas Sun (lasvegassun.com) 

Well-rested Biden impresses

After President Joe Biden’s post-debate press conference, I sampled post-mortems to see if any commentator got the real takeaway. Nope. Biden is mentally fine, even brilliant. But like any citizen well past retirement age, if you challenge his wit after a long working day and after a long workweek, he, like me, will likely ...

Las Vegas Sun (lasvegassun.com) 

Make a show of debunking lies

If I worked on the Biden campaign, I would create a TV advertisement that started with the president saying, “I had a really bad night at the debate but I told the truth. My opponent did not.” Then I’d have a split screen of Trump on one side ...

Las Vegas Sun (lasvegassun.com) 

School leaders need not be male

So the Clark County School District has had 12 superintendents in its history, and when you look at a group photo, something stands out: They are all male ...

Oilprice.com 

Wildfires Return and Threaten Canada’s Oil Sands Once Again

As many as 47 new wildfires were reported in Alberta over the past 24 hours, as extreme heat and dry weather are currently fanning about 150 wildfires in Canada’s oil-producing province. Fire bans and alerts of severe fire threats are in place for many areas close to oil sands producing sites. In May, a fire that was out of control came within 3 miles of Fort McMurray, the unofficial capital of Canada’s oil sands, leading to the evacuation of 6,600 residents. The wildfires returned in full force in July... Читать дальше...

Engineeringnews.co.za 

Ramokgopa urges ‘timeous’ passage of Bill to usher in new SOE shareholder management model

Minister in the Presidency of Planning, Monitoring, and Evaluation Maropene Ramokgopa, who has taken over the coordination of State-owned Enterprises (SOEs) that previously fell under the Department of Public Enterprises, has urged lawmakers to support the timeous processing of the National State Enterprises Bill that includes far-reaching changes to the shareholder management model for SOEs. Delivering her Budget Vote address, Ramokgopa promised to convene a workshop with the Portfolio Committee... Читать дальше...

The New Republic 

Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Rage at a Reporter Signals MAGA’s Dark Future

Surprise, surprise: The Republican convention is turning into a festival of media bashing. Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene did something that deserves special attention: After fielding a question about J.D. Vance that displeased her, Greene erupted, repeatedly dressing down the reporter in strikingly vicious terms. Arizona senate candidate Kari Lake, meanwhile, used her convention speech to similarly smear the press. All this is a bad omen: If Donald Trump wins the election, the assault... Читать дальше...