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NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell appeared on Mike & Mike to discuss the NFL draft and and reiterated his steadfast insistence on the dangers of marijuana in the league. Players who see the medicinal benefits of marijuana should not expect the league to reverse or even relax its marijuana policy anytime soon. His exact words on the radio/TV …
Zombies sketch.Wikicommons/Shannon Hayward. Some rights reserved.I trust every reader is familiar with the image of a zombie; a malformed, reanimated corpse with terrifying features, chasing down unsuspected people to drag them into its miserable semi-existence. After a few good scares, usually the story ends with someone brave enough to figure out its weakness and destroy …
Women’s reproductive rights seem to be of particular concern to our elected representatives. Florida Senator Marco Rubio, for example, said of a woman’s right to choose, “You’ve created an incentive for people not just to look forward to having more abortions, but (also to be) able to sell that fetal tissue.” Or when Missouri Rep. Todd Akin told KTIV-TV …
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The situation in Syria, Iraq and Yemen Two developments characterise the situation in Syria: the slow reversal of fortunes in favour of the Assad regime and the marginalisation of all moderate opposition groups to that regime, whether Islamist or secular. With help from Iran and Hizbullah in Lebanon, together with more covert support from Shia …
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In case you don’t already have plans for Friday night, the universe has some options for you. Beginning as the moon rises on Friday evening, look to the sky to spot a penumbral eclipse. According to EarthSky, penumbral eclipses make up 35 percent of all lunar eclipses and are a result of the earth passing …
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“Mexico demands justice”. Credit: Rubén Espinosa. All rights reserved.On 31 July 2015 the photojournalist Rubén Espinosa was tortured and murdered in a house in Mexico City. His four female companions, including an activist from Veracruz, were raped, tortured, and also killed. While Veracruz, the city in which Espinosa worked, is known to be a hostile …
Mohamed Kaouche/Demotix. All rights reserved.Dear Mr. President, In these difficult and dangerous days for Turkey, the role of head of state is the most difficult and loneliest of all. Surrounded by people with all manner of advice to offer, in the end you have to make or endorse the key decisions, and you can probably …
When all is said and done, Melinda Gates may leave behind a greater legacy than her computer pioneer, billionaire husband. First, there is the historic work they are doing together with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. She’s even hoping to open President Trump’s eyes to the value of international aid. But in 2012, Melinda …
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A vehicle supposedly belonging to a foreigner, after a night of violence. Nonhlelozenkosi Nsingo/Demotix. All rights reserved.It has been a couple of months since the last outbreak of xenophobic attacks targeting African foreign nationals occurred in South Africa. This latest attack, like the one that occurred in May 2008, resulted in many deaths and left …
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Click:hollow block machine Twenty years ago, platform sneakers were in and our president was about to be embroiled in a sex scandal—so basically nothing has changed. However, something else happened in 1997 that you probably didn’t recognize as a major event at the time: the first 1,000 copies of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone …
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