Newt Gingrich says it’s ‘tragic’ to watch governors ‘behave like dictators’

Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here. Referencing stay-at-home order restrictions that are intended to mitigate the spread of the coronavirus, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich said on Monday that it’s been “tragic” to see … Read More

De Blasio says violators of city’s coronavirus beach restrictions will ‘be taken right out of the water’

Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here.  As Memorial Day weekend approaches, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio on Monday said “no swimming” will be allowed at beaches and warned New Yorkers that they … Read More

Weekly Update by Mark Armstrong – 22 May 2020

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Greetings from Tyler, “You’re way more likely to drown.”  The LA Times just published an article about summer and the dreaded virus.  They interviewed a series of experts in molecular microbiology, immunology, and quote from the all-knowing, all-seeing, ever sensing … Read More

Heavily-armed US convoy enters Syria to expand base and disrupt Russian operation

BEIRUT, LEBANON (10:40 A.M.) – A heavily-armed U.S. military convoy entered northeastern Syria this week to expand one of their bases inside the Al-Hasakah Governorate. Citing military sources, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) reported that as many as … Read More

Get Ready For a New Arms Race: Why Nuclear Strategic Stability Won’t Work With China

By entering an arms control regime, China could show that it accepts the value of arms control and seeks confidence-building measures, which aids stability while demonstrating that China is a status quo power. The fact that China rejects arms control … Read More

Russia’s Unemployment Rate Jumps 30%

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Living standards are expected to be the main victim of the coronavirus recession. The real number of those out of work could be four times higher than official figures.Kirill Zykov / Moskva News Agency Russia’s official level of unemployment has … Read More

Yukio Okamoto’s Death Is a Tragic Loss for U.S.-Japan Relations

The master Japanese diplomat helped keep a complicated alliance on the rails. Yukio Okamoto, a diplomacy analyst and former advisor to past Japanese prime ministers, in 2015. KYODO VIA AP IMAGES It was a shock for many of us in Japan’s … Read More

Michigan flood hits record level, dam breaches ‘historic event’ playing out in midst of coronavirus, Whitmer says

Floodwaters in central Michigan broke records early Wednesday and threatened to rise even higher after catastrophic dam failures forced about 10,000 people to evacuate as the region faces an additional hardship during the coronavirus pandemic. The National Weather Service (NWS) said the Tittabawassee River in the city of Midland reached its highest level ever Wednesday morning at … Read More

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