Remarkable 5 days of bad developments stretching from Israel to the Mexican border, up East Coast via Colonial Pipeline. Memo to President Biden: Life moves pretty fast, and now the world is on fire. Israel is erupting, Americans are utterly confused when masks should be worn for COVID-19 protection and then there are the agita-inducing long lines for gasoline. And that was just…
Greetings from Tyler, In case you didn’t know, the redhead with the hair that hangs limply on one side informs us that the border problem was created during the last administration, and the new crew is just trying to clean up the mess. Nobody laughed because they’re all on the same team. We need…
© Getty Images The biblical prophets chastised the people for having eyes but not seeing and for having ears but not hearing. When it comes to inflation, the Federal Reserve might be chastised in the same way. Despite the many anecdotes suggesting that inflation is on the rise, the Fed does not seem to listen….
Biden’s proclamation was different from Trump’s. Like his predecessors, President Biden issued a proclamation on the National Day of Prayer this week, but one word was missing. Both former presidents Barack Obama and Donald Trump mentioned “God” in their National Day of Prayer proclamations, but Biden’s proclamation never mentions God, only Americans’ “many religions and belief systems” and the “power of prayer.” “Throughout…
CSU chairman Markus Söder was long seen as a strong contender to replace Angela Merkel as a conservative chancellor. But after a power struggle with CDU head Armin Laschet, he stepped aside. Markus Söder heads the Christian Social Union Bavarian State Premier Markus Söder bowed out of the contest to be the conservative CDU/CSU bloc’s…
KEY POINTS India posted a record daily rise of 401,993 new coronavirus cases on Saturday. It was the first time India’s daily case count had topped 400,000 after 10 consecutive days over 300,000. Deaths from COVID-19 jumped by 3,523 over the past 24 hours. Some experts blame mass religious gatherings and political rallies for the…
Greetings from Tyler, In the age of bad news and nothing but, comes this sad story out of Israel. Orthodox Jews held an annual celebration at a stadium in northern Israel at a site where a famous rabbi is buried. Music was playing and videos of the event show that people were dancing up a…
Ultra-Orthodox Jews look at the scene where dozens of people were killed and some 150 injured in a stampede during the Lag BaOmer festival at Mount Meron in northern Israel on Friday. Sebastian Scheiner/AP JERUSALEM — At least 45 people were killed and some 150 more injured in a crush at a religious festival of…
Can companies legally require workers to get vaccinated? Employers have gotten so good at finding ways to get employees to comply with their policies that it may not matter. A workplace showdown may be brewing over mandating vaccinations. Employers would love the sense of certainty that comes with a vaccinated workforce. Workers can be brought…