Greetings from Tyler, Justice is fallen in the streets. I guess you heard about the acquittal in what looked like a slam-dunk case. It has political overtones, but it threatened to answer most of the questions that were obvious to those watching. If it had gone the other way, it would have been fun to…
With 150,000 Russian troops circling Ukraine’s borders and U.S. officials warning that a major invasion could take place any day, President Biden has signaled to the American public that it, too, may feel effects if Russia chooses to invade. “If Russia decides to invade, that would also have consequences here at home. But the American…
1. COVID-19 continues to rage For a second year the COVID-19 pandemic has raged, with more severe waves of infection causing more losses following the emergence of new variants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus: Delta and Omicron. At the end of 2021, the world has reported more than 280 million cases of COVID-19 and nearly 5.5…
Source: Pixabay Beijing’s 2035 vision for “basic socialist modernization” includes few specific targets and did not specifically mention the United States. China’s total economic size and per capita income “will climb to a new big level” by 2035, with significant improvements in its economic, technological, and comprehensive power, according to the communique of the fifth…
Central bank chiefs and finance ministers gathered in Fukuoka, Japan, for meetings of the Group of 20 were quick to welcome Trump’s move. President Donald Trump’s decision to drop plans for new tariffs on Mexico is rare good news for a world economy that’s being buffeted by escalating US-China trade tensions. President Donald Trump’s decision…