https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/dec/16/womens-world-cup-saudi-arabia Saudi Arabia wants to host the Women’s World Cup – but should it? by Arwa Mahdawi, published December 16, 2023 Going from being unable to sponsor the Women’s World Cup to hosting it in just a couple of years would be a huge boon to the kingdom’s imageSat 16 Dec 2023 09.00 EST Should … Continue reading A list of the many reasons why Saudi Arabia is not the right country to host the Women’s World Cup games in 2035
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Is there a surveillance risk arising from ebooks? Thought-provoking opinion piece — accurate?
http://www.fastcompany.com/90996547/e-books-are-fast-becoming-tools-of-corporate-surveillance 12-12-23 POV E-books are fast becoming tools of corporate surveillance As the Internet Archive appeals a court decision blocking alternatives to surveillance-ridden digital book licenses, a new report reveals that the world’s largest publisher may be selling readers’ intimate personal data to the highest bidder. [Photo: Tempura/Getty Images] BY LIA HOLLAND AND JADE PFAEFFLIN … Continue reading Is there a surveillance risk arising from ebooks? Thought-provoking opinion piece — accurate?
Ethical issues with choosing whether or not to bear children in today’s world
The Morality of Having Kids in a Burning, Drowning World Two recent books, “The Quickening” and “The Parenthood Dilemma,” consider the ethics of procreation in the age of man-made climate change. By Jessica Winter, November 20, 2023, The New Yorker The U.S. birth rate dropped for six straight years through 2020, reaching a historic low.Illustration by … Continue reading Ethical issues with choosing whether or not to bear children in today’s world
Google is about to make life more difficult for the police (and more protective of users’ privacy)
https://www.wired.com/story/google-geofence-warrants-security-roundup/?full story can be found at: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-12-15/google-changes-map-history-tool-ending-geofence-warrants? Google Denies Cops a Key Surveillance Tool Geofence warrants, which require tech companies to cough up data on everyone in a certain geographic area at a certain time, have become an incredibly powerful tool for law enforcement. Sending a geofence warrant to Google, in particular, has come to … Continue reading Google is about to make life more difficult for the police (and more protective of users’ privacy)
Trump’s promised actions on Day 1 should not be ignored
Whatever you may may think of former President Trump, he generally means what he says. He accomplished many of his stated goals in his first term. In a second term, with time to gather his sycophantic staff, he could wipe out most of the federal government on day 1 -- and that would just be the … Continue reading Trump’s promised actions on Day 1 should not be ignored
COP28 nations agree for first time to transition away from fossil fuels
www.wsj.com/business/energy-oil/cop28-leaders-call-for-transitioning-away-from-fossil-fuels-in-final-push-at-climate-talks-48f4b1c3? COP28 Nations Agree for First Time to Transition Away From Fossil Fuels Conference host, the United Arab Emirates, brokered the compromise that calls for a clean energy shift to accelerate this decade By Matthew Dalton, Stacy Meichtry and Sha Hua, Updated Dec. 13, 2023 2:34 am ET COP28 President Sultan Al Jaber proposed the compromise agreement after … Continue reading COP28 nations agree for first time to transition away from fossil fuels
Solid review of Liz Cheney’s “Oath and Honor: a Memoir and Warning”
https://apple.news/AkhKxJNytRXOxQoM7nwxTog Waking Up With Fleas Liz Cheney calls out Trump and his cronies with bracing candor. Why did it take her so long? BY LAURA MILLER for SLATE DEC 08, 2023,10:25 AM Liz Cheney at the U.S. Capitol on Dec. 21, 2022. Jonathan Ernst/Reuters Without a doubt, the nation owes a debt to Liz Cheney, whose new … Continue reading Solid review of Liz Cheney’s “Oath and Honor: a Memoir and Warning”
Liz Cheney’s book is in demand, but impossible to find
For those who read on Kindles, the best deal is to buy the combination of the Kindle and audio books. Cheney is an excellent narrator and the price of both is less than the price of the audiobook alone. Reviews and recommendations from critic Ron Charles. THE WASHINGTON POST BOOK CLUBThis week Liz Cheney is everywhere, … Continue reading Liz Cheney’s book is in demand, but impossible to find
The resolute Liz Cheney
http://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/05/opinion/liz-cheney-memoir.html OPINION KATHERINE MILLER The Resolute Liz Cheney Dec. 5, 2023, 5:04 a.m. ET Credit...Mark Peterson/Redux, for The New York Time By Katherine Miller Ms. Miller is a staff writer and editor in Opinion. Sign up for the Opinion Today newsletter Get expert analysis of the news and a guide to the big ideas shaping the world every … Continue reading The resolute Liz Cheney
OpEd: A Trump dictatorship increasingly inevitable
Opinion A Trump dictatorship is increasingly inevitable. We should stop pretending. By Robert KaganEditor at large November 30, 2023 at 8:00 a.m. EST Robert Kagan, a Post Opinions contributing editor, is the author of “Rebellion: How Antiliberalism Is Tearing America Apart — Again,” which will be published by Knopf in May. Let’s stop the wishful thinking and … Continue reading OpEd: A Trump dictatorship increasingly inevitable
Judge Chutkan opines that Trump does not have a stay-out-of-jail card because of its past or desired future
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/08/14/chutkan-trump-stall/ Opinion: Judge Chutkan blows the whistle on Trump’s stay-out-of-jail plan By Jennifer Rubin, Columnist August 14, 2023 at 7:45 a.m. EDT Defeated and thrice-indicted former president Donald Trump and his lawyers have yet to raise a single convincing argument, legal or factual, in his defense against prosecution for an alleged 2020 plot to overthrow the election. Legal experts and … Continue reading Judge Chutkan opines that Trump does not have a stay-out-of-jail card because of its past or desired future
Titles by gender or marital status aren’t exactly new
ttps://apple.news/AvKFEjIiSSLSJu3B3MLVmFA Where Gender-Neutral Pronouns Come From People tend to think of they, Mx., and hir as relatively recent inventions. But English speakers have been looking for better ways to talk about gender for a very long time.By Michael Waters, JUNE 4, 2021 On a frigid january day, Ella Flagg Young—the first woman to serve as superintendent of the Chicago public-school system—took … Continue reading Titles by gender or marital status aren’t exactly new
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