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What has long been the summer song of the southern plains has gained new listeners, Friday, NBC provided the refrain: “’Dangerous and record-breaking’: Heat wave will wither West over the weekend About 42 million people are under heat
Read moreIn early June, convicted felon Donald Trump enhanced his “stable genius” status by claiming: “When they say that the seas will rise over the next 400 years, one-eighth of an inch, you know. Which means basically you have a little
Read moreThe approach of baseball season sent me looking for a preview magazine. A magazine in this digital age? Others roll their eyes, too. Down at my local employee-owned grocery store (though I have always wondered if all those
Read moreThis year, the proximity of St. George’s Day (Tuesday) with Monday’s Earth Day is most apt. Within the past few weeks, Catalonia, whose patron saint is Sant Jordi, has had to deal firsthand with the effects of our warming
Read moreOn April 5, Ecuadorian police stormed the Mexican Embassy in Quito and dragged former Ecuadorian Vice President Jorge Glas out and into custody, in the process roughing up numerous Mexican Embassy workers. Glas had been granted sanctuary in
Read moreYet another hottest year on record. My snow shovel would be rusting if not plastic though there is no guarantee that climate instability will not visit us with a blizzard next year. Spring has finally arrived though it
Read moreAn ongoing investigation in Kenya has resulted in the filing of murder charges against cult leader Paul Mackenzie and 29 of his supporters with the deaths of 191 children of his followers. These charges are the latest since
Read moreThere’s no accounting for taste. In early October, University of Southern California neuroscientist Emily Liman and her research team published a paper identifying a sixth kind of taste. The basic four have long been recognized as sweet,
Read moreOn Sept. 21, the World Champion Spanish women’s soccer team defeated the always tenacious contingent from Sweden, 3-2. La Roja had boycotted the sport, outraged that Spanish football federation president Luis Rubiales had grabbed Spanish player Jenni Hermoso’s
Read moreIt should have ignited a national celebration, not a cause célèbre. A makeshift Spanish women’s soccer team left opponents strewn across the pitch down under and won the Women’s World Cup on Aug. 20 with a dominating performance that
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