Two previous ceasefires over the conflict in disputed Nagorno-Karabakh were broken almost immediately.
Craig CalhounCeasefire in a war that should never have happened. Let’s hope it lasts.
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict: Armenia and Azerbaijan agree US-brokered ceasefire
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The Asian giant hornets can wipe out a colony of honeybees in hours.
Craig CalhounBad news that a ‘murder hornet' nest was found in US, but how cool that finding it involved tying tracking devices to hornets with dental floss!
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A group that also includes Lyft and DoorDash has spent nearly $200 million to support a California proposition that could save them from a new labor law.
Craig CalhounAre you with Uber the company, or with the people who drive for Uber?
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The iconoclastic Alaska Republican said she remained opposed to filling the Supreme Court seat so close to an election but could not hold that against a qualified nominee.
Craig CalhounAbsurd casuistry from the never dependable Senator Murkowski. I guess she’ll be on record saying she lacks the courage of her convictions.
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A Biden administration will make the prime minister’s life even more difficult
Craig CalhounFrankly, making Boris’s life more difficult is not one of my top concerns. Making the US and the world better are. For that matter, making Boris’s life easier isn’t especially good for Britain.
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It starts with acknowledging the consequences of one
Craig CalhounBoris Johnson is as likely to bring Britain prosperity with his Brexit negotiations as he is to bring it the beaches and sunlight of Australia.
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The president has pursued a high-risk, low-reward energy strategy
Craig CalhounIt’s really painful to keep tracking the shame and damage of the Trump presidency. This time, his “high-risk, low-reward” energy strategy.
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A new report shows hundreds of cases in which migrant children were taken from their families, and their parents, who were deported, cannot be located.
Craig CalhounBut don't worry. Donald Trump and Republican extremists really do care about families.
Parents of 545 Children Separated at the Border Cannot Be Found
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A grand juror says the panel was not given the opportunity to bring homicide charges against police.
Craig CalhounBad business in lots of ways including Republican politicians trying to hide being a grand jury they manipulated.
Breonna Taylor: Grand jury 'not given chance to bring homicide charges'
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For the past century, the New School produced iconoclastic thinkers. Now it is finding that idealism is very expensive.
Craig CalhounSad situation. The small ‘self-governing’ faculty has grown into a complex conglomerate corporation in a very expensive city. And it has suffered lots of leadership missteps. But the challenge of private action for the public good is felt widely.
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With two weeks remaining in his re-election campaign, President Trump made the coronavirus his message and Dr. Anthony S. Fauci his foil, dismissing scientific advisers as “these idiots.”
The writer E. Jean Carroll sued the president for defamation after he denied sexually assaulting her in the 1990s. Now the government wants to defend him.
Craig CalhounBizarre. Shameful. A mockery of our legal system - from the man supposedly in charge of leading it - but who thinks only of defending Trump.
Justice Dept. Says Trump’s Denial of Rape Accusation Was an Official Act
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The president on Thursday played down big loans he guaranteed for his struggling businesses. But much of that debt is soon to come due in the midst of declining revenue and an I.R.S. audit that could cost him over $100 million.
Craig CalhounOne way to tell a deceitful demagogue: when he tells you he borrowed hundreds of millions of dollars “as a favor to lenders eager to take advantage of his financial strength.”
via @NYTimes
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