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Beijing’s ‘invisible’ Olympics: Muted but watched online

By ZEN SOO AP Technology Writer Zhou Jun remembers the run-up to the 2008 Summer Olympics, when it seemed like everyone was learning English to be able to communicate with the foreign visitors about to descend on the city. Athletes and foreign fans roamed the city throughout the Games. “I remember that the streets and…

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Did ABC miss a learning opportunity by suspending Whoopi?

By JANIE HAR Associated Press ABC’s decision to suspend Whoopi Goldberg from “The View” for two weeks for her remarks about the Holocaust has opened the network up to criticism that its response derailed a teachable moment for the nation about a sensitive topic often misunderstood and seldom discussed on air. Goldberg set off a…

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FROMA HARROP

Death of a beauty queen Why did Cheslie Kryst, a former Miss USA with law degree, an MBA and an on-camera gig on “Extra,” a celebrity TV show, leap to her death from a posh Manhattan apartment? As the cliche goes, she had everything to live for. We’ve heard much about suicides as deaths of…

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Under Pressure

Rachel LeBeane Breeze-Courier Writer I dislike Valentine’s Day. It’s not the gratuitous exploitation of romantic partnerships by businesses and companies that makes me angry, nor is it the emphasis on chocolates and flowers over connections and conversations. What makes me mad on Valentine’s Day is that I’m single — and somehow, people think that’s wrong.…

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Ann Coulter

Last week, we covered the monumental lack of self-awareness of liberals denouncing others as “snowflakes,” even as they force Amazon to remove books, tear down historical monuments, hide black suspects’ race, and demand the immediate firing of anyone who mentions black performance on standardized tests. This week, we’ll cover the left’s claim that they are…

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Jim Gray

Better Politics, Smarter Government: Illuminating Illinois’ triumphs and travailsthrough literature Editor’s Note: This op-ed was distributed by Capitol News Illinois on behalf of the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute. The opinions expressed in this article are the author’s own. Several years ago, the staff of the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute was preparing for our…

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The message  in the polls:  Trump’s done  Our media are obsessed with Donald Trump, but Trump’s obsessed with Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida. For months now, Trump’s been playing the aging silent film star Norma Desmond in “Sunset Boulevard” to DeSantis’ younger, prettier Betty Schaefer.  Amid the hourly, annoying group emails to Trump’s list — “YOU are…

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What can theologian Thomas Aquinas can teach us about hope in times of despair

Christopher Beem, Penn State Polls show that a majority of Americans are very worried about the state of U.S. democracy. One survey from January 2022 finds that 64% of Americans believe U.S. democracy is “in crisis and at risk of failing.” Both Republicans and Democrats affirm these concerns, but they have very different understandings of what exactly is in…

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SUSAN ESTRICH

One Year Later Banned from social media, impeached for a second time, former President Donald Trump might have disappeared in the sunset. And there are days when it almost seems as if he has, at least for those of us who aren’t looking and listening. But make no mistake. He is still there. He may be…

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The great Epstein cover-up, Part I

Question: Is our ruling class trying to make us to think they’re a bunch of pederasts? Our media could not be less interested in Jeffrey Epstein’s child molestation ring and, with the sole exception of the Palm Beach Police Department, every arm of government has bent over backward to bury the case. (Who says our media and government can’t…

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