COVID, Quickly, Episode 15: Booster Shot Approvals–plus Vaccines for Kids? Today, we’re going to bust through the confusion about booster vaccines: who can get them and who can’t, and we’ll talk about one group that hasn’t even gotten first shots yet: kids under 12. We’ll discuss when that could finally happen. Air date: September 24,… Continue reading Covid, Quickly: A Pop-Up Podcast
Preventing Sexual Violence in the Military
BriGette McCoy paused to steady her breath. She had spent years hiding the scars of what happened to her in the U.S. Army. Her own family members didn’t know about the groping, the leering jokes, the two rapes she survived before she turned 20. But someone had to put a face on the problem, and… Continue reading Preventing Sexual Violence in the Military
Pelosi Plans Fizzle After Jayapal ‘No’ Sinks Thursday Infrastructure Vote
Update (1717ET): House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s misplaced confidence that she could pull off a Thursday vote on the $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill went up in flames, after Congressional Progressive Caucus leader Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) made clear that House leadership would not have enough votes from her group to pass it. “Both bills pass together —… Continue reading Pelosi Plans Fizzle After Jayapal ‘No’ Sinks Thursday Infrastructure Vote
Son of Sam (David Berkowitz, True Crime, Serial Killer)
Podcast: Download MYS167: A terrifying series of killings in NYC in 1976 included letters to police from the killer calling himself “Son of Sam”. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli discuss what happened, how David Berkowitz was arrested and confessed, and then ask did he really act alone? Get all new episodes automatically and for free:… Continue reading Son of Sam (David Berkowitz, True Crime, Serial Killer)
How to Trade a Short Squeeze – Real Trading Example
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How Tadayuki Watanabe Disproved a Major Conjecture About Spheres
In a burst of work, mathematicians have moved closer to understanding just how many ways there are of contorting a simple sphere so that, in the end, it still resembles itself. Much of the progress comes from results by Tadayuki Watanabe at Kyoto University. Over the last several years, he has figured out how to… Continue reading How Tadayuki Watanabe Disproved a Major Conjecture About Spheres
Equality In Servitude: From Citizen Competence to Therapeutic Despotism
A dozen or so years ago, I took temporary leave from Georgetown University and moved to Iraq for two years to preside over The American University of Iraq-Sulaimani. Some of the young men and women enrolled in our fledgling university carried the double burden of having survived both the American invasion and the Kurdish Civil War… Continue reading Equality In Servitude: From Citizen Competence to Therapeutic Despotism
“Not Hyperbole” – Biden Warns House Dems That His Presidency Depends On New Spending Plan Vote
Update (1215ET): Having explained to the American public how “17 Nobel Prize winning economists” believe this new spending bill will not be inflationary and will not raise the deficit (seriously), it appears President Biden is rapidly realizing just how serious an inflection point he is approaching. Bloomberg reports that, in a private meeting Thursday at the… Continue reading “Not Hyperbole” – Biden Warns House Dems That His Presidency Depends On New Spending Plan Vote
Were the Son of Sam Killings a Conspiracy? (David Berkowitz, True Crime, Serial Killer)
Podcast: Download MYS168: Forty-four years ago this month, David Berkowitz was arrested and confessed to the Son of Sam shootings. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli examine whether he acted alone and what role satanism may have played in the murders. Get all new episodes automatically and for free: Follow by Email | Listen to this… Continue reading Were the Son of Sam Killings a Conspiracy? (David Berkowitz, True Crime, Serial Killer)
The Saints On Purgatory and Hope in the Afterlife
The king responded, “I believe that it is wise to do that which has been pointed out to you in so extraordinary a manner. After all, to have Masses celebrated for our dear deceased relatives is nothing more than a paternal and Christian duty.” Elizabeth accepted this advice, and arranged for the Masses to be… Continue reading The Saints On Purgatory and Hope in the Afterlife