I read a quote from a comedian that made me laugh. To paraphrase: There is a lot of talk about Joe Biden being too frail and old to be president again. But if Batman’s butler, Alfred, was too old to take care of the Bat Cave, you do not replace him with the Joker.
Despite writing this letter each week, I still wonder why so few of us write real ones anymore. I was thinking of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, who corresponded frequently but met only once: ‘The present racial crisis in this country carries within it powerful destructive ingredients that may soon erupt into an uncontrollable explosion,’ More
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Nigeria is set to receive a $1.05bn syndicated loan backed by oil from the African Import Export Bank next month. The loan is part of a larger $3.3bn prepayment facility arranged by Afreximbank, with repayment terms tied to crude cargoes from the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Ltd. According to Bloomberg, Afreximbank’s Senior Executive Vice President Read More
Reason for concern Last week a group of ‘top’ economists signed a letter saying the carbon tax doesn’t really affect inflation. We shouldn’t be concerned as the cost is bearable for most of us. Well, the cost is certainly bearable for them. A search of the respected website Salary Expert reveals the average salary of […]
The USGS is reporting 23 aftershocks in the 23 hours since the New Jersey earthquake that rattled the Northeast. The initial earthquake had a magnitude of 4.8 and was reported in Whitehouse Station at 10:23 a.m. Friday, April 5. Tremors were felt by more than four million people from Maryland to New Hampshire. The first aftershock was reported just under an hour later at 11:20 a.m. 6 km NNE of Whitehouse Station with a magnitude of 2.0. The largest aftershock had a 4.0 magnitude and happened...
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Dear Reader, I’m pleased to share the good news which we shared with the L.A. Times staff yesterday that Terry Tang has been appointed executive editor of the Los Angeles Times. Terry’s name may already be familiar to you. She joined The Times in 2019 and has served as editorial page editor since 2022. In December I decided that a change in editorial leadership was needed and in January this year, I asked her to lead the newsroom on an interim basis, as we executed the planned newsroom...
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I have to say that as a Conservative American, I am literally stunned by the content of the letter submitted to the Tribune by Chuck Wieland. Perhaps I can also say that I was disgusted and disappointed.I have known Chuck for many years and have always had the utmost amount of respect for him. He was a successful attorney and judge, and raised a great family. However, I find his comments about supporters of Donald Trump have really stumped me that he could sink so low in his criticism. To use...