William McKane (1921- 2004) was a Jewish, Hebrew and Hebraic studies specialist. The distinguished Old Testament scholar and former professor emeritus of Hebrew and Oriental languages at St. Andrews University noted in his "Proverbs Commentary": There is a kind of person who turns Yahweh's order upside down and who tries to draw others into his wrongheadedness and confusion by creating ethical chaos. He walks along the paths of darkness [Proverbs 2:13b], himself devoid of all ethical...
There are countless grounds on which to attack President Joe Biden’s record, including his energy policy. But Republicans for some reason keep attacking him for doing something he hasn’t actually done: cutting off the drilling of the American oil. “Joe Biden’s war on American energy is one of the key drivers of the worst inflation […]
A United States Postal Service mail carrier was robbed at gunpoint over the weekend.
The shelter where I work took in 694 animals last year. Every day, we face animal cruelty – and communicating the crisis can feel impossibleThis piece was commissioned with the support of the Economic Hardship Reporting Project. It contains descriptions of animal abuseMonday mornings at the Mendocino Coast Humane Society, the northern California animal shelter where I work part-time, are chaotic.The frenzied beeping of anesthesia monitoring equipment echoes as I dodge Coco, one of the resident...
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Fox News host Howard Kurtz on Sunday corrected a conservative journalist's claims about pro-abortion Democrats supporting infanticide, a claim he has frequently corrected on-air in recent months.During a Sunday edition of his Fox News program, Media Buzz, Kurtz hosted journalist Caroline Downey, of the conservative magazine National Review, for a discussion about abortion laws in the wake of the recent Arizona Supreme Court decision. The ruling from last week allowed a law banning abortion from...
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Manchester United snatch chaos from jaws of serenity, Nicolas Jackson misfires and Liverpool stay in huntJammy, jammy Man United. To be fair, they did find a new way to be hopeless. Instead of the usual mayhem, they were in total control for 70 minutes, barely letting Coventry have a shot. But then, somehow, they snatched chaos from the jaws of serenity. ITV, and all their teatime viewers, couldn’t believe their luck as a cakewalk turned into a classic. United threw away a 3-0 lead, and for a...
A Las Vegas man faces several counts of assault with a deadly weapon after police said he pointed a firearm at several drivers before being arrested on the Las Vegas Strip, according to documents obtained by 8 News Now.
Peter Dreier With the National Rifle Association now weaker than it has been in decades, progress is possible—if politicians are willing to seize the time.
LAS VEGAS (KLAS) -- One of the people who survived a shooting last week inside a Las Vegas law office said she had no idea the man she was sitting next to would shoot and kill two people before turning the gun on himself.
A man has been jailed after carrying out an armed robbery at a local newsagents in southeast London. Daniel Lee, 43, entered the shop on Shawbrooke Road in Eltham on December 10 2023, where he confronted a man working alone behind the desk with a firearm and demanded money. CCTV footage shows Lee pointing the gun at the victim’s head, as well as assaulting him with the butt of the gun several times, causing minor injuries. Lee, of no fixed address, pleaded guilty to robbery and possession of a...