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Month: January 2021
USA TODAY: Players union expected to reject MLB’s proposal to delay start 2021 season
USA TODAY: Players union expected to reject MLB’s proposal to delay start 2021 season. https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/2021/01/31/mlb-players-union-expected-reject-proposal-delay-start-season/4332399001/
The U.S. will talk tough, do nothing about Myanmar coup
The U.S. government will talk the talk but not walk the walk as a coup unfolds in Myanmar. The reason … More
80 journalists arrested amid protests in Russia; at least one nonprofit is angered
PEN America has issued a stern rebuke of the Russian government for its treatment of journalists during a weekend of … More
From the “Irrussianality” blog: Putin is Doomed
From the conclusion to ‘Kicking the Kremlin’ by British journalist Marc Bennetts: The protest movement has failed to bring Putin … More
Final nail in possible 2021 Olympics? Advertisers begin to flee
Reuters provides the latest evidence that the rescheduled 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics might be in real trouble. Japan’s Olympic sponsors … More
Recent reminders that power can be abused, and the innocent always suffer
Over the past few days, Americans have again demonstrated that arrogance and power too often take place in the shadows. … More
Retreat
Let’s retreat to familiar positions Let’s point fingers We cross our arms in righteous superiority We dare not talk We … More
IFP: Iran Says Its Homegrown Vaccine Effective on UK Variant of COVID-19
The race to save the world continues. Iran Says Its Homegrown Vaccine Effective on UK Variant of COVID-19
AP News: AP Analysis: Racial disparity seen in US vaccination drive
Imagine that! Minorities are lagging in access to the coronavirus vaccine. The Associated Press has the details.