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Pandemic Protectionism Gone Wrong Protectionism

Pandemic Protectionism Gone Wrong

Tariffs, despite what their proponents seem to believe, harm domestic consumers and manufacturers. And this damage is especially bad in difficult economic times So a new policy that postpones tariff payments for select products might seem like a step in the right direction: “The Trump administration said it would allow some companies…
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April 22, 2020
How Trump gets it wrong about the WHO’s response to the coronavirus Xi Jinping

How Trump gets it wrong about the WHO’s response to the coronavirus

President Donald Trump justified his recent announcement that the U.S. would halt further payments to the World Health Organization by claiming that “the WHO failed to adequately obtain, vet and share information in a timely and transparent fashion” about the coronavirus pandemic. This charge has been widely rebutted by global…
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April 22, 2020
North Korea Admits to ‘Hardships’ As Kim Jong Un Remains Out of Public Eye Korean Peace Talks

North Korea Admits to ‘Hardships’ As Kim Jong Un Remains Out of Public Eye

North Korea's state-run media has acknowledged the country was experiencing difficulties, lauding the direction of supreme leader Kim Jong Un but staying silent on his public absence amid rumors regarding his health.Rodong Sinmun, the newspaper of the ruling Korean Workers' Party Central Committee, published an article Wednesday saying that the…
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April 22, 2020
The Coronavirus Outbreak Has Caused 2 Out Of 3 Restaurant Employees To Lose Their Jobs Food Industry

The Coronavirus Outbreak Has Caused 2 Out Of 3 Restaurant Employees To Lose Their Jobs

picture allianceGetty Images A new report by The National Restaurant Association has shed some light on the severe impact the COVID-19 outbreak has had on the food industry. According to the report, which was previously explored by Food & Wine, more than 8 million restaurant employees have been laid off…
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April 22, 2020
Why Doesn’t God Stop the Virus? A Christian “Solves” the Problem of Suffering Christianity

Why Doesn’t God Stop the Virus? A Christian “Solves” the Problem of Suffering

Levi Skipper just published a piece at the website for Georgia’s Baptist Churches that goes into some detail about why God is serving the world a heaping helping of coronavirus. What benevolent, worship-worthy deity would kill 180,000 innocent people, you may well ask — including many staunch believers who’d praised…
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April 22, 2020
Shirley Knight, Star of ‘Sweet Bird of Youth’ and ‘As Good As It Gets,’ Dies at 83 Stalingrad

Shirley Knight, Star of ‘Sweet Bird of Youth’ and ‘As Good As It Gets,’ Dies at 83

Shirley Knight in 1962 (MGM/Getty Images) Actress Shirley Knight, star of “Sweet Bird of Youth,” and “As Good As It Gets” has died, her daughter actress Kaitlin Hopkins announced in a facebook post. She was 83. Knight received two Oscar nominations for her work in her third and fourth films,…
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April 22, 2020