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Bank failures are wakeup call to address widespread bank board governance deficiencies
Newsbreak 2 days ago in Around The World, Bank Run, banking bail outs, banking system, Finance, Opinion 0 First Republic Bank, the 14th largest U.S. bank ($213 billion in assets as of the end of 2022), saw its shares decline by 75 percent at one point last week over concerns about Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) and Signature Bank. While First Republic’s problems are a bit different from the two recent bank failures, the concern over its survivability was great enough that a group of…
OPINION: The Musings Of A Ruga Girl—Shoola, My Purred Friend
March 20, (THEWILL) – Cats, also known as domestic cats, are small carnivorous mammals that have been domesticated by humans for thousands of years. They are popular as pets all around the world due to their playful, affectionate, and independent nature. They are known for their agility, grace, and sharp senses, particularly their excellent night […] Go to Source
OPINION: National Unity, Prejudices And The Consequence Of Anger
March 20, (THEWILL) – Anger is a barren human emotion, vacant of logic, rhyme, and reason. It is the stuff of that uncritical, unthinking, and irrational section of the human interior. Anger does not follow thought, and thought does not follow anger. Anger is the mitochondria of the ‘’mobs’’. Sadly, this anger is misplaced, misdirected […] Go to Source
The ‘evil empire’ is morphing into a new Sino-Russian empire
The U.S. and the Soviet Union were still waging the Cold War, immersed in concerns about arms control and nuclear proliferation, when President Ronald Reagan, on March 8, 1983, warned against “the aggressive impulses of an evil empire” in “the struggle between right and wrong and good and evil.” Four decades later, those words ring truer than ever. The “evil empire” of the Soviet Union…
OPINION: Bola Tinubu, May Your Road Be Rough!
Newsbreak 2 weeks ago in Around The World, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Godwin Emefiele, Naira redesign, Opinion 0 March 11, (THEWILL) – In the choice of a fitting title for this piece, the late Professor Tai Solarin, one of Nigeria’s foremost educators and social activists, readily came to mind. May the labour of our heroes’ past not be in vain! That said, the title of the write-up suggests an overview of an anticipated […] The post OPINION: Bola Tinubu, May Your Road Be…
Who wants to live in the United States of Florida?
Over the course of the past three years, Florida has become both a lightning rod and a rallying cry for millions of Americans. As with just about everything else in the “Age of Trump” and the “Age of COVID,” the interpretation of what Florida may mean to those millions of people has become politicized and polarizing. This is especially true now that Gov. Ron DeSantis…
OPINION: Implementing Tinubu’s Education Agenda (Part 1)
March 10, (THEWILL) – Contained in the Renewed Hope 2023 vision document of President-elect, Bola Tinubu, is his Education Agenda (contained on pages 40-43), with the motto: “Enlightened minds, an essential pillar of development”. I view this agenda as simply a screenshot of Tinubu’s intentions on education, an education compass, not a detailed proclamation of […] The post OPINION: Implementing Tinubu’s Education Agenda (Part 1)…
How to fight poverty and boost work with an enhanced Child Tax Credit
The president’s 2024 budget, released today, calls for reinstating the 2021 expansion of the Child Tax Credit, which dramatically reduced child poverty. The temporary effect of that one-year expansion on poverty rates was a remarkable feat — instead of what surely would have been an increase in child poverty while the economy was still weak, we saw a reduction in child poverty of more than a third. Those results made…
The ‘Havana Syndrome’ mystery and its impact aren’t over
CIA Director William Burns was quick to address the agency’s workforce, annuitants and extended community after the Intelligence Community’s Updated Assessment of Anomalous Health Incidents (AHIs) — what became known as “Havana Syndrome” — concluded it is “very unlikely” a foreign adversary was responsible. Burns emphasized that the findings did not call into question those officers and their family members who reported health issues while…
OPINION: Election 2023 As Giant Killer, End Of Incumbency Power?
March 08, (THEWILL) – When the 10th National Assembly (NASS) resumes after the inauguration of the new president on May 29, most of the current members of the Senate and House of Representatives in both the red and green chambers of NASS would be strangers. That is because a significant number of members of the […] The post OPINION: Election 2023 As Giant Killer, End…
Forget the regulatory red herring: Here’s what the National Cybersecurity Strategy is really telling us
Last week, the Office of the National Cyber Director (ONCD) released the long-awaited National Cybersecurity Strategy — the first under the Biden administration. Countless industry listening sessions and extensive interagency coordination didn’t leave much need for guesswork. As telegraphed (and reported), the strategy explicitly calls for a shift in the regulatory landscape. It also makes the best business case for cybersecurity investment and coordination that…
Putin’s treaty withdrawal doesn’t spell doom for arms control
Although he certainly meant it as no favor to the United States, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s recent decision to suspend Russia’s participation in the so-called “New START” U.S.-Russian nuclear arms control treaty may do us a service nonetheless. The arms control void opens up opportunities for creative thought about what, if anything, should replace New START when it definitively expires in 2026, including and especially…
Putin could escalate with nuclear testing
Newsbreak 3 weeks ago in Around The World, National Security, Nuclear Threat, Opinion, russia ukraine war 0 Russian President Vladimir Putin has put the world on notice that Russia might resume nuclear explosive testing. He may see this as bolstering his scare tactics over Ukraine by signaling a possible willingness to use nuclear weapons. While testing could also help Russia improve its nuclear arms, politics rather than technology are likely to drive any decision to test. In his Feb. 21 state of…
It’s not NATO — Putin always has had expansionist designs
Who would you believe about Russian strongman Vladimir Putin’s intentions: a distinguished American political scientist or an equally distinguished Russian sociologist? The American political scientist is John Mearsheimer of the University of Chicago. The Russian sociologist is Grigory Yudin of the Higher School of Economics and the Moscow School for the Social and Economic Sciences. Mearsheimer is known for having argued consistently that NATO enlargement…
US can help Uzbekistan build resilience against Russia & China
Between Russia’s war in Ukraine and the strategic competition with China — and both heating up — Central Asia is now a region more important than ever for U.S. national and international security interests. While we are paying a lot of attention to China in the Indo-Pacific basin, we are almost totally neglecting its Eurasian dimension. Meanwhile, Beijing is taking advantage of a Russia weakened…
First Step Act was only half the job; now a ‘Second Step’ is needed
The First Step Act (FSA) was a landmark achievement in the area of criminal justice reform. It came at a time of partisan politics and a divided Congress and was the only significant bi-partisan legislation passed during the Trump administration. “The First Step” is a new, award-winning film, documenting the passage of this historic act. The film gives viewers a behind-the-scenes look at the unlikely…
Why Marty Walsh’s resignation is a good thing
Recent reports state that U.S. Labor Secretary Marty Walsh plans to leave his role in government to work as the executive director of the National Hockey League (NHL) Players’ Association. Walsh came to the secretary role with a strong background in service to unions but has often voiced support for increasing legal pathways for immigrant labor. “I think we’re going to have a bigger catastrophe if we…
Is Iran ready to build a nuclear bomb or not?
Iran’s capacity to enrich uranium sometimes seems to be closely correlated with Washington’s ability to confuse the debate. Ten days ago it emerged that Tehran’s centrifuges were enriching to a level as high as 84 percent, very close to the 90 percent level generally accepted as needed for an atomic bomb. But last Sunday, CIA Director William Burns told CBS News’ “Face the Nation” that…
We cannot treat our way out of the obesity epidemic
A spate of recent reports on obesity shows that the U.S. continues its extraordinary 40-year rise in obesity. The reporting focuses on its genetic roots and the need for more treatment. In a segment on 60 Minutes, Leslie Stahl interviewed Dr. Fatima Cody Stanford who stated that the number one cause of obesity is genetics. Similarly, New York Times reporter Gina Kolata summarized the American Academy…
Why doesn’t the Global South support Ukraine’s anti-colonial struggle?
A distinguished Singaporean diplomat recently asked a good question: “Why hasn’t 85 percent of the world imposed sanctions on Russia after its illegal invasion of Ukraine?” His answer is revealing, less about the reality in Russia and Ukraine, and more about perceptions in what he calls the Global South: “The honest answer is that in their heart of hearts, many leaders of these countries do…
Crowded GOP field won’t save Trump — because it won’t last
The only people more excited at Nikki Haley’s presidential campaign than Nikki Haley are the denizens of Trump World: They think a big, crowded Republican field is just the ticket for Donald Trump to grab the nomination. That’s just wishful thinking. All the punditry thinks a big field will help Trump beat Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, but the polling they think supports that superficial analysis…
Deadly streets, failing faculties: Why are we throwing away the lives of young Americans?
There is being destitute, oppressed, exploited or crushed — after which there may be America’s inner-city pupil inhabitants, most of them minorities. “Lives thrown away by society” is a vapid cliché that has lost its shock value. Why ought to anybody get labored up when one more anonymous, faceless and hopeless nothingness of a human being stumbles into the abyss of distress? They don’t depend….
The election that could have changed the world in 2023
Newsbreak 4 weeks ago in Around The World, George Bush, International, Opinion, russia ukraine war 0 Ninety-two-year-old James A. Baker is amongst America’s most distinguished statesmen. His most important appointments have been as President Reagan’s Treasury secretary and chief of workers and President George H.W. Bush’s secretary of state and closest confidante. Baker also led the authorized group in the 2000 election that halted the Florida recount, awarding Bush’s son Florida’s Electoral College votes and the White House. Among our presidents, no different, together with Eisenhower, had…
National wave of curriculum bills fails both students and American history
Utah is the newest state hit by the national wave of bills concentrating on public education. A brand new public college curriculum invoice introduced in the Utah Legislature, HB 427, would “prohibit the use of instructional materials and classroom instruction inconsistent with the principle of inalienable rights, equal opportunity, and individual merit.” Vacuous as this description might sound, the invoice is hardly empty of that means. HB 427…
Charter schools aren’t fixing public education. Here’s what is.
Charter schools, personal faculty vouchers and different market-based reforms to public education aren’t working. They are like a drugs that only treats signs, like Prilosec for heartburn or Advil for arthritis. They look good in shiny brochures and work for some households and college students, however they don’t deal with the basis reason behind the issue. And typically the side results make the issue worse….
Chemical disasters will keep happening
On Feb. 3, a Norfolk Southern prepare carrying cancer-causing chemicals derailed close to the small city of East Palestine in Ohio — ensuing in a poisonous explosion, massive fireplace and an evacuation order. Hazardous waste air pollution, like we’ve seen in thisdisaster, is devastating however not unusual in America. On common, every three days a hazardous incident happens in keeping with information from the Environmental Protection Agency…
What has Putin taught us one year into the war in Ukraine?
As oligarch researchers, we have been writing about Russian President Vladimir Putin recurrently since his second invasion of Ukraine. The subsequent war has been dynamic, revealing new information about Putin and his mindset. It has also revealed that a lot of the war’s observers — together with these whom we in any other case admire — have lost a few of their potential to stay…
Our disastrous flood-control policies
Increasingly harmful developments have put tens of hundreds of thousands of Americans and their properties at critical danger. The hazard is rising, however we have no efficient nationwide plan to take care of it. That describes the nation’s response to floods. Here are the developments: Americans keep constructing in river and coastal floodplains. We do not have incentives or guidelines to cease them. Coastal storms…
Better methane accounting will mean a faster and cheaper energy transition
A push for the oil and fuel trade to reduce its methane emissions is on. Methane, the key element of pure fuel, is 80 instances more potent than carbon dioxide over a 20-year timeframe. In the U.S., the oil and fuel trade is the second largest contributor of methane emissions after agriculture. According to the International Energy Agency, the energy sector globally was liable for 135 million metric tons…
Petty politics cannot dictate whether to charge Trump with a crime
I’m as as any American in the varied investigations of Donald Trump. It’s considerably powerful to get a deal with on them, as a result of a number of prosecutors are taking a look at his conduct and varied incidents. There is the Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021; the alleged conspiracy to submit a false slate of electors; the reported try to persuade the…