Day: July 6, 2023

Thousands of Hawaiian cesspools inch closer to ocean as shoreline erodes

2:55 pm July 6, 2023

The town of Hauula packs hundreds of homes into a narrow strip of land sandwiched between verdant, towering cliffs of the Koolau mountain range and the Pacific. But the stunning views obscure an environmental problem beneath the ground. This rural part of the island of Oahu is not connected to city sewers — and waste […]

China’s top diplomat criticized for comments calling for race-based alliance, Beijing pushes back

2:55 pm July 6, 2023

China on Wednesday brushed away international criticism Beijing has received following race-based comments issued this week by a top diplomat who encouraged its Asian neighbors to drop their Western ties and strengthen allegiances with China. Director of the Chinese Communist Party Central Committee Foreign Affairs Commission Office Wang Yi raised international eyebrows Monday when he […]

Rep Gaetz seeks to end testing military personnel for marijuana with bill amendment

2:15 pm July 6, 2023

A proposed amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act would abolish testing military personnel for cannabis at time of enlistment or commission. The proposed amendment, a “prohibition on cannabis testing for enlistment or commission in certain armed forces,” was introduced by Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla. “Our military is facing a recruitment and retainment crisis unlike […]

Isiah Thomas at odds with Dennis Rodman’s Larry Bird take: ‘He would still be the MVP of the league’

2:11 pm July 6, 2023

NBA rivalries die hard, and Dennis Rodman kept the rivalry between the Detroit Pistons and the Boston Celtics alive in late June, when he said three-time MVP Larry Bird would not make the NBA in today’s era of basketball. “If Larry Bird played in this era, I think he’d be in Europe,” Rodman said on […]

Supreme Court ruling on Biden’s student debt handout is much bigger than you think

2:00 pm July 6, 2023

Last week, the Supreme Court issued three important decisions that will impact public policymaking for decades. On Thursday, the Supreme Court ruled that the use of race in college admissions is a violation of the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment, dealing a major blow to affirmative action in education. On Friday, the Supreme Court determined […]