Wednesday, March 23, 2022

What has gone wrong with Australian journalism’s commitment to free speech?


That glass of Bordeaux/Burgundy you’re drinking with dinner is reducing your chances of contacting Covid-19 by 17%.

 A new study analysed health data on 480,000 UK residents and found that subjects who drank one or two glasses of red wine a day had a 10% to 17% lower risk of contracting the Coronavirus than non-drinkers.

Covid Good News – Drink Red Wine


The meaning of the Pope’s intervention


Jailed Russian opposition leader pleaded not guilty to new charges that he says were politically motivated


 Silicon Valley Congressman says that to fix social media, Meta, Twitter, etc. should “hire 100 philosophy majors” — is this evidence that Rep. Khanna has been checking out philosophy Twitter, or evidence that he hasn’t?


What has gone wrong with Australian journalism’s commitment to free speech?

The decision of the National Press Club to withdraw the invitation to the Russian Ambassador to speak at the club is the…

 
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