Military hypersonic missile scientist duped colleague into hiring prostitute at top Air Force lab Daily Mail
Dr. Peter Kreeft—a leading Catholic apologist, philosophy professor, and author of over 100 books—delivered the commencement address at Franciscan University of Steubenville on May 14, 2022. Dr. Kreeft told graduates to be on the lookout for 10 lies of contemporary culture, urging them to instead “go forth and preach the truth, the good news in both word and deed.”
Dr. Peter Kreeft | 10 Lies of Contemporary Culture | Commencement Address at Franciscan University
President Biden, 79, tested positive for Covid Thursday morning, the White House said in a statement
Joe Biden had been poised Thursday to unveil a $37bn proposal for fighting crimeincluding funding to help US police departments hire and train an additional 100,000 officers over a five-year period, according to reports, though after contracting Covid he cancelled the speech where he planned to announce it.
'Unprecedented growth in house prices': OECD call to cap housing tax breaks benefiting the rich
Anthony Albanese promised that his government would listen, and in restoring payments for sick leave for casual workers he has fulfilled that promise (″Albanese signs off on restoring the $750 pandemic isolation payment in policy reversal″, smh.com.au, July 16). I’m still picking myself up from the floor that a government would listen to sense and not be frightened of the word ″backflip″. It was the correct thing to do. Of course, it can’t last forever, but at least until COVID and flu numbers are diminishing rather than rising. Genevieve Milton, Newtown
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AMERICAN RASPUTIN Steve Bannon is still scheming. And he’s still a threat to democracy.
The picturesque Paris of Czech Artist Tavík František Šimon
TavíTavik Frantisek Šimon (TF Šimon) (1877-1942) is one of the most important Czech artists of the first half of the twentieth century. From 1904-1914 he lived in Paris, and he was a renowned and well-known artist in France. Much of his work is inspired by the prettiest corners of Paris, gardens, squares, picturesque streets, old houses, boulevard scenes. Another part is about provincial sites, including Mont Saint-Michel, some beautiful cathedrals and especially the beaches of Normandy. By force of circumstances he lived in Bohemia during the war from 1914 to 1918, unable to return to France. After the war he preferred to stay in his homeland where he is a very popular and renowned artist. He lived in Prague until his death in 1942.
Jane Avril, “The Strange” Poster Child of the Moulin Rouge
If you knew that “Satine”, Baz Luhrmann’s lead character in his 2001 movie musical Moulin Rouge! was in fact based on a real-life French can-can dancer called Jane Avril, the decision to cast Nicole Kidman might make even more sense. Avril, with her flaming red hair, thin lips and delicate facial features, tall gaunt physique and long, unmistakeable kicking limbs captured over and over again in Toulouse-Lautrec’s iconic posters, was once upon a time, a star in her own right. Paris in the 19th century: Montmartre was an intoxicating central cesspit for a creative explosion, and at the heart of it was that bohemian palace of pleasure, the Moulin Rouge. You could say that it was a haven to Jane Avril, who thrived in this Belle Epoque underworld, having escaped an even darker one. It was there, under the spinning red sails of the cabaret’s windmill that she would cross paths with her unlikely soulmate, Henri Toulouse-Lautrec, and become his muse. Their troubles were their bond: Jane Avril the delicate and damaged dancer, and Henri, the talented ousted aristocrat, both caught in an inescapable vortex of cruelty and creativity
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How Uber won access to world leaders, deceived investigators and exploited violence against its drivers in battle for global dominanceThe International Consortium of Investigative Journalists
On Joe Burn’s “Class Struggle Unionism” Industrial Worker
Games People Play: The Revolutionary 1964 Model of Human Relationships That Changed How We (Mis)Understand Ourselves and Each Other The Marginalian. Note that there are good games: Happy to Help, Busman’s Holiday, They’ll Be Glad They Knew Me, Homely Sage