On Wednesday evening, Senator Jeff Sessions was confirmed as the newest Attorney General of the United States. The vote comes after a stunning series of events for President Donald Trump’s cabinet picks, including the historic vote for Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, whose confirmation was made official after Vice President Mike Pence cast a tie-breaking vote. Sessions’ confirmation…
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‘Policed multiculturalism’ and predicting disaster
Police in Paris. Demotix/ Cesar Dezfuli. All rights reserved. Rosemary Bechler(RB): Francesco, you have analysed in some detail the relatively recent French plan to ‘combat radicalization’, following a path previously trodden in the UK and the Netherlands. Could you explain how, in your view, this approach to counter-terrorism influenced the nature of the French response…
McDonald’s Just Introduced A Complicated New Straw That Has Everyone Scratching Their Heads
For decades, customers have complained that McDonald’s straws were pretty much useless when used to drink milkshakes. The flimsy, thin straw would buckle under the power of your own suction. With most milkshakes, the problem solves itself as the shake melted and became thinner. But McDonald’s gum-based processed shakes didn’t really melt. They just sort…
Book review: Neil Kent’s “Crimea: a history”
Just over two years have passed since Russia annexed Crimea in March 2014. Since then, the peninsula has remained in international limbo and has become something of an information vacuum for outside observers. Yet before the Ukrainian crisis began in late 2013, there was a lack of information and deep understanding not just of Crimea,…
Watch This Adorable Grandpa Melt When He Sees His Grandson Score His First NHL Goal
Tyson Jost of the Colorado Avalanche took a cross-ice pass from his teammate and slid a shot past the Minnesota Wild’s goalie to score his first ever NHL goal in just his fourth game. As you can see from the video above, it was all a little too much for his grandpa Jim to process….
This App Can Detect Signs Of Skin Cancer From Photos Of Your Skin
Your smartphone isn’t going to replace regular doctor visits anytime in the near future, but if you conduct regular exams of your skin to check for abnormalities or cancerous growths, you’ve got a tool at your disposal in SkinVision, a new app that analyzes photos of your skin, searching for signs of melanoma. The app’s utility…
European union – a cosmopolitan legal space
Rescued refugees shipwrecked off Libya arrive in Palermo. Demotix/ Antonio Melita. All rights reserved. Slawomir Sierakowski: Who are the people flocking to Europe now? Who are they, what should we call them? Seyla Benhabib: There is a lot of discussion over this terminology, whether we should call them refugees or migrants. These people are coming…
Why fear is our enemy
Paris terrace cafe, July, 2014. Flickr/ zoetnet. Some rights reserved.It was a mild autumn Friday evening. The weekend had arrived, and it was time to go out and relax. It was a time for friends to gather, for music concerts and sports matches. Men and women mixed together, young people from all walks of life…
Energy Department Just Banned The Most Important Phrases Needed To Address Climate Change—Including “Climate Change”
Is it 2017 or 1984? Two months into Trump’s presidency, we’re already asking ourselves that very question. According to Politico, an Energy Department administrator advised staff members to avoid the terms climate change, emissions reduction, and Paris Agreement in all forms of written communication. It was this past Tuesday that Department of Energy employees reportedly learned of the…
As Ankara death toll rises, anger mounts against Government for courting disaster
The injured wait for help from survivors after the bomb blast in Ankara peace rally. Demotix/Recep Yilmaz. All rights reserved. One day after twin blasts tore through Ankara’s central station area, thousands of protestors gathered near the site of the massacre. Yet despite the pleas of the crowds, a belated security presence has established itself…