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Social distancing disagreements are causing couples to argue — and even break up
(Alla Dreyvitser/The Washington Post/iStock images) When Isabelle found out that her boyfriend had taken a friend grocery-shopping, she was livid. “You did what?” she recalls exclaiming at the time. “In your Mini Cooper?” It’s impossible to be socially distant in a compact car. Oh, and by the way, he’d been to another friend’s place, where …
In Jerusalem, coronavirus gives Israelis and Palestinans something else to argue about
Israeli officials, in turn, contend that the Palestinian Authority, which governs the adjacent West Bank, is exploiting the outbreak to meddle in Jerusalem’s Arab neighborhoods. The acrimony belies corona-cooperation in other areas, where Israeli and Palestinian agencies have worked together to distribute testing kits and control movement of people in the West Bank and facilitated …
Climate activists to argue they can break the law in order to save the planet
Posted September 03, 2019 20:15:54 Photo: Emma Dorge was arrested in Brisbane during climate change protests. (Supplied: Will Bri) When 23-year-old Emma Dorge appears in court to enter her plea, she will be relying on a unique defence. Key points: Four climate activists will plead not guilty, arguing that climate change poses an “extraordinary emergency” …
Can We Argue With ‘The Value of Everything’?
The Value of Everything: Making and Taking in the Global Economy by Mariana Mazzucato Published in September of 2018. In The Value of Everything, Mariana Mazzucato makes three interlocking arguments. The first is that the measure of economic activity should not be profit or growth, but instead societal and family and individual well-being. The second argument …
You Can’t Argue with Technology
Umpire Brian deBrauwere signals a strike on the first pitch of Wednesday night’s Atlantic League All-Star Game, the first time in baseball history that an automated strike zone was used to call a game. (Photo by Joe Lemire) YORK, Pa. — During the second inning of Wednesday night’s Atlantic League All-Star Game, Joe Van Meter’s …
