Taiwan’s Victory for Democracy – WSJ
The press is full of fear and trembling after Taiwan’s people on Saturday elected as president the candidate most disliked by Beijing. How about first celebrating the island nation’s demonstration of a robust Chinese democracy? Taiwanese voters elected Vice President Lai Ching-te with 40% of the vote after a rousing three-way campaign. “In the global […]
In Taiwan, Voters Choose President as China Tensions Loom
The Taiwanese politician Lai Ching-te has for years been reviled by China’s Communist Party as a dangerous foe who, by its account, could drag the two sides into a war by pressing for full independence for his island democracy. Right up to Saturday, when millions of Taiwanese voted for their next president, an official Beijing […]
Ahead of Iowa Caucuses, Voters Fear the Prospect of Civil Unrest
Presidential elections traditionally speak to future aspirations, offering a vision of a better tomorrow, the hope and change of Barack Obama or the compassionate conservatism of George W. Bush. Yet this year, even before a single vote has been cast, a far darker sentiment has taken hold. Across Iowa, as the first nominating contest approaches […]
BBC's Glenn Campbell on shock of brain cancer diagnosis
BBC Scotland’s political editor says the discovery of a tumour was devastating – but that he’s been lucky. Source link
A Mountain of Used Clothes Appeared in Chile’s Desert. Then It Went Up in Flames
As Bloomberg reported in May, New York, California, Sweden, and the Netherlands are developing legislation similar to Chile’s extended producer responsibility law that went into effect this year, mandating that the fashion industry fund recycling programs via tariffs calibrated to the quantity of garments produced. In order to help New York City uphold its existing […]
Boeing’s mid-air panel blowout has ‘shaken trust’. What travellers should know – National
The fallout from the mid-air blowout of a panel on an Alaska Airlines flight last week adds to the already “checkered history” for Boeing’s MAX jets, experts say, and puts the company’s once-sterling commercial aircraft reputation further at risk. Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun admitted earlier this week that the Virginia-based company made a mistake after […]
More Cheese, Please: Farmers Are Squeezing Cows for Fattier Milk
Americans are eating more cheese and butter. That has dairy farmers scrambling to get their cows to produce fattier milk. The efforts include using different cow breeds and feed mixes, and making sure animals are comfortable and don’t get too hot. The result is that the average amount of butterfat in milk produced by U.S. […]
How a Polyamorous Mom Had ‘a Big Sexual Adventure’ and Found Herself
For anyone prone to experiencing secondhand embarrassment, there’s a scene in Molly Roden Winter’s debut, “More: A Memoir of Open Marriage,” that should come with a warning. Winter is at her home in Brooklyn. She has just had sex with her boyfriend while her two children sleep upstairs. Her husband, Stewart, consented to her tryst, […]
Opinion | Trump Loves to Play With Fire
To be a Republican politician in the age of Donald Trump is to live under the threat of violence from his most fanatical and aggressive followers. Senator Mitt Romney of Utah hired personal security for himself and his family at a cost of $5,000 a day to guard against threats on their lives after he […]
What if You Never Had to Charge Your Gadgets Again?
After decades of trying, consumer electronics companies are rolling out a solar technology that mimics photosynthesis in plants. It lets devices charge indoors and, in some cases, can eliminate batteries entirely. This new light-harvesting tech is fundamentally different from the crystalline silicon-based panels on rooftops and in solar farms, and also from the amorphous silicon […]