A series of deadly tornadoes touched down in Alabama on Sunday, destroying buildings and killing at least 23 people, according to CNN. The victims were all residents of Lee County, which borders Georgia and the city of Columbus.
And I push back.
I don’t consider myself an absolutist about anything — except for free speech.
The value of free expression seems so fundamental to me that it hardly needs a defense. It is, after all, enshrined in the First Amendment of the US Constitution. But like any dogma, there is utility in occasionally challenging the assumptions that undergird it.
Which brings me to a paper I recently read in the Sydney Law Review, titled “The Case Against Free Speech.” The author is Brian Leiter... Читать дальше...
(Telecompaper) 5G appears all the closer to reality after the many announcements at MWC. We look here at the latest developments in recent weeks.
The Orion South diamond project, in central Saskatchewan, has been confirmed to contain an high proportion of rare type diamond – Type IIa – which account for less than 2% of all natural diamonds mined from kimberlites. A recent study has confirmed that “unusually high” proportions of Type IIa diamonds are present in the Star (26.5%) and Orion South (12.5%) kimberlites, Star Diamond Corporation reported on Monday.
Political parties wishing to contest the upcoming May 8 elections have less than two weeks to submit candidate lists to the IEC.
Tehran, March 4, IRNA – The chief of staff of Armed Forces of Iran urged the researchers in the field of defense on Monday to devise a new road map to be able to produce more deterrent power to heighten Islamic Establishment's authority more than before.
Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman attacked the Opposition over the One Rank One Pension (OROP) on Monday, saying that previous governments had approved a proposal of just Rs 500 crore for it whereas...
The Dutch foreign minister has recalled his country's ambassador to Iran after Tehran expelled two diplomats from the Dutch embassy amid escalating tensions between the two countries
The former farmhand charged with first-degree murder in the abduction and stabbing death of 20-year-old Mollie Tibbetts in Iowa wants to have his trial moved to a more diverse county. … Click to Continue »
PAUL Nicholls had a right big dipper of a weekend. The Don of Ditcheat expected plenty from Dolos (15-2 to 5-1) in Newbury’s feature on Saturday and then managed to beat him with hit-and-miss stablemate San Benedeto. The winner is a proper Marmite horse, but he’s got any amount of ability and heads to Aintree […]
Kayleigh Evans, 27, from Birkenhead, secretly recorded selfie videos during her five-year fertility battle and released the heartbreaking clips to give others hope after finally giving birth.
Keith Flint, lead singer of dance-electronic band The Prodigy, has been found dead at his home near London. He was 49.
The Latest on the tornado that killed more than 20 people in Alabama (all times local): 7 a.m. About 150 people hunkered down together in a Baptist church and sang … Click to Continue »
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo refused to say if he believes that Kim Jong Un did not know about Otto Warmbier's mistreatment.
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Turks expect the greeks to provoke themselves
It's time to prevent children from playing tackle football until they're 14 years old, when their bodies are better equipped to handle the impact.
The National Technical Research Organisation (NTRO) had started surveillance of the facility after the Indian Air Force (IAF) was given clearance to target the camp in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, the sources said.On February 26, 12 Mirage 2000 IAF jets penetrated deep inside the Pakistani air space and launched 1,000 kg Spice 2000 bombs at the camp in Balakot, which housed terrorists, including commanders, and an ammunition dump."During technical surveillance, it emerged that there was... Читать дальше...
A new survey of senior security leader attitudes and practices concentrates on 'anticipating the unknowns'. It's a clever choice of words. 'Anticipating' implies getting ahead of and being prepared for the unknowns -- which is different and more accurate than the more usual use of the word as simply 'expecting' the unknowns. This is the task of the security leader: to be prepared for the unknown rather than to wait for and respond to the unknown.
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WWF, the venerable nature-conservation group, has a darker side, BuzzFeed News reported Monday, drawing on a yearlong investigation across six countries. "In national parks across Asia and Africa, the beloved nonprofit with the cuddly panda logo funds, equips, and works directly with paramilitary forces that have been accused of beating, torturing, sexually assaulting, and murdering scores of people," BuzzFeed says. The documented or alleged abuses committee by WWF-funded rangers or staff includes... Читать дальше...
Morne Morkel has extended his contract with Surrey for a further year, which will keep him at The Kia Oval until the end of next summer.
Jiangxi Copper plans to buy a controlling stake in major copper, silver and lead smelter Yantai Humon Group, the Chinese copper giant said in a filing to the Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) on Monday March 4.
Peter Lenardos oversaw the sale of the Swedish fintech to the US exchange group
Scotland have welcomed back five players from injury ahead of Saturday's Guinness Six Nations clash with Wales - but Stuart Hogg is not among them.