Chicago schools will be closed on November 12 to recognize what the city administration is referring to as ‘Vaccine Awareness Day’ – a day off to give children the “opportunity to receive the vaccine” as quickly as possible. The day off will follow Veterans Day, allowing the more than 300,000 …
Read More »‘A little self-awareness goes a long way’: Candace Owens says fat people shouldn’t criticize the unvaccinated
In a tweet on Sunday evening, vaccine skeptic Candace Owens sparked fresh debate about Covid-19 shots as she called on overweight people not to lecture the unvaccinated on matters relating to health and the pandemic. “If you are extremely overweight – please do not think you have the authority to …
Read More »‘Serious issues with self-awareness’: China urges US to find ‘courage’ to address own mistakes after bilateral military talks
Beijing welcomes dialogue with the United States, but insists Washington must take steps to end “continuous provocations and suppression of China,” Defense Ministry spokesman Wu Qian told reporters on Thursday, not long after military officials on both sides held a pair of virtual meetings. “The military relationship has faced many …
Read More »Some racial awareness in the classroom could actually be a good thing – but arguing ‘maths is racist’ isn’t going to get us there
Back in the dark days of 1970s British state education, the bedrock of my primary school instruction was known, alliteratively, as “the three R’s”, aka “reading, writing and arithmetic”. The concept taught oiks like me the basics, namely barely enough language and mathematical skills to stumble into a world of …
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