by Ty Davison | Mar 27, 2025 | News & Commentary
Just Stop Oil says it will stop throwing soup at paintings and end disruptive protest | CNN: The UK climate activist group Just Stop Oil announced that it will end disruptive acts of protest, which have included throwing soup on Vincent Van Gogh’s “Sunflowers,”...
by Ty Davison | Mar 27, 2025 | News & Commentary
White House pulls Stefanik’s UN ambassador nomination amid concern over narrow Republican House majority | CNN Politics: The White House on Thursday pulled Rep. Elise Stefanik’s nomination to be US ambassador to the United Nations amid concerns over slim margins in...
by Ty Davison | Mar 24, 2025 | News & Commentary
Mahmoud Khalil: Trump administration accuses pro-Palestinian activist of hiding info on green card application | CNN: Long before Khalil’s detention, UNRWA was a lightning rod for American and Israeli politicians who accuse the agency of antisemitic behavior alongside...
by Ty Davison | Mar 24, 2025 | News & Commentary
U.S. Supreme Court ruling ends Oregon youth climate case – oregonlive.com: Attorney Julia Olson, chief legal counsel of Our Children’s Trust who filed the suit in Eugene, said in a statement that the suit “sparked a global youth-led movement for climate rights...
by Ty Davison | Mar 20, 2025 | Essays, News & Commentary
One of the principles of stoic philosophy is to only worry about things within your control. What’s the point of worrying if you can do nothing about it? I believe most would, upon reflection at least, agree with this. (In fact, I’d go further and say that there...
