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A Year In Retro: 50 most popular posts of 2020 Posted on A Year In Retro: 50 most popular posts of 2020 Note all articles are independently researched and written by myself. However, if you buy via one of the links it may be an affiliate and I may earn a small commission. The new year is approaching, but before I start with the new, let’s look back at the old with A Year In Retro: 50 most popular posts of 2020. It has been a strange year for obvious reasons and for many, a stressful and sa...

Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission  Credit: Johanna Geron/Reuters SIR – If it wasn’t apparent already, the stance of Brussels in the latest rounds of negotiations for a trade deal makes it absolutely clear that the EU has no intention of according Britain the respect and consideration that almost any other independent nation on earth would be granted as a matter of course. Instead, we were treated with disdain. If it can do that to the nation which by its actions in...

12 . 10 . 20 Among the many gifted designers now at work in the publishing industry, Peter Mendelsund is one of my favorites. To my shame, I can’t remember the first time I saw an intriguing cover, turned to the back flap to see whose work it was, and found Mendelsund’s name, but by now I have a slew of books he’s designed, including his splendid series of Kafka and Calvino paperbacks. (He’s also a fine writer. Talent is unevenly distributed.) In The Look of the Book: Jackets, Covers, ...

southern indiana where entire communities and neighborhoods were wiped off the map in a matter of seconds. we have team coverage. chuck bell in the storm center. we begin with nbcs jay gray. >> reporter: good evening. the devastation you see behind me stretches for miles. two violent attacks from mother senate in the span of three days which in communities just like this across the tornado alley, the loss is almost too much to bear. a day after, and the devastation is almost impossible...

reverse lay-in and mason led know there of-32 and with that sing half, gives to the big guy. mason beats unc wilmington, 75- 69 and in that three-way tie in the first place and the patriots host vcu on tuesday. >> and tonight, seeking the first conference road win of the season. and two-plus minutes left, and knock down the 3, tieing the game, 62-62 and had 11 points. with over a minute to g the game tied at 64 and david pelham for the lay-in and the colonials have a two-point lead. 9....

circling the globe tonight. legendary singer whitney houston has died. the 48-year-old was found in her hotel room by a bodyguard on the fourth floor of the beverly hilton hotel just before 3:30 west coast time. police responded to a call for an unconscious person. paramedics arrived there, tried to revive her, but they were not able to do that. at this point, police have not determined the cause of death. they do not suspect foul play. we know that the man who introduced us to whitney...

mcpherson square park poo-pooed the occupiers. >> they just want to be on tv. they aint homeless. they got a place to stay. they dont represent us. >> reporter: moments ago u.s. park police moved in on the nearly two dozen occupy d.c. protesters who have been sitting in and on top of a structure they built in the middle of mcpherson square park. right now you are looking at a live image of the few remaining protesters that are still on top of the structure. as we said, all the proteste...

near a housing development. four houses sustained damage. firefighters contained the flames by 5:00 in the evening. in virginia, wind fueled 100 fires across the state. viewers sent us these photos. one man is facing charges for starting one of the fires. this fire scorched 25 acres near dale city after a man left a trash fire smoldering. a fire destroyed at least one home. but we turn our attention back to maryland where some of the greatest damage was done and where one of the larg...

morning. it went across 95 and caused the closing of sections of that because visibility was so low. firefighters battled a bunch of fires. of course this was one of the biggest. we spoke with mark brady about how they intended to fight this fire. >> it burns intensely. we are coming up with different tactics to extinguish these fires. [ inaudible ] once it comes down to embers it can fully extinguish. >> as you can hear the wind still whipping at that point when we were talking to mar...

to them all. i have made profound mistakes and will work as hard as i can to seek forgiveness. the challenges we face in western new york and across the country are too serious for distractions to continue so i am announces my resignation for my seat of congress immediately. here is the picture that unraveled his political career today. according to gawker, he posted this picture in craigslist personals in response to an ad from a 34-year-old maryland woman who was complaining about th...