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The pride I feel in being part of a very special people has only grown and grown since October 7

The City of Seattle is in a race against time when it comes to earthquakes and old buildings that don’t meet modern standards to withstand them.

Medicaid and food stamps are the latest of the pandemic relief policies to expire. But some benefits, even if temporary, made way for more generous social policies.

Through the years, campus leftists have consistently pushed back against the Review’s ideas. It is with a heavy heart that we admit today: we were wrong. After long and careful consideration, we the staff of the Stanford Review have decided, in the words of the heroic martyr Dean Tirien

Though it wasn’t as intense as the Big Snow of 1880, the February 1916 storm nearly destroyed one of Seattle’s earliest landmarks.

Earlier this week, the Seventh Circuit issued a lengthy and detailed ruling in Ezell v. Chicago (available here), which issued a preliminary injunction against Chicago gun range ban based on the Second Amendment.  The Ezell ruling is both interesting and intricate; in this extended new post over at The Volokh Conspiracy, Second Amendment scholar and fan David Kopel astutely explains how and why " Ezell v. Chicago is a tremendously important case for Second Amendment doctrine." I share K...

UBC faculty in School of Population and Public Health castigate director Peter Berman over vacation to Hawaii They declared that "travel for non-essential purposes and otherwise not following the guidance of our Provincial Health Officer is deeply irresponsible" by Charlie Smith on January 8th, 2021 at 4:58 PM 1 of 1 2 of 1 The backlash continues over a senior UBC officials decision to take a Hawaiian holiday in the midst of a pandemic. Today, 19 professors in UBCs School of Population an...

Organization they just not going to be able to meet the bills. >> and jacob shapiro, what do you make of vladimir putins statement today about the way he thought they -- that they could coordinate in some ways with the united states? >> i think that makes a lot of sense, lawrence. the basic issue in getting a durable solution in syria is not defeating isil. that will happen over time. trying to fight a three-front war. the issue is convincing the sides fighting it theres a political bargain they...

Just run and flee. and so as a country, as an organization they just not going to be able to meet the bills. >> and jacob shah pir are, what do you make of vladimir putins statement today about the way he thought they -- that they could coordinate in some ways with the united states? >> i think that makes a lot of sense, lawrence. the basic issue in getting a durable solution in syria is not defeating isil. that will happen over time. trying to fight a three-front war. the issue is convincing th...

That was true when the united states had 160,000 forces on the ground. its true today when we have none on the ground. sending 20,000 forces in, yes, you could pull down the flag from raqqah with 20,000 american forces and air power. but that doesnt solve the problem of being able to engage in terrorism overseas. thats the problem youre trying to solve. you need a political settlement. experience in that region shows youre not going to get that by simply taking the capital. >> and professor berm...