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The Biden administration cancelation of student loans in the aggregate amount of hundreds of billions of dollars is bad public policy in several dimensions. It lacks any respectable justification. The Department of Education has posted a press release describing the scheme here. Axios provides a brief outline of the details here. The scheme is of dubious legality, although they the a theory. It is cynical beyond belief. Take a hint

The World Health Organization was accused of pandering to China after announcing Friday that the latest COVID-19 variant has been named "omicron" after the 15th letter of the Greek alphabet, skipping the letters "nu" and "xi." In a statement to The Washington Times, WHO said that the 13th and 14th Greek letters were passed over because "nu" looks too much like "new," and "xi" would violate the organization's policy against offending...

The World Health Organization was accused of pandering to China after announcing Friday that the latest COVID-19 variant has been named "omicron" after the 15th letter of the Greek alphabet, skipping the letters "nu" and "xi." In a statement to The Washington Times, WHO said that the 13th and 14th Greek letters were passed over because "nu" looks too much like "new," and "xi" would violate the organization's policy against offending...