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The ‘Truly Sick’ Mentality Of Trump’s Megachurch Fascists Experts, journalists, and chroniclers of religious extremism are sounding alarm bells over a Washington Post exposé on "a growing Christian movement that is nondenominational, openly political, and an engine of former president Donald Trumps Republican Party." As the Post explains, "It is a world in which demons are real, miracles are real, and the ultimate mission is not just transforming individual lives but...

New York Times, and the Washington Post. It was also a gift to the book business. There was, publishers found, an apparently insatiable hunger for anti-Trump screeds. One after another of these tomes hit the bestseller lists. While there were the inevitable differences among them in style and perspective, virtually all shared a single theme: Trump was not just a president whose politics the authors disliked; he was the worst person ever to hold the office, unique in his bigotry, corruption...

Sunday May 09, 2021 - 09:08:00 PM The coming week of city meetings looks way more interesting than the one we just finished. Nothing came to a vote at any of the meetings I attended except the Planning Commission, which voted to add five parcels to the Adeline Corridor Plan. You can check the quick summary in The Activist’s Calendar for the meetings deserving your attention this week. The event I most wanted to attend I missed, because I had not signed up with...

Please note that the posts on The Blogs are contributed by third parties. The opinions, facts and any media content in them are presented solely by the authors, and neither The Times of Israel nor its partners assume any responsibility for them. Please contact us in case of abuse. In case of abuse, Looking back on the pandemic over the last year, one significant thing has changed for me: my state of mind. Instead of feeling present in the moment and mindful, as I initially did months after...

Our View: Threat of authoritarianism is real Durango, Colorado Currently Fri 0% chance of precipitation 43% chance of precipitation Friday, April 30, 2021 5:03 AM Toggle font size Escuchar en Español: Loading the Español audio player... This week, Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, who came to power in 2010 with his Fidesz Party, has taken over the country’s universities and placed them and academic freedom in the hands of partisan, self-replic...

Trade Wars Are Class Wars wins $15K Lionel Gelber Prize for books on global affairs Author Matthew C. Klein is shown in a handout photo. A book tracing the origins of todays trade wars has won the Lionel Gelber Prize. Jurors awarded the $15,000 honour on Tuesday to "Trade Wars Are Class Wars: How Rising Inequality Distorts the Global Economy and Threatens International Peace." THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Matthew C. Klein MANDATORY CREDIT April 20, 2021 - 10:12 AM A boo...

This years winning title was written by Barrons economics commentator Matthew C. Klein and Peking University finance professor Michael Pettis. The authors argue that modern trade conflicts are often the product of decades of domestic policies that have exacerbated economic inequality. Jury chair Janice Gross says in a statement that the book serves as a warning that the imbalances of the global economy are unsustainable. Presented by the University of Torontos Munk School of Global Affairs and ...

Winnipeg Free Press By: The Canadian Press A book tracing the origins of todays trade wars has won the Lionel Gelber Prize. A book tracing the origins of todays trade wars has won the Lionel Gelber Prize. Jurors awarded the $15,000 honour on Tuesday to "Trade Wars Are Class Wars: How Rising Inequality Distorts the Global Economy and Threatens International Peace." Author Matthew C. Klein is shown in a handout photo. A book tracing the orig...

Share this article Share this article TORONTO and WASHINGTON, March 9, 2021 /PRNewswire/ - Sara Charney, Chair of the Lionel Gelber Prize Board, announces the shortlist for the 2021 Lionel Gelber Prize: Killer High: A History of War in Six Drugs by Peter Andreas  Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism by Anne Applebaum Trade Wars are Class Wars: How Rising Inequality Distorts the Global Economy and Threatens International Peace by Matthew C. Klein and Michael Pettis I...

JANUARY 6 CERTAINLY marked a highly original way of showing “the celebration of America’s sacred peaceful transition of presidential power,” and a signal of continuing troubled times. It was a spectacle for the ages — a final futile grasp at retaining power by the outgoing president, morphing from an absurdist quasi-putsch into a deadly aspiring lynch mob inside the Capitol, followed by the late-evening reconvening of Congress for the ritual of ratifying the Electoral College vote for J...