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If the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has its way, this time next year, Beijing will have hosted the 2022 Winter Olympics, and become the only city in the world to host both the summer and winter games.REF China will also have scored a major propaganda victory, proving that when it comes down to it, human rights are not really a serious concern for the U.S. and its friends around the world who profess to care.
The Olympics are the most prestigious, esteemed sporting event globally and it is a privilege for a country to be selected as host. China’s track record as host, and its current severe ongoing human rights violations, make it a poor choice to host such a privileged sporting event. In its role as host of the 2008 Summer Olympics, China came under sharp criticism for systematic human rights violations that occurred amidst its host tenure, including possible exploitation of workers involved in building the Olympic infrastructureREF and alleged use of c
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The death of Britainâs Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, at the age of 99 is generating worldwide attention, notably in the United States. Philip personified continuity of important institutions, and relationships, in a turbulent time. Queen Elizabeth II and he were married for 73 years.
Britain played a pivotal role in World War II, when the Anglo-American âspecial relationshipâ was truly forged. The partnership between President Franklin Roosevelt and Prime Minister Winston Churchill was the linchpin. Then-Princess Elizabeth worked driving a truck during the war.
In the 1960s, Philip spoke at UCLA, greeted by an Army ROTC student honor guard that included this writer. He arrived in a closed Rolls Royce so grand that he stood before exiting. Philip shook hands and talked with us, individually.
By Michael W. Chapman | April 15, 2021 | 9:31am EDT
U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C. (Getty Images)
(CNS News.com) Left-wing Democrats Sen. Ed Markey (Mass.), Rep. Jerrold Nadler (N.Y.), Rep. Hank Johnson (Ga.), and Rep. Mondaire Jones (N.Y.) introduced legislation today to expand the U.S. Supreme Court from 9 seats to 13, a step that many Republicans and conservatives have denounced as packing the court to help keep Democrats in power indefinitely.
The House Judiciary Committee, headed by Nadler, said in a press release, This bill would restore balance to the nation’s highest court after four years of norm-breaking actions by Republicans led to its current composition and greatly damaged the Court’s standing in the eyes of the American people.
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It is a simple gesture, really. A glance over the shoulder. How many of us have done this? But for the Rev. Gilbert Sim, that glance tells the grim reality his San Diego congregants and Asian Americans around the country have been living.
“Many of us actually are terrified by the incidents, by how this whole thing got escalated so fast,” says Sim, who is the pastor of First Chinese Southern Baptist Church in Clairemont Mesa. “All of a sudden, there are thousands of cases.”
And this is when he turns his head and looks over his shoulder. “We don’t like that feeling,” he says. “Nobody likes that feeling.”
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