By Sheil Kapadia and Tim McManus·	 4/30/2015, 6:00 a.m.
In the first installment, we gave our takes on what ultimately will happen with Marcus Mariota. Yesterday, we looked at first-round targets if the Eagles don't move up for the Oregon QB. And today, we each name two players most likely to end up in Philadelphia one way or another.
Adrian Amos, S, Penn State – I expect the Eagles to add at least two defensive backs in the next three days. It's not a particularly deep or talented group of safeties, but Amos (6-0, 218) seems like a fit. He has good size and adequate athleticism. Most importantly, he's a scheme fit. Amos has experience playing corner, nickel and safety. The Eagles had him in for an official visit at the NovaCare Complex and also worked him out separately at Amos' high school in Baltimore. Look for the Eagles to target Amos in the third or fourth round.
Gwacham seems like a high-character, developmental prospect who fits the prototype from a physical standpoint. He was also one of the team's 30 official visits. Don't be surprised if the Eagles add him on Day 3.
Tim: How dare you steal my Obum Gwacham thunder! That's beautiful. Already looking forward to the, "Great call on Gwacham, Sheil!" tweets Saturday evening.
Marcus Mariota, QB, Oregon — Most mock drafts will be lit on fire come 8:15 tonight. This process is fluid and unpredictable and it's tough to know who will be available come pick 20 (let alone 52, 84, etc.) and how the Eagles might have those prospects ranked. We are confident in the fact that they have Mariota rated quite high, and believe that Kelly is going to make a play for him. Landing Mariota is no sure thing, but at least the interest and effort will be there.
Is he a safety? Is he a linebacker? How would he fit in Billy Davis' scheme? There are questions, yes, but the Eagles seem intrigued and have been doing their homework on him. Thompson was apparently "recruited aggressively" by Kelly coming out of high school. It's a safe bet that he's a fan of his versatility. Thompson (6-0, 228) played running back, safety and linebacker in 2014 and was the winner of the Paul Hornung Award as the nation's most versatile player. He could certainly appeal to the coach's creative side.
If Thompson makes it to 52, I can see the Eagles grabbing him.
"I try not to worry about anything I can't control." Mychal Kendricks talks to T-Mac about trade speculation, his absence and more.
Eagles first-round cheat sheet: Dividing the top 50 players into five tiers. Targets, trade-up options, trade-down options and more.
The Mariota-Eagles dream is not over yet. Great overview here from McManus.
A bunch of rumors surfaced yesterday. We made sense of them all in our draft buzz thread.
Rollins is a playmaker. During the week of practices at the Senior Bowl, he showed a knack for locating the ball in the air and making plays on it, something Philly fans rarely saw from Eagles starting corners in 2014. In the Senior Bowl game itself, he made a very nice over the shoulder interception. Rollins was a star basketball player at Miami (OH) for four years, and didn't play football until his senior year, when he had seven interceptions. He didn't test well at the Combine, which could force a move to safety at the next level, where Rollins should adjust. He has absolutely no issue with blasting receivers and running backs in the mouth.
They don't know him as well, but if Kelly's two years with the Eagles have taught us anything, it is that known commodities have an advantage in his eyes. For every other team, Mariota is a projection, in particular because he didn't play in a pro style offense in college.
Expecting a slow day. No hard feelings if you don't visit as much as normal. Doubt there will be anything going on.


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Township and Robben Island Combination Tour
From US$ 94.87 per person
On this tour you will visit different townships and the prison Mandela was incarcerated, giving you an overview of Mandela´s struggle against Apartheid and its effects. It will also disclose how those affected continue to struggle for a better life today.
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Bonteheuwel
Gugulethu
V&A Waterfront (lunch)
Visit the most important Townships of Cape Town
See Robben Island Prison where Mandela was incarcerated for 18 of his 27 years in prison
Walk through the Township of Langa
Visit the Gugulethu Seven Memorial
See the Amy Biehl Memorial in the Gugulethu Township
Walk the streets, meet and greet the people and hear the sound of children play in the Townships
Ferry ride to and from Robben Island
A full day historical and cultural tour forcusing on the struggle against Apartheid and the effects of it
Your tour will start at the historical site of District Six, where inhabitants were forcibly removed according to the Group Areas Act of 1950 during the Apartheid era. From there we will move on to Langa, the oldest township in Cape Town. Next we travel to Bonteheuwel, a township developed from the forcibly removed District Six residents classified as colored. Learn about the rules in these township and how they affected everyday life. We with the township chapter of our tour with a visit to Gugulethu, home to more than 300,000 residents. Here your guide will explain how this township has developed after the fall of Apartheid. We break for lunch at the V&A Waterfront, one of the top tourist destinations in Cape Town with breathtaking views of Table Mountain. Next we take the ferry to Robben Island, where Nelson Mandela was incarcerated for 18 of his 27 prison years. Here you take a guided tour of the infamous maximum security prison and see Nelson Mandela's cell. After exploring the island you will be taken back to the V&A Waterfront by ferry, where the tour ends.
Vehicle and driver guide
Return Ferry tickets to Robben Island
Guided tour of Robben Island
A visit to Nelson Mandela's cell
Passenger liability insurance cover
Return transfer to hotel at the end of the tour
Customers must keep distance in vehicles
Please note some venues may not be available over weekends. Robben Island tickets are subject to availability.
Please provide the passport or ID number for all participants to complete the booking. South African citizen need not worry about providing a passport number but must provide ID number and date of birth.
All passengers must then bring this identification document with them on the tour (passport, birth certificate or drivers licence). Copies are accepted.
Tickets for the ferry to Robben Island are subject to weather conditions and availability. Every attempt will be made to book you on the 13:00 ferry, but if it is not available you will be booked on the 15:00 or 17:00 ferry. In this case you will be dropped off at your hotel and asked to make your way to the harbor at the right time.
Rescheduling the tour date is possible, but subject to availability. If available, tickets can be rescheduled but a penalty fee of 65 ZAR per ticket will have to be paid in cash on the spot.
This was one of the best trips I have ever done! Me and my sister went on the township/Robyn island tour and it was such a good day. Our tour guides were so knowledgeable about the South African history and taught us so many things we did not know and were shocked by. It was so nice to be able to go into their township and be welcomed the way we were and see what life there is like. 10/10 for everything !!
Reviewed by Jacob – South Africa
A wonderful experience that allows you to start to understand the modern day history and culture of South Africa. Obviously its still very different from our values and beliefs but it was important and allowed us to put into perspective what was happening around us throughout the rest of our 3 week holiday. Although we were not fully comfortable with societal structure, it gave us hope that things are changing for the better. Robben Island was great but again different from what we expected and gave a viewpoint of hope and moving forward which was great but perhaps didn't give you a true feeling of how brutal the prison was when it was in existence. Overall a great trip and would recommend, but its a harsh reality check on what Apartheid still means today and the impact on the people within the Townships.
Reviewed by Anonymous – United Kingdom
Emotionally Thought Provoking
An amazing experience bringing alive the news stories of our youth. The guide, an ex prisoner explaining in detail the daily hardships and torture endured at the hands of a brutal regime. We watched it from afar all those years ago and today it came to life - a must see for those who crave understanding and education.
Reviewed by Craig – United Kingdom
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LONGWOOD, Fla., Jan. 31, 2018 /PRNewswire-iReach/ — Victor Lawrence Roberts, MD, is a distinguished biographee of Marquis Who's Who. As in all Marquis Who's Who biographical volumes, individuals profiled are chosen from among a pool of the most prominent professionals and are selected on the basis of current reference value. Factors such as position, noteworthy accomplishments, visibility, and prominence in a field are all taken into account during the selection process.
A widely regarded expert in the field of endocrinology, Dr. Roberts was recognized among the Top 5 Percent of Health Care Professionals in the Country by Castle Connolly in 2015. He draws upon more than three decades of medical experience in his position as the president and CEO of Endocrine Associates of Florida, PA. A Fellow of the American College of Physicians, Dr. Roberts is board certified in internal medicine, and the subspecialty of endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism through the American Board of Internal Medicine. In addition, he is recognized as a certified physician executive with the American Association for Physician Leadership.
In recognition of his contributions to the field of endocrinology, Dr. Roberts has been listed among the Best Doctors in America since 1998. He has also been featured in a wide range of honors publications, including Who's Who in America and Who's Who in Medicine and Healthcare. Recently, Dr. Roberts was selected for inclusion in Who's Who in the World. Previously, Dr. Roberts received a Practice Medicine Preceptor Award from the College of Medicine at the University of Central Florida. He has received numerous doctor awards since the turn of the century. A respected authority in his fields of practice, Dr. Roberts recently joined the Journal of Diabetes Research and Therapy as the editor-in-chief. He is also the current editor of First Messenger, a publication of the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists. Since the inception of his career, Dr. Roberts has contributed articles to professional medical publications in both English and Spanish.
Driven by a desire to make a difference in health care, Dr. Roberts chose to pursue a career in medicine. He received a Bachelor of Science in biology from Hobart College in 1974, and an MD from the Autonomous University in 1979.
Thereafter he completed a residency at Upstate Medical University, in Syracuse, N.Y. as well as a fellowship in endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism through the University of Miami. Dr. Roberts also holds an MBA, which he completed through the Crummer Graduate School of Business in 1995.
Upon completing formal education, Dr. Roberts served as a consulting endocrinologist with the Endocrine and Diabetes Association of Texas for three years. For the next three decades, he has been recognized as a consultant endocrinologist, CEO and president of Endocrine Associates of Florida, PA.
Dr. Roberts initially joined the College of Medicine of the University of Central Florida as a professor of internal medicine in 2008. He also holds the title of clinical professor of clinical sciences with the College of Medicine of Florida State University, clinical professor in pharmacy practice with the College of Pharmacy of the University of Florida, and clinical professor of medicine with the College of Medicine of the University of Florida.
In an effort to stay alert of recent developments in the field of medicine, Dr. Roberts maintains involvement with the ABQAURP, American Institute for Healthcare Quality, American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists, American College of Endocrinology, American College of Physicians and American Diabetes Association. He previously served as a national board member with the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists and as a member of the national board of directors with the American Diabetes Association.
• 7:30 a.m. CT to 9:00 p.m. CT, through Friday, September 8.
Please check diabetes.org/hurricanerelief for all updates.
For people with diabetes, having a natural disaster emergency plan can make a big difference when it comes to managing a crisis.
• Become familiar with evacuation routes, collect necessary medications and supplies for an evacuation box and create a family communications plan. Visit www.ready.gov or www.listo.gov to learn these and other preparedness tips for tropical storms.
• Download the FEMA Mobile App to receive alerts from the National Weather Service, get safety and survival tips, customize your emergency checklist, find your local shelter and upload your disaster photos to help first responders.
• If you have a National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) flood policy, you may be eligible for reimbursement of actions taken to protect your property. Call your insurance agent to find out more.
www.mydiabetesemergencyplan.com, is a checklist format contain information and resources for patients, healthcare professions and local emergency managers, as well as a video showing how to put together an emergency kit and downloadable PDFs in both English and Spanish.
The Partnership for Inclusive Disaster Strategies has a hotline, 1-800-626-4949, to help people with disabilities and the elderly to safety and provide immediate needs of durable medical equipment and supplies. Additional information is available online here.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention For hurricane resources from the CDC, click here.
Online information for the Department of HHS support services can be found here or you can contact the HHS Disaster Distress Line 1-800-985-5990.
Florida 511 provides an interactive map of all Florida roads and highways. Click here to read messages boards over roads and highways throughout the state. Or dial 511.
Stay safe and take all life-saving precautions.
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Attention to all adults currently treated for diabetes mellitus.
If you are over the age of 18 and have diabetes, please take this five-minute survey. Your participation is strictly confidential; only your personal responses are needed. There are no wrong answers.
Conducted through The American University in Washington, D.C., the study aims to understand better the patient self-management of diabetes, while studying the impact of social media on healthcare communication.
Endocrine Associates of Florida, P.A. offers this simple survey, with the hope of improving how to best appreciate the impact of various internet based education tools.
We thank you for considering your kind participation.
Most professionals in a specific field are invited by the Editor of journals to conduct reviews. Reviewers play an essential part in science and in scholarly publishing. For more than 300 years, scientists and scholars have relied upon peer review to validate research, engage other specialists in the support of submitted work, and increase networking possibilities within specific specialist communities.
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Fulfill a sense of duty to the scientific community and their own area of concentration.
Establish their expertise in and knowledge of the field.
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Have access to the very latest research and discoveries in the field prior to colleagues.
Victor Lawrence Roberts, MD is proud of his professional contribution without which it would be impossible to maintain the high standards of peer-reviewed journals.
– Victor L. Roberts, MD, MBA, FACP, FACE, has been recognized for showing dedication, leadership and excellence in medical care.
With three decades of experience in his field, Dr. Roberts is known for his expertise in endocrinology. Daily, he offers consultative services for diabetes, thyroid conditions, metabolic disorders, and osteoporosis. Additionally, his practice, Endocrine Associates of Florida, P.A., offers the services of a nurse practitioner and a staff committed to delivering high quality medical care, incorporating state-of-the-art diabetes management with insulin pump clinics.
Well equipped to aid his patients, Dr. Roberts earned his MD from the Autonomous University of Guadalajara School of Medicine, and a Master of Business Administration from the Crummer Graduate School of Business, Winter Park, FL.
Dr. Roberts served his internal medicine residency at The Upstate Medical University in Syracuse, NY, and his fellowship in endocrinology, diabetes, and metabolism at The University of Miami School of Medicine, Jackson Memorial Hospital and Affiliated Centers, Miami, FL. Dr. Roberts is recognized by Castle Connolly as a Regional Top Doctor and by Marquis Who's Who in America and Marquis Who's Who in Medicine and Health Care. Committed to educating practicing and future physicians, Dr. Roberts is a Professor of Internal Medicine at the University of Central Florida College of Medicine, Orlando, FL.
A tried and true professional, Dr. Roberts is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians and American College of Endocrinology. Additionally, he is a Diplomate of the American Board of Internal Medicine and the subspecialty of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism.
In the coming years, Dr. Roberts and his office will continue to work on maintaining and improving all services provided, with a dedicated focus on the needs of each and every patient.
Every year we join the American Diabetes Association in their Step Out: Walk to Stop Diabetes event in the month of November. This year's event was held on November 8, 2014 at Bill Frederick Park and was attended by 77 teams of over 1,000 individuals who raised over $ 200,000 for the American Diabetes Association.
The American Diabetes Association has held Step Out walks across the country for more than 20 years. Collectively, the walks have raised over $175,000,000.
About 26 million adults and children in the United States have diabetes, and 231,404 Americans die with diabetes as a contributing factor. We participate and promote this great event every year to raise awareness and education on the subject. You can help the American Diabetes Association stop diabetes by attending this walk. Besides the walk itself, the event has local entertainment, music, food, and family activities.
Endocrinology is the discipline (sub-specialty) of internal medicine that is focused on the endocrine glands (organs) of the body. You might think of it as looking at the many internal secretions of chemicals (hormones) that help you function normally. An endocrinologist is a physician that first trains as an internist, then takes additional training (usually 2-3 years) to qualify for certification in endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism by the respective oversight board.
An endocrinologist cares for patients with specific metabolic disturbances, not just a series of laboratory tests, scans, or biopsy reports. As a consultant to the patient and the referring physician or other health care professional, the endocrinologist must identify the most important medical concerns. It is vital that your health care team collaborate, as each professional has different roles, and ideally there should be a coordinated health care plan.
The most common adult endocrine disorders include both Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes mellitus, metabolic syndrome and thyroid conditions, such as hypothyroidism, hyperthyroidism and nodular goiters (enlarged thyroid glands).
Other organ systems your endocrinologist may assist with include, but are not limited to, the pituitary gland, reproductive organs (ovaries and testes), adrenals and metabolic bone disease, a common example being osteoporosis.
Most importantly, the physician–patient relationship should serve as the most important therapeutic process.
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Black Republicans at the 2016 RNC Open Up on Why They Support Donald Trump for President
By Luke Brinker
CLEVELAND — Donald Trump wasn't Roussan Etienne's first choice for president. Or his second. Or his third.
The fire department chaplain and state Senate candidate from Prince George's County, Maryland, originally backed his friend and mentor Ben Carson for president, hoping to see the retired neurosurgeon take his "faith-based" values to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. If America couldn't have Carson, though, Etienne would have been perfectly fine with Sens. Marco Rubio of Florida or Ted Cruz of Texas.
So how is Etienne dealing with the nomination of Donald Trump — a brash Manhattan billionaire known more for his libertine lifestyle and often boastfully vulgar demeanor than, say, his scriptural literacy?
"There's no reluctance there," the alternate delegate for Carson said Wednesday, one day before Trump is slated to formally accept the Republican presidential nomination at the party convention here. "Before, maybe. But we all have to come together. He's in. He's the nominee."
Once a Ben Carson supporter, Roussan Etienne is now fully aboard the Trump Train. Luke Brinker
The way Etienne sees it, Trump may not be the beau ideal of Christian values — but that might not be precisely what the country needs.
"You may not like his actions, but he's going to let you know what's on his heart and mind," Etienne told Mic, saying that he sympathized with Trump's self-identification as a "counterpuncher" who hits back hard when attacked.
A decided minority: Etienne's support for Trump bucks political trends among his fellow African Americans, who overwhelmingly back presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton. A Quinnipiac poll in late June found Clinton walloping Trump among black voters, taking 91% of their votes to Trump's 1%. Only 18 of the 2,472 delegates at this year's convention are black — the lowest portion in at least 100 years, the Washington Post reported.
For many African-Americans, Trump will always be the rabble-rouser who asserted that the nation's first black president was a foreign-born usurper, demanded the execution of five young black men wrongfully accused of a rape in Central Park and once told a business associate that "laziness is a trait in blacks."
But John Burnett, who works in finance and also serves as an adviser to the New York State Republican Committee, sees Trump differently, emphatically rejecting the notion that the businessman is a racist.
"How many racists do you know who would go on a rap album?" Burnett said, noting that Trump appeared in a 2000 Method Man album and has palled around with rap artists. "He's always had a relationship with the black community."
John Burnett, a New York financial industry professional, rejects the notion that Trump is a racist. Luke Brinker
Trump is looking to make inroads with black voters, announcing the hire of former Apprentice contestant Omarosa Manigault to direct his African-American outreach efforts and inviting Lynne Patton, an executive at son Eric Trump's charitable foundation, to speak during the convention.
"Historically, black lives have mattered less. My life mattered less. Whether we like it or not, there are people out there who still believe this to be true," Patton said during her Wednesday night speech, in which she lauded the Trump family for treating her like one of their own.
In a moment that roused delegates, Patton said, "I am proud to stand before you tonight in support of Donald Trump, not just in spite of the color of my skin, but in fact because of the color of my skin."
Why the GOP? Just as Patton's close relationship with the Trumps led her to support the GOP standard-bearer, Etienne and Burnett both came to the Republican Party as a result of relationships they forged as adults.
A registered independent for 25 years, Etienne joined the GOP only last year, when he determined that he would go all in to elect Carson president. The pair's friendship formed at a luncheon attended by an overwhelmingly white crowd of prominent Marylanders. As the only two black men there, "we kicked it off very well," Etienne said.
Ben Carson helped lead Roussan Etienne to the GOP. Jeff Swensen/Getty Images
The more the two devout Christians talked, the more Etienne realized he belonged in the GOP.
"We keep taking God out of everything," he said. "'In God we trust' is gone now."
The New York University-educated Burnett, meanwhile, long considered himself a Democrat. His long and winding journey to the Republican Party commenced nearly 20 years ago, stemming from lively discussions with a colleague at the stock brokerage firm Dean Witter.
"We started talking about Republican values," Burnett said. "Those values weren't foreign to me. I grew up with conservative Democratic parents from the South, with Southern values."
But even as Burnett's experience working in finance moved him further rightward on economic issues, he hardly considered himself a party man. He backed Democrat Al Gore over George W. Bush in 2000, voted for Bush's reelection in 2004, and then lent his support to Barack Obama in 2008, amid the economic tumult of the Great Recession. Disappointed in Obama's performance, Burnett pulled the lever for Mitt Romney in 2012.
"I don't trust her": Though he's shown a willingness to cross party lines, Burnett said there was never any doubt he'd oppose Clinton's White House bid.
"I don't trust her. When you look at her, she thinks she's above the law," he said. "How's a person who's above the law going to help other people?"
Burnett also castigated Clinton for supporting her husband's tough-on-crime policies in the 1990s, saying they led to the mass incarceration of blacks.
For John Burnett, the Clintons' tough-on-crime policies in the 1990s are unforgivable. Paul J. Richards/Getty Images
'It was the Clintons that came up with 'three strikes and you're out,'" Burnett said, referring to a provision of the 1994 crime bill that imposed mandatory life sentences on violent felons who had committed at least two prior offenses. "It decimated the black community."
Yet while both Clintons have softened their stance on crime and sentencing as the Black Lives Matter movement has continued to reshape progressive politics, Trump has pined for the days when cops were "tough cookies" who showed no mercy to suspected offenders.
"You've got to stop it. You're not going to stop it by being nice. You're going to stop it by being one tough son of a bitch," Trump said in an interview with the Chicago Tribune last year, prescribing his solution for that city's rise in crime.
Responding to the assassinations of police officers in Dallas, Texas, and Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Trump has also pitched himself as the "law and order candidate" in recent weeks. But Burnett sees no contradiction between his advocacy of criminal justice reform and his support for Trump.
"You can't get worse than what the Clintons did," he said. "What [Trump] is talking about is simply respect for law enforcement and the rule of law."
While Trump remains something of a policy wild card, both Etienne and Burnett are attracted by his promise to shake up the political status quo.
"From every level, people don't want the right people in anymore," Etienne told Mic, saying that's both why he supports Trump and is running for office himself.
And while Burnett — who made an unsuccessful bid for New York City comptroller in 2013 — is no stranger to electoral politics, he said this unconventional election had him more engaged than ever.
"I don't think I'd have been here if it wasn't history," Burnett said.


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Another World? Lecture Five
This post provides a summary of Kathryn Tanner's fifth Gifford lecture, entitled 'Another World?' Afterwards, my New College colleagues Evan Graber and Clement Wen will be providing their appraisals of Tanner's depiction of the future as seen by both finance-disciplined capitalism and Christianity. As always, we invite your own contributions to our discussion (see my instructions for how to post). The lecture video is also now available at this link.
In this lecture, Kathryn Tanner will concentrate on how the future is depicted in the contrasting accounts offered by finance-disciplined capitalism and Christianity. She will argue that stock valuations and the related sale of derivatives have the effect of 'collapsing' the future into the present, employing Luhmann's distinction between the 'future present' (the future that will, in fact, come) with the 'present future' (current predictions of how the future will turn out). Tanner will elaborate that such reduction is not only a matter of perspective but actually helps to create such a future by affecting prices and valuations. Any claims to market mastery, however, are challenged by an irreducible unpredictability of the future, as shown in market crashes. Tanner will therefore argue for a Christian view of the future that does not seek to constrain volatility, but that it approaches such uncertainty alongside belief in the disruptive effect of God's transformative grace. In this way, Christianity's view of 'another world' to come challenges predictive enthusiasm while motivating work towards 'realistic proximate futures.'
Tanner begins her lecture with the importance of the future for one's accounts in finance capitalism. Given the volatility of the market, extreme swings can wipe out years of accumulated wealth or, alternately, make up for years of small losses. As a result, it is less important to know the present value of a stock as it is to know its future potential. How likely is it, one asks, that 'the future will validate the present prediction?' As the present price is assessed, however, it is changed by the assessment: the likelihood of increase, and decrease, determines what one pays at present.
The question becomes 'how does one price the future reliably?' Even if one cannot know the precise value of a stock in the future, one hopes to at least know the 'range' to which volatility will remain bound. One's imagination of the future therefore becomes limited to a certain section of the market and, of course, the ever-present domination of 'finance.' Tanner quotes Frederick Jameson's quip that it becomes easier to imagine the end of the world than to imagine the end of capitalism.
Tanner next shows how 'pricing the future' is both an act of prediction and of creation. Stock value is affected by how many people think the stock will go up or down in a given time frame. As a result, the 'future present' is not really at issue; we only live within the 'present future' when it comes to stock value (employing Luhmann's terms again). Stock predictions are therefore a self-fulfilling prophecy, for future value simply awaits the cumulative effect of present demands.
For all this efficacy, however, Tanner notes that financial operators are well aware the future will be unpredictable. Past market crashes always seem inevitable to hindsight, but that is exactly what wasn't apparent beforehand. The 'present future' should be similarly unpredictable, therefore, though it rarely is. An unexpected market drop is all the more devastating because people failed to account for it. The need for such accounting creates, through the sale of 'derivatives' (or 'futures,' 'options'), a proliferation of ways to liberate one's purchasing choice.
Tanner describes derivatives as 'designed to trade in unpredictability.' As she summarises, a derivative allows one to contract to pay a pre-determined price on a later date. If there is a difference, one either saves or loses accordingly but at least one protects oneself from the eventuality of paying a price higher than that which is predicted, and contracted, in the 'present future.' Derivatives are therefore a 'hedge against volatility,' an attempt to 'tame' the conditions of the 'future presents' which might be less favourable to the buyer. While such contracts are a type of insurance, they are unlike typical insurance packages in that they do not require a personal stake in the investment (as one would with one's house or car, such that an insurance premium only provides profit from what one does not want to happen). As a result, they can also result in 'pure profit.'
Tanner draws a connection between the mastery sought by derivatives trading and the mastery of future events sought by Stoicism. Derivatives seek to 'close off the future' as a source of disruption to one's life; the unknown future is 'proleptically dealt with' in the present. This is similar to the manner in which Stoicism counsels that one become master of the unexpected event by envisioning the worst case scenario, even the moment of death. Moreover, the manner in which derivatives contracts are taken out 'on' the future allow a refusal to commit to particular options, a refusal that might be compared with the Stoic detachment from anything except virtue.
Ironically, the more people are convinced of derivatives' ability to tame the future, the less prudent they become. Tanner observes that the creative effect of present predictions shows its dark side here, as people not only increasingly risk, but begin to effect, future catastrophe.
Turning to a Christian view of the future, Tanner notes similarities with Stoicism but chooses to accentuate difference. She claims that the future expected by Christians maintains a negatively disruptive element. The transformation wrought by grace involves being torn from those sinful aspects of our selves to which we have become accustomed. This would be less painful if one were less of a sinner, but Tanner believes that, even assuming moral and spiritual advance, grace nevertheless interrupts the 'trajectory,' requiring confession and repentance. In contrast to the attempt to keep options open, perhaps the Stoic willing-with-reservations, there is 'no room to manoeuvre at the end of days.'
The prospect of eternal life shows that the future remains an external gift, which is not to be incrementally approached through human calculation and creative powers. One can be certain of one's resurrection hope while remaining uncertain about how that life will look; Christian theologians remain circumspect about what can be predicted in the world to come. Such reticence is due, in part, to the way Christians keep the surprise of Christ's advent in mind (recall here Tanner's discussion of typological readings of scripture). From their own reading of 'past variations,' Christians should be well aware of how unpredictably surprising the future will look.
As a result, Christian hope for 'another world' does not entail the kind of predictive enthusiasm shown in derivatives trading. Tanner uses Kierkegaard's image of rowers in a skiff, who have their backs turned to the direction of movement. She claims that 'turning one's attention directly to the future to come, in order to assess one's progress or lack of it, is to make that future the subject of calculations of more or less, and therefore to fundamentally misunderstand the way to get there.' Turning to look forward does not help one's momentum; such an action 'simply hinders the rowing one needs to do.'
Tanner concludes by stating that she is not seeking to offer an 'alternative model' for economics, as if Christian models of the future could merely be imitated in markets. Instead, she is 'applying to markets as a whole the Christian difference between present and future' as a means to resist the way that current practices of stock valuation and derivatives contracts serve to collapse the future into our all-too-human predictions.
Such 'application' of the Christian difference can motivate attempts now, attuned to the shifting demands of the present, to create 'realistic proximate futures.' Even so, Tanner maintains that the destination towards which one acts in the present remains another world even as it pressures the present system: 'the future that is present now remains disjunctive.' Only with such a remove, maintaining a 'never-filled gap between worlds,' can the present dynamics of capitalism be seen clearly enough to be repudiated.
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7 thoughts on "Another World? Lecture Five"
Evan Graber on May 11, 2016 at 10:32 am said:
What is important to keep in mind with these lectures as a whole is that Tanner is not interested in a change of finance-driven capitalism and its effects by degree but in kind. The view that finance-driven capitalism has of the past, present, and future is one that must be 'repudiated' and is part of the present reality that 'must be left behind.'
However, there are two competing responses to this present reality that appear in Tanner's treatment of it. On the one hand, people must work toward realistic proximate ends, that is, take realistic practical approaches to attain achievable change. On the other hand, she claims that she is not arguing that financial markets should simply adopt a Christian view of the past, present, and future or that Christians should operate in more Christian ways within it in order to improve the character of these markets.
If Christian approaches to time or hypothetically to business practice cannot improve the character of these markets, what proximate hopes can we have or should we have, and how can we discern them?
A key point of understanding Tanner and the context of this question is her claim that finance-driven capitalism is a pervasive spirit. It is not simply present in the world of derivative trading. It dominates ways of thinking and action in every realm. Businesses not traded on the financial markets follow similar management strategies shaped by this financial system. Similarly, governments, churches, schools, and other institutions are often caught up in the culture of this financial system. It is present at every level of action, even in the way that we live our lives constrained and compelled by the pressures that it places on families and individuals.
One of the implications of this was highlighted in the question and answer portion last night when Tanner highlighted our inability to extricate ourselves from this system. She said that 'as Christians we expect to be complicit in systems that we cannot leave. This is not a question of purity. There are no clean hands.' Her comment brings into focus that we cannot afford ourselves the luxury of being mere victims of a financial system. We are also part of the problem and even in our efforts to effect change, we must accept responsibility for the consequences of our actions on others.
The phrase that has often come to mind during these lectures is that of the Lord's Prayer: 'Forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors.' On the one hand, we pray that we will be forgiven our debts and we hope against hope to be forgiven and to find ourselves in a new and other world where this ultimate hope is a reality. On the other hand, there is the question of our realistic, proximate responsibilities to those who are indebted to us in this system and are also captives to it. Perhaps the question is 'Who are our debtors; who are those captive to our complicit action?' Perhaps they are our remit and the object of our proximate efforts. Perhaps we must find ways of forgiving their 'debt' to us and freeing them from it. Only in working for the freedom of others can we hope to find ours, knowing full well that our hope for them, our hope for the present, our hope for the future and our hope for the faithfulness of our action is the same, hope in God.
David and Evan have already described and commented in such a way that I find my entering into the conversation late to have its perks. Namely, much of the heavy lifting has already been done. Rather than rehash more of the same, I think the best thing for me to contribute would be some thoughts on Wednesday's seminar as directly related to the fifth lecture. The interactive portion of the seminar helped to clarify Tanner's positions even further, and for that, I'm glad that parenting duties prevented me from writing up my comments until now.
As one of the seminar's participants interpreted Tanner's project, when it comes to Christian engagement with the world of finance-dominated capitalism: 'We're not talking about tinkering with systems, but about tinkering with subjectivities.' For Tanner, such 'tinkering' comes about by way of participation in the divine life through being in Christ by the Spirit. Such 'grace' brings about a self-transformation that is at all times dependent upon participation. The resources needed to engage the world as we find it, then, are sufficiently found through participation in Christ, as such enables us to have a different subjectivity than what finance-dominated capitalism has imposed in a seemingly totalizing way. While this perhaps sounds abstract, it is so on purpose. Tanner is not interested in offering specific concrete suggestions for what one can do (or for what financial regulators can do) to resist or restrain the impulses of finance-dominated capitalism. Rather, she wants to suggest a theology that can malleably meet new challenges and contexts as they arise.
If there's a disclaimer one needs to give about Tanner's style, it's that she doesn't always say everything she holds to. Probably due to word or time limitations, a lot of content is instead necessarily presupposed and/or implied (and several examples of this were highlighted last week in a seminar with her about her 2010 book Christ the Key). Listening to her Tuesday night lecture, one could easily come away with the impression, as one questioner in the audience at the seminar did, that Tanner's way of speaking about eschatological discontinuity (through language like 'disruption' and 'radical difference') leaves no room for any continuity between this world and the next. On this, Tanner clarified that she was not discounting continuity but stressing discontinuity, mostly in reaction to contemporary philosophers and theologians who go the other direction. It was interesting that the continuities she listed as examples all had to do with the individual (e.g., their personal identities, their bodies, etc.). I note this because her proposal regarding finance-dominated capitalism likewise focuses on providing *individuals* with a participatory framework for resistance and alternative engagement. Though this was interesting, in keeping with the disclaimer above I'm quite sure the rest of the cosmos is presupposed and implied in the eschatological continuity of which she speaks. Yet, the instinctive focus upon individuals obviously seems to be what is most salient for Tanner. Equally obvious is the anticipated critique that Tanner will inevitably face, which is that she does not take seriously enough a more structural and systemic way of engaging the principalities and powers (in this case, the principality and power known as finance-dominated capitalism)—and she alluded to this last night in her lecture when she mentioned that eschatological approaches such as hers '[have] been widely recognized and [have] often been made the subject of hostile critique (by Marxists, for example).' Pausing here, I wonder what readers think of Tanner and the Marxist/liberationist critique along these lines. Certainly, one thing that has been refreshing about Tanner's lectures is that, as far as I've been able to tell, she has described finance-dominated capitalism on its own terms rather than through a Marxist lens (and I say this because, especially in the American context that Tanner hails from, capitalist and Marxist ideologies, broadly speaking, are typically presented as the only alternatives).
The second clarification that I think was helpful from this afternoon's session in regards to last night's lecture stemmed from a question asked by a colleague, Joanna Leidenhag, regarding how exactly Tanner regards 'revolution' in reference to her proposal. This led to a lively discussion involving several voices from the audience (myself included) as well as Dr. Joshua Ralston and Dr. Lydia Schumacher, both of whom were also on the panel. Tanner's initial response went something like this: 'The aim should be revolutionary. You expect things to be turned upside down because the current system is corrupt (every system is corrupt, but this one is especially bad because it forecloses possibilities of anything different). This is a revolutionary aim, but you don't know actually what's to replace it. You don't have a blueprint to society – and that's what makes this so revolutionary, because if you could imagine what's to come, then it could only be based on what you already know, but that means that what you're imagining is not all that revolutionary.'
Prior to hearing her say this, knowing full well from the Q&A session of the second lecture that she was not interested in Anselm's view of the atonement, I still perhaps would have responded to her fifth lecture with a thought about how Anselm's perfect-being theology (that whatever we can imagine about God, God is even greater than that) can perhaps be transposed to our imagination about the eschaton so as to fuel our imaginations of the coming future in a way that influences the way we live out the 'realistic proximate futures' that Tanner advocates for. While such an Anselmian idea might still be relevant, I'm left wondering just how much our imaginations about the future should be employed at all. The very suggestion of 'realistic proximate futures' requires imagination, yet Tanner also advocates for an eschatological restraint. As such, I followed-up Joanna's question with a question about how Tanner's understanding of 'revolution' relates to her notion of 'realistic proximate futures' and she responded as follows: 'So on one hand, you don't know what [ought to replace the current corrupt system], but at the same time, what you are called to do is what's realistically possible (meaning everything you know to be possible or what the situation allows you to do, and that changes from moment to moment). There's always some room for how to improve things…. The emphasis upon personal formation here does not mean that you should not go about influencing institutions (as perhaps personal transformation may lead one to feel called to do so). In other words, the personal formation emphasis is not to say that changing institutions isn't important.' Coupled with her comments last night about our being complicit with the current reality (which Evan already highlighted above) and her stress upon a radical eschatological discontinuity, though 'realistic proximate futures' are called for, they will always pale in light of what's to come (which we are unable to really grasp at present). As something of a side-note, I find all of this to be very much reminiscent of Wolfhart Pannenberg's (1928-2014) program, especially as put forth in the final volume of his Systematic Theology. Whether Tanner actually did resource Pannenberg for constructive purposes or not, in my mind, she's in good company.
With all that's been written thus far here at giffordsedinburgh.com on this lecture, I think it's fair to say that the broad strokes of Tanner's eschatological view of individualistic engagement with the 'world' (specifically, finance-dominated capitalism), as such engagement is anchored by one's participation in Christ by the Spirit (a participation in 'uncreated grace'), has been accurately outlined. What do you all think? Do you find it compelling? Are there any gaps that need be filled? Do you find it overly individualistic?
I look forward to further dialogue and especially to the final installment of Tanner's series tonight.
Melanie McConnell on May 13, 2016 at 12:10 pm said:
You've brought it back around to what I was thinking about after the very first lecture, about how authoritatively is Tanner calling for action, especially if she's not suggesting concrete ways to act. I'm still not convinced that she is convincing.
To be sure, complacency and apathy are never good, especially in matters that matter so much like entire economic systems. But calling for action requires authority and definite plans for a better alternative before it will be significantly effective or convincing.
For example, in my hometown, there is a Christian company that decided to build a headquarters. They only had a portion of the required funds raised, but they trusted God to provide the rest– they knew they had to begin work. However, 15 years later, the building still isn't completed. No one was convinced to donate when there wasn't a sure plan of how to raise all the funds. Instead, the building is the eyesore and laughing-stock of my whole city, and no one wants to have anything to do with it either now or in the future.
This anecdote isn't the same situation exactly as what Tanner is talking about, but the point I'm trying to make is that while you can have good, established reasons to seek an unknown potential, without sure planning, you will really struggle to convince people to get on board with a project that may be viewed from a number of different perspectives and subjectivities. Doesn't mean her project isn't worthwhile, just that it won't be complete without concrete suggestions.
Clement Wen on May 17, 2016 at 11:34 pm said:
Really enjoying the conversation on this thread, so many thanks to all above and below who have contributed. Just as a quick response to Melanie, I find myself in agreement with alexa w.s. below who began by writing: 'I didn't take the absence of concrete suggestions as signalling a lack in Tanner's proposal, but (at least) as an indication of the character of her intervention.' Put another way, though Tanner is directly addressing the 'world' (defined in its Johannine sense) as it manifests itself in our time as 'finance-dominated capitalism' (and though this is what specifically occasioned the formulation of the perspective she's offering), the malleability that is built into her proposal is something that I believe is intended by her to carry with it a more timeless character. It wouldn't be too far of a stretch to suggest that such could be applicable to any manifestation of 'world' that one might face in the future (I would include past and present here, but really, the future is all that we have, whether a millisecond from now or a hundred years from now — the present disappears as soon as it arrives). If her proposal were to go in a more concrete direction, the attempted timelessness of her proposal regarding engagement with the 'world' would dissipate (and 'world' here of course includes future, perhaps even stronger strains of finance-dominated capitalism).
That being said, Tanner isn't advocating for no concrete action at all, but, if I'm understanding her correctly, is wanting to put forward a theology of participation in Christ that forms our self-identity deeper than the world does, and importantly, in a way that we have a participatory resource (as she herself said it: 'everything we need in Christ') for spiritual discernment regarding the concrete range of options for action (and/or intentional inaction) that could be taken. Her skittishness 'about the Spirit imparting direct and unequivocal knowledge to humans' (as Joanna aptly put it below) doesn't, in my mind, necessarily compromise this intention, but rather builds in an element of humility and provisionality in recognition that nothing we do will fully capture the Kingdom that only God can bring about in the eschaton (hence, the language of 'realistic proximate futures', a great term that emphasises both 'realism' in the present and the provisionality of our efforts through the term 'proximate', as our imagination about the future directs us — even if such is ultimately unimaginable in, what I would argue, an Anselmian way). Indeed, as I alluded to in my original comment, Tanner may want to clarify the extent to which imagination about the eschatological future can be legitimately employed in light of her general definition of imagination as being confined by our past, as well as in light of her maintaining an eschatological reserve (i.e., she doesn't believe it to be healthy, theologically, to imagine the eschaton since such can only, in the present age, amount to speculation that doesn't correspond to the unimaginable actuality of what it will be — yet, 'realistic proximate futures' requires some level of imagination to be in operation).
I don't know if I would say that Tanner's proposal is incomplete without a more concrete plan. The best corollary to this that I can think of was when John Stackhouse was going about answering questions during a book release public lecture for his 2008 book, Making the Best of It: Following Christ in the Real World (OUP). Someone in the Vancouver audience that night stood up and asked a long-winded question about America's involvement in the geopolitical situation in the Middle East at the time and whether his book told us what to do about it. Stackhouse replied something to the effect of: 'I'm not an expert about the geopolitical situation, and my book isn't about providing answers about questions like that. Rather, what my book is intended to do is help provide people in such positions with a resource so that they can employ their expertise and influence in a theological way'. I think this is what Tanner is trying to do as well (not just for the experts — both Tanner's proposal and Stackhouse's book are meant for a broader audience; Stackhouse was skewing his response to a specific question. I don't remember if it was during that lecture or not, but Stackhouse's realism also suggests that we ask questions like: 'What's the ideal? What's actually possible? What's actually possible this week? … this month? … this year? … over the next five years? … over the next ten years?', etc. I think Tanner would concur.).
In sum, I see Tanner as attempting to put forth a theology that can underlie our concrete actions rather than an applied theology of concrete actions. As such, in her terms, the application is left to us by way of our participation in Christ, which is by the Spirit, which is to the Father. The Trinitarian God is all we need. And yet, there's a provisionality to how we will express this in the present age because of our finiteness, sinfulness and brokenness. Anything we might think to do as well as everything we actually go about doing will inevitably fall short, but God's grace is enough.
But is it enough to overturn the power structures? That's the hope ('we aim at revolution!'), but not necessarily the expectation (at least, not right away). Indeed, many hear Tanner as being 'pessimistic' in regards to such expectations ('we are all complicit') when I think her intention is to be 'realistic'. God's grace is enough to break us free from being blind to how the powers shape us, and it's enough as a resource to help us live in a way that resists such influence in the present in genuine hope of restraining and, if possible, changing what we can, as such opportunities avail themselves, towards something revolutionary — even if what such revolution looks like emerges in the midst of our cumulative actions rather than being known from the outset (lest, in Tanner's mind, it not be truly revolutionary). In response to Joanna: I think this does allow for things like organized protests if that's how some feel called to proceed — certainly, for Tanner herself, it called for a book and a lecture series that could easily be described as a form of protest. Does that make this whole proposal too individualistically subjective (if it's all about how some feel called to 'this' and others feel called to 'that')? Perhaps. But I think Tanner would respond by asking if it could really be any other way, for this kind of malleability is completely in line with what it looks like to live in a participatory relationship with God rather than living out a faith based on principles that play themselves out logically in a linear fashion (which is what a more concrete suggestion from her might have come across as being about). Part of me thinks that, at root, what prompts critical reception of Tanner is that it can sound as if she's saying that God's grace is enough to help us merely survive the onslaught of finance-dominated capitalism at the level of our personal subjectivities, and most of us want to be more than just survivors…
David Reimer on May 12, 2016 at 11:44 pm said:
This lecture left me with the strong sense that FDC and Christianity construct diametrically opposed relationships of present and future.
From what I gathered from Tanner, FDC regards an uncertain future as known in order to maximize living profitably.
Christianity, on the other hand, regards a known future as uncertain in order to maximize living sacrificially (think 1 Thessalonians 5:1-11, or Philippians 3:1-14).
joannaleidenhag on May 13, 2016 at 8:48 am said:
Thanks for your summaries, David, Evan, and Clement…
I think it's interesting to think about eschatology (the hope and promise), but not about the details of the eschaton (the what and how and when). We don't know what is coming, but we know all will be changed. I think the main challenge from this is that it is hard to disrupt something, to rock the boat when we have nothing to replace it. It is easy to replace one system with another, but difficult simply to disrupt with hope for a future that one might not see in an earthly lifetime. This is more than revolutionary; this is brave to the point of foolishness.
It seems like the category of prophecy could be used here (which I think someone else brought up in the Q&A seminar). Is Tanner calling us to prophetic acts of disruption? Lives that are orientated/ revolved to point to God and the Kingdom? Tanner seemed sceptical about our ability to instigate the Kingdom here and now and any form of progress that this implies, despite the fact that the Spirit and not humanity would be the drive and architect of this (which I suppose is underpinned by her hesitancy about the Spirit imparting direct and unequivocal knowledge to humans).
But can we still point to the kingdom? Is this not the essence of prophetic action? How do movements, such as recent protest against the "1%", fit into this? Is there a call to organised protest, where and when that is possible, or is Tanner's focus still on self-understanding, attitude and orientation?
alexa w.s on May 13, 2016 at 5:02 pm said:
I didn't take the absence of concrete suggestions as signalling a lack in Tanner's proposal, but (at least) as an indication of the character of her intervention. A lot of good work has been done on presenting Christian 'counter-structures' to capitalism, especially emphasizing ritual and symbolic engagement, e.g., liturgically bound and motivated 'ways of life,' early church models, etc. But the new 'spirit' of finance-dominated capitalism can't (only) be assessed and resisted according to representational and ritual renovations; it plays out with such similitude to true evanescence that even grappling with it via a 'counter-concept' would be naïve. (Here, I want to take seriously Tanner's distinction that she is presenting not even so much an "idea" as a "hope.")
For the Christian, hope itself is actually super 'concrete,' though, right? Before and beyond its expression or codification in promises, plans, actions towards its fulfillment, etc. As a Christian, hope is your life (Colossians 1:17). Not your lifestyle, not your 'way of life,' but 'Christ in you' makes hope the predicate of your being. By presenting a 'spiritual similitude' to this fundamental 'hope' in its manipulation of life via an 'invisible' play with the reliability of one's rudimentary ability to exist, the reality of one's present experience, and the ability to form (any) real expectation (at all), finance-driven capital is sort of infectious of the whole organism of life itself, right?
I don't think Tanner is uninterested in action, but I think (and forgive my potential misunderstanding) that prescribing specific approaches would confuse an important emphasis of her message: We will routinely fail and find ourselves complicit no matter what we do to alter our 'ways of life' or 'lifestyles,' but this is not in itself a condemnation or consignment to failure of any life itself. A call to 'know' that discrepancy doesn't seem to prescribe complacency; but it's got to be heard as fundamentally more than a preface to action if it can be the sustaining anchor according to which myriad Christian lives can find their bearings.


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The European Union's parliament was in disarray on Tuesday as lawmakers' careers were jeopardized by a corruption and bribery scandal, and Qatari officials were...
Pride Parades March on With New Urgency Across U.S....
Pride parades began Sunday in New York City and across the country, with glittering confetti, cheering crowds, fluttering rainbow flags, and newfound fears about...
Magnitude 6.4 Earthquake Rocks Parts of Northern California; 70,000...
Tens of thousands of homes and businesses lost power as a preliminary magnitude 6.4 earthquake shook Northern California early on Tuesday morning, startling locals...
Senate Republicans Abandon Principle, Joining Democrats in Effort to...
What can we do about a tech sector that appears to be dominating competitors while becoming increasingly hostile to conservative ideas? It's a difficult question...
Nokia's Mobile Brand Launches $415 Smartphone With 5G As...
The company behind the Nokia mobile brand refreshed its smartphone lineup on Thursday with a slew of new budget models, as it struggles to...
Is Matt Stafford Worth the Risk for the LA...
With a new home and a new $5 billion stadium already under their belt within the last 5 years, the LA Rams have taken another...
Man Charged With Kidnapping in Disappearance of Memphis Jogger...
A 38-year-old man has been charged with especially aggravated kidnapping in the disappearance of a 34-year-old Memphis teacher, after DNA on two slides linked...
E.U. Leaders Call on China to Help End Russia's...
China and the European Union held a virtual summit on Friday, which was overshadowed by Russia's war in Ukraine. E.U. leaders pressed Premier Li Keqiang...
Russia Conflict Shines Bright Spotlight on Need for Better...
Russia's invasion of Ukraine has forced Americans to reconsider their energy options. A secure energy future for the United States and its allies has...
You Probably Shouldn't Claim Social Security at 62
There's a reason why so many seniors rush to file for Social Security at the age of 62: it's the earliest age to begin...
Tanzania's President John Magufuli Dead At 61
Tanzania's President John Magufuli, one of Africa's most prominent coronavirus sceptics, has died aged 61, Vice President Samia Suluhu Hassan said on Wednesday after...
Emma Raducanu 'Will be Used as Propaganda by Putin'...
After appointing a Russian coach, Emma Raducanu will be used as a propaganda tool for Vladimir Putin, an influential MP has warned. Chris Bryant MP,...
Trump Appears to Concede he Illegally Retained Official Documents...
In his court filing regarding the seizure of materials from his Florida resort, Donald Trump appeared to concede that he unlawfully retained official government...
Ukrainians Flee Embattled Cities Along Safe Corridors
Buses transported civilians out of one besieged Ukrainian city and supplies to another on Tuesday, as officials attempted to move people away from a...
U.S. to Lift Travel Ban on Vaccinated Visitors
Beginning November, the Biden administration will lift travel restrictions on foreigners who have been fully vaccinated against the coronavirus, reopening the country to thousands...
Oregon School District Sparks Outrage, Moves Meetings Online as...
Parents in the North Clackamas School District in Oregon are furious about the board's decision to go online, especially in light of the controversy...
In New York, Pandemic Pushes Some Orthodox Jews To...
Two months into lockdown, 29-year-old Ella left the ultra-Orthodox Jewish community that she was raised in near New York, started wearing trouser pants for...
TikTok Says the Repeat Removal of The Intersex Hashtag...
Pidgeon Pagonis, an intersex activist, noticed last week that the TikTok hashtag #intersex was not working. They couldn't click the tag on one of...
Federal Judge Limits Ballot Drop Box Monitoring in Arizona...
A federal judge issued an emergency order from the bench on Tuesday prohibiting Arizona ballot drop box monitors affiliated with the conservative group Clean...
The Environmental Health Risks of War in a Highly...
Iryna Nikolaieva sat in a stairwell of a Kyiv bomb shelter where she had been living for three days and called engineers at two...
A Silicon Valley Veteran Hired By Jeff Bezos Says...
With his five-year search for the perfect notebook, a veteran tech CEO has added to Silicon Valley's growing list of idiosyncratic productivity hacks. David Selinger...
Political Feud Mires Case Against Alleged Mass Shooter at...
The murder trial of a man accused of killing 23 people at a Walmart in El Paso, Texas, in 2019 has devolved into a...
Lemonade Could Make You Rich In 2021
Since its initial public offering last July, Lemonade (NYSE: LMND) stock has taken investors for a wild ride. After closing at a high of $183...
Federal Judge Claims the COVID Vaccine Kills More People...
On Friday, George W. Bush nominee U.S. District Court Judge Roger Benitez ruled that California's long-standing ban on assault weapons violates the Second Amendment....
Trump's Grievances Cloud Republican Agenda Heading Into 2022
Republicans are vying for control of Congress. Just don't ask them what they plan to do if they win. Look no further than battleground North...
This is Why You Can't Find Rapid at-Home Covid...
Blink Science, a Florida-based startup, heard something startling while developing a rapid test that detects the coronavirus in someone's saliva: The Food and Drug...
Joe Biden's 'Billionaire Minimum Income Tax' Plan Explained
A "Billionaire Minimum Income Tax" is included in President Joe Biden's budget proposal for the fiscal year 2023. According to the budget, all households worth...
Top House Democrats Call On Biden Administration To Extend...
Top House Democrats called on the Biden administration on Sunday to extend the eviction moratorium amid the coronavirus pandemic, just hours after the ban...
In Restricting Repair, John Deere May be Violating the...
Consumer advocates claim that John Deere & Co., the nation's largest tractor manufacturer, has repeatedly violated the Clean Air Act by restricting repairs to...
Long Covid Patients can Face a Battle Trying to...
Mike Yada can still vividly recall the day in August 2020 when it became apparent that his peculiar symptoms, which had appeared after a...
The British Government's Covid Strategy Was Never Designed To...
Since the announcement that all Covid-related restrictions would be lifted in England, experts have warned of disastrous consequences, ranging from an inevitable increase in...
Congress Must Make it Easy for America's Veterans to...
One of the nation's most important responsibilities is to care for America's veterans. Medical care, benefits, and burials/memorials are the three main functions of...