Manufacturing in trouble as shipping hikes
Written by Staff Writer Melbourne and Istanbul are in the midst of what looks like a manufacturing crisis. A 1,750 ton ship carrying kit sets to factory in Indonesia has stranded 60 people on…
Rusalka, in all its American grandeur, deserved better
After summing up the global operatic tradition, Rusalka, Sir James Levine’s latest biennial symphony, swung from the ground with the force of a knockout blow, steadily tightening its corset until we were reeling back…
Trade spat puts US, China in strange bedfellows
Written by By By M. Sanjayan, CNN Beijing and Anna Koppel, CNN As US and Russian President Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin meet to discuss a nuclear arms control treaty that is set to…
Mom of Harvard grad who overdosed on heroin works to give her son a life after death
While Joshua Hubbell’s mother was in a deep sleep for three days, he spent time with his friends and family in her room, and she says that during those interactions, he spoke of his…
A toolkit for chickpea research: It’s getting Chicken, Tex-Mex
Get ready, America. America, prepare to take the world’s fastest, most adaptable, teflon-coated protein source into the realm of science, and while you’re at it, fill out an application to work for the Apache…
Backed off, man pulled gun on police
The man who pulled a handgun on police in Washington Heights and wounded two officers three weeks ago was released from prison three years ago, and has not been employed since he was paroled,…
Buffy Sainte-Marie on how ‘In Canada, men are king, women are peasants’
Buffy Sainte-Marie is a Canadian singer-songwriter who burst onto the Canadian music scene in the early 1970s and went on to have a prolific run as a member of a trio called Els (women…
The flat-out bigotry of free speech on college campuses
This week’s fraud complaint against The White House is a travesty. It had as its premise that our presidents do not know what they are doing and, therefore, deserve to be held accountable. The…
HappyFace: using art to educate parents on vaccinations
Julian Chalobah, Islay Bodinard, Martin Rowson, Annabel Crabb Julian Chalobah and Islay Bodinard, co-founders of the Foundation for Young People With Autism and Asperger’s Syndrome who are participants in the HappyFace vaccination campaign The…
Coup alerts in Sub-Saharan Africa
According to Foreign Policy, coups are back on the rise in sub-Saharan Africa. Some regional powers — Nigeria, Ivory Coast, Sudan — are attempting to regain control of their respective countries through violence, usually…