Comment on ‘The Famous and the Dead,’ by T. Jefferson Parker

Recent battlefield reverses in Ukraine, with Kherson under increasing attack, are powerful reminders that Ukraine needs every penny of support it can get urgently. Yet Western governments still refuse to seize Russia’s $300 billion in frozen assets, even though the idea of making Russia pay for Ukraine’s rebuilding is broadly popular across the U.

Supporters of Taiwan’s new president are protesting an attempt by the China-leaning opposition to curtail his powers. On Tuesday, lawmakers from the Kuomintang kicked off the final steps toward passing a law that would require President William Lai Ching-te to deliver an address to them every year, appear separately to answer questions and provide a range of documents when asked. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] The law would also allow officials to be jailed if they are found lying to the legislature—a change that has the potential to bog Lai’s officials down in court proceedings. The proposed legislation could be passed in the coming days and make it difficult for Lai to govern the chip hub at the epicenter of U.

Amid India’s weekslong election, the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of Prime Minister Narendra Modi wants voters to know that it’s about action, not talk. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] “Congress will say, BJP will do,” a poster shared recently by state- and district-level BJP accounts on social media asserted, referring to the opposition Indian National Congress (or Congress Party). কর্মসংস্থান না বাড়লে কীভাবে ভারতের শহরে শহরে পৌঁছে গেল মেট্রো পরিষেবা?কংগ্রেস বলবে, বিজেপি করবে!

Do you want to see your teeth while you are brushing them? I go to the dentist for teeth cleanings regularly. I have no interest when he tries to use his little mirror, coaxing me to open wider to show me what's going on in my back left molar. "I believe you," I scream. The smart toothbrushes are very expensive and I rather put that money towards an excellent espresso maker. Count me out. Open thread below read more

Senator Ron Johnson (Q-Moscow) is complaining again, which, in itself, is nothing new. The guy isn't happy unless he's complaining. Biden's saving people from the pandemic. Brown-skinned people are coming into the country. They're charging Fearless Leader for crimes that he committed. It never stops with him. His latest cause for griping is that protesters are being allowed to exercise their Freedom of Speech near the forums of the RNC convention in Milwaukee this summer.

(MASSAPEQUA PARK, N. Y.) — Investigators returned Monday to the home of a New York architect charged in a string of slayings known as the Gilgo Beach killings. State and county police officials descended on Rex Heuermann’s rundown, single-family home in Massapequa Park on Long Island sometime before 7 a.m. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] They used their vehicles and set up barriers to cordon off the block and raised white tents in front of the red house. Officers removed boxes and bags of evidence from the house as forensic and crime lab units spent much of the day on site.