Month: May 2023

The decisions of governors, legislators and bureaucrats have consequences, some intended and some not. If politics were a rational exercise, decision makers would fully explore the potential effects before acting, thus minimizing the chances that what they have done will backfire. However, politics and politicians tend to act in the here and now, rather than worrying about what might happen in the future when their decrees collide with the real world. Examples abound of short-term decisions that have turned sour. An obvious one is California’s bullet train project, which has limped along year after year and still doesn’t have enough…

The decisions of governors, legislators and bureaucrats have consequences, some intended and some not. If politics were a rational exercise, decision makers would fully explore the potential effects before acting, thus minimizing the chances that what they have done will backfire. However, politics and politicians tend to act in the here and now, rather than worrying about what might happen in the future when their decrees collide with the real world. Examples abound of short-term decisions that have turned sour. An obvious one is California’s bullet train project, which has limped along year after year and still doesn’t have enough…

Islamabad, Pakistan Expressing concern over Pakistan’s growing instability, the visiting Chinese foreign minister told the host country to overcome political differences to pave the way for economic progress. Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang was in Pakistan on Saturday for the fourth Pakistan-China Foreign Ministers’ Strategic Dialogue held in Islamabad. It was Qin’s first visit to the country since becoming Beijing’s top diplomat. “We sincerely hope that Pakistan’s political forces will build consensus, maintain stability and more effectively address internal and external challenges so that they can focus on growing the economy,” Qin said at a press conference alongside with his…

How the country’s most impressive stallions line up to compete this year Kentucky Derby on Saturday, another competitive race will reach its final stretch in the Bluegrass State: the heated Republican primary to decide who will face Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear in November. Beshear, one of the few in the country Democratic governors from a deep red state, is running for re-election after a first four-year term that has surprisingly seen him become one of the most popular governors in the country, given the sharp political divide facing the nation, according to polls. Three Republican candidates have separated from the…

Ahead of his expected launch of a 2024 White House campaign later this month, Republican His. Tim Scott of South Carolina will make return visits in the coming days to the two states that kick off the GOP presidential nominating calendar. Scott, a rising star in the GOP and the only black Republican in the Senate, is on Saturday in Iowa, the state whose caucuses lead off the GOP agenda. He will head a city council in Waukee, a suburb of Des Moines. On Monday and Tuesday, the senator will be in New Hampshire, which is holding the first primary…

What is the absolute (fill in your favorite four letter curse)? Eric Sondermann We are far away, but the headlines travel and tell a scary and sickening story. A troubled teenager is struck down as part of an accommodation that allows him to attend a public high school. On this day alone, a gun is found on him and two staff members, none of whom were allegedly trained to perform such duties, are injured. A dozen hours later, the young shooter died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Two long-time employees at a west Denver restaurant are inexplicably gunned down while…

Erdogan faces tight race against emboldened opposition The cost of living crisis is seen as affecting his chances. Turkey’s two-decade transformation at stake ANKARA, May 7 (Reuters) – With his two-decade rule in the balance, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan has pulled out all the stops on the election campaign as he struggles to survive his toughest political test yet and protect his legacy of an emboldened opposition. . Erdogan, the son of a sea captain, has faced strong political headwinds ahead of the May 14 election: He was already facing the blame for an economic crisis when a devastating earthquake…

PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, Va. – A Virginia man is facing charges after police say he broke into a home, strangled a woman and stole her keys before driving off in her car. According to the Prince William County Police Department, officers were called to a home in the 4000 block of Lea Meadow Ct. in Woodbridge shortly after 11.45pm on Monday. When officers arrived, they learned that a man broke into the home of a 22-year-old woman he knew by breaking a basement window. Once inside, investigators believe the two got into an argument, which escalated when the man grabbed…