Section: US & Canada
The Morning Vertical, August 9, 2016
Your daily roundup. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
The Daily Vertical: Lavrov’s Straight-Faced Charade
The Daily Vertical is a video primer for Russia-watchers that appears Monday through Friday. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
The Daily Vertical: Lavrov’s Straight-Faced Charade (Transcript)
You’ve really got to hand it to Sergei Lavrov for being able to say the things he says with a straight face. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
U.S. Destroyer Makes First Visit to China Since South China Sea Ruling
(QINGDAO, China) — The visit of the U.S. Navy guided missile destroyer USS Benfold to the northern Chinese port of Qingdao this week is the latest development in a long-term effort to build trust between the countries’ militaries amid tensions and a rivalry for dominance in Asia. Though China resents the highly visible presence of the U.S....
US destroyer visit latest twist in China-US military ties
QINGDAO, China (AP) — The visit of the U.S. Navy guided missile destroyer USS Benfold to the northern Chinese port of Qingdao this week is the latest development in a long-term effort to build trust between the countries’ militaries amid tensions and a rivalry for dominance in Asia. Though China resents the highly visible presence of the...
US destroyer visit latest twist in China-US military ties
QINGDAO, China (AP) — The visit of the U.S. Navy guided missile destroyer USS Benfold to the northern Chinese port of Qingdao this week is the latest development in a long-term effort to build trust between the countries’ militaries amid tensions and a rivalry for dominance in Asia. Though China resents the highly visible presence of the...
The Audacious Plan to Save This Man’s Life by Transplanting His Head
Like a little white Lazarus with red eyes, the paralyzed mouse was walking again.A few days earlier, the mouse had been sprawled on an operating table while two Chinese graduate students peered through a microscope and operated on its spine. With a tiny pair of scissors, they removed the top half of a fingernail-thin vertebra, exposing a gleaming...
On Islamic Violence: Forget the Koran, Look to History
Originally published by PJ Media. Raymond Ibrahim is a Shillman Fellow at the David Horowitz Freedom Center. The debate around Muslim violence all too often centers around doctrine—around what the Koran and Hadith (words and deeds of Muhammad) really mean and say. Forgotten in this debate is that Islamic scriptures are unnecessary in determining...
The World Is Not As Bad As We Think, Says Harvard Psychologist
The scientist, psychologist and linguist Steven Pinker recently spoke with the Berggruen Institute’s Alex Gorlach at Harvard University, where Pinker teaches in the department of psychology. He is most well-known for his 2011 book The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined. His forthcoming book is on “the new enlightenment.”...
Robert H. Scales: While the U.S. chased political correctness, Russia chased the edge on the battlefield
In November, while visiting the headquarters of the U.S. Army in Europe, I received a briefing on the performance of the Russian army in Ukraine. In a perfunctory tone, the young intelligence briefer recited the details of the July 2014 Battle of Zelenopillya, in which a single Russian artillery “fire strike” almost destroyed two Ukrainian...
