A Jesuit order of the U.S. Roman Catholic Church announced Monday that it has established Descendants Truth and Reconciliation Foundation for making monetary reparations to descendants of slaves that the church owned in the past. It has pledged $100 million for this endeavor in order to try to atone for its past involvement in slavery. This foundation actually happened due to a group of descendants of slaves approaching the Jesuit order with such a plan, and it was accepted. The... Read more
People are getting vaccinated around the world for COVID-19, especially in advanced countries. Israel has vaccinated a larger percentage of its population, more than half now, than any other country. Israel has had the most aggressive vaccination plan of any country even though ultra-Orthodox Jews have been very resistant to being vaccinated. Part of Israel’s progress has to do with the price national governments have paid to get the vaccination material. In the free world, Israel agreed in the very... Read more
Justin Thomas, the third-ranked pro golfer in the world, came from behind in dramatic form to win The Players Championship at TPC Sawgrass by one stroke over 47-year old, perennial, runner-up, yet world-class player, Lee Westwood. Thomas shot 66 and 68 this weekend, a record, for a 14-under par total of 272 on one of the game’s toughest layouts. Westwood was cruising today, coaxing a 2-3 shot lead until Thomas made his move early in the back nine today. And... Read more
Last Sunday, UK Prince Harry and his wife Meghan were interviewed on TV by the inimitable, African-American, interviewer Oprah Winfrey. It involving shocking revelations about certain unnamed members of the UK royal family being racist against blacks. Meghan is mixed racially, with some African descent in her genes. This former model has beautifully-colored skin. Harry revealed that some member(s) of the royal family inquired from him only about what color the skin would be of their unborn child. That person... Read more
Pope Francis is doing an honorable thing by making his papacy a hallmark of good will by promoting peace between Roman Catholic Christianity and other religions. So, today he met with the Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani, the preeminent leader of the Shiite branch of Islam in Iraq. As a symbolic act, they met at the ancient birthplace and hometown of Abraham–Ur in southern Iraq. Abraham is claimed as the father of all three major monotheistic religions in the world: Judaism,... Read more
Current PGA Champion Colin Morikawa shot a steady 3-under par round today to win the Workday Championship at Bradenton, Florida, by three strokes over three players tied for second: Brooks Koepka, Viktor Hovland, and Billy Horschel. To add to this title, it was a World Golf Championship tournament on the PGA Tour. This week, legendary Tiger Woods had a near-death car crash in Rolling Hills Estate, a suburb of Los Angeles, California. He was driving alone in a hilly area... Read more
In early 2018, Laura Ingraham, the host of Fox New’s “The Ingraham Angle” on TV, took issue with NBA star LeBron James because he had gotten into a verbal tussle with President Donald Trump. The president had criticized NFL players taking a knee just prior to games during the playing of the national anthem. They said they were only doing it to protest unjust police brutality directed especially toward African Americans. Trump, at a political rally, said, “Wouldn’t you love... Read more
A large oil spill of unknown origin hit Israel’s coastline a week ago. It resulted in large chunks of tar covering Israel’s beaches stretching a hundred miles, all the way to Lebanon in the north. In some places, the tar is 4 to 5 inches thick. The Israeli government has enforced a gag order about the origin of this spill to preserve its investigation of its origin. Israel says it will take millions of dollars and months to clean up... Read more
HuffPost reported Friday an interview The Telegraph had this week with Dr. Anthony Fauci. He is the leading U.S. authority on COVID-19 and past spokesperson about it in the Trump administration until Trump sidelined him in the closing months of Trump’s very failed presidency. Fauci related concerning President Trump, “My influence with him diminished when he decided to essentially act like there was no outbreak [of COVID-19] and focus on reelection and opening the economy. That’s when he said, ‘It’s... Read more
Yesterday, NASA landed a new robotic vehicle on Mars, called Perseverance Rover. Its sole purpose will be to explore Mars to discover if it has life or ever had life on this red planet. This will be man’s first attempt to do this to another planet or moon in the heavens. Scientists believe water likely is necessary to sustain life. Mars provides sufficient evidence that it had water on its surface in the past, but no longer. I am doubtful... Read more
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