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Data shows that teens are spending less time hanging out with friends in person, and more time on their devices. America’s 15- to 24-year-olds spend 35 percent less time socializing face-to-face than they did 20 years ago, The Atlantic reports. Instead, American kids and teenagers spend nearly six hours a day looking at screens,…
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Over the years I have been one of those people encouraged by the many parallels between European populist-nationalists and the MAGA movement in the US. There is indeed something going on in many places in the world where shadowy deep states are under threat by nationalist movements of many types. Sometimes though, I have struck a…
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In a shocking revelation that has sent ripples through the halls of Capitol Hill and beyond, Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has exposed an unprecedented level of government waste and inefficiency. According to a recent X post by DOGE, the U.S. government currently operates over 4 million active credit cards and…
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The United States Vice President JD Vance delivered a speech that stunned Europe, at the 61st Munich Security Conference. In his speech, Vance criticized the European Union leaders for what he described as backsliding on freedom of speech and democracy. Even before the reelection of U.S. President Donald Trump, European leaders…
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In all of Earth’s history, the interval 42,000 years ago stands out as a remarkable period of upheaval. This was a time marked by rapid climatic shifts, widespread extinctions, and profound modifications of the biosphere. The driving force behind these events, as suggested in a landmark study titled A global environmental crisis…
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Many see Donald Trump as unpredictable, but at his meeting with the Florida Panthers, winners of the 2024 Stanley Cup, he sent a clear message. The focus was on Sergei Bobrovsky, the team's Russian goalkeeper. Trump not only praised him as an athlete, but also sent a specific message to Putin and the Russian people: he does not…
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As human space travel enters a new era of growth, a joint military task force recently conducted high-stakes search and rescue training off Florida’s east coast to prepare for the increasing number of astronauts returning to Earth via ocean splashdowns. Crews from Hawaii, South Carolina, and Florida practiced critical recovery…
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