Here’s another analogy: the Shakespeare histories and tragedies in which battlefield mayhem ends with a restoration of order in the person of the Respected Nobles. In this case, these are the old royals from the Castle of Bush the First: a coterie of commercially minded globalists (as opposed to those ideologically minded globalists, the neocons) who have spent their lives as advisers and friends of former president George Herbert Walker Bush....
Forbes began exerting his influence on George W. Bush a year ago. Facing what his aides regarded as a weak GOP field, the Bushies were obsessed with avoiding Dole’s fate. One way to do it: raise more money than Croesus–or Steve Forbes. If they raised enough dough, they figured, they could reject federal spending limits. No matter how much Forbes spent on TV ads, they would spend more. The conservative publisher also figured in the calibration of the Bush tax-cut plan....
Krista Pouncy-Dyson, owner of a New Orleans digital media marketing company, Performance 1st Digital Media, said crisis after crisis is wearing on her clients, employees and business. “Surveying minority and black-owned businesses, there’s a distinct need for working capital microloans, access to fuel, just the basics,” she told the AP. Dyson is chairwoman of the New Orleans Regional Black Chamber of Commerce. She said an exodus followed 2005’s Hurricane Katrina, when “a lot of people just didn’t come back....
But ever since Butler became a member of the Big East, Butler Blue III (and his late predecessor Blue II) have made the trip to Washington D.C. to visit with Georgetown’s mascot “Jack the Bulldog.” MORE: Mascots meet in DC | Mascots in need of a facelift The results, as you could expect, were as cute as possible. The Hoyas (11-5, 3-2) face the Bulldogs (11-5, 3-2) on Saturday at 5 p....
Brown’s Boston teammates had his car filled will popcorn after their win over the Timberwolves on Wednesday night. MORE: Carmelo Anthony mocked for excessive fur Judging by the caption on this Instagram post, Brown appeared to be a good sport about the prank. Brown did say, however, that he plans to get revenge on his Celtics teammates. A post shared by Jaylen Brown (@fchwpo) on Mar 15, 2017 at 7:50pm PDT
“Middlemarch,” airing over six Sundays starting April 10, transports us to a 19th-century British village confronting the Industrial Revolution. On its simplest level, it traces two calamitous marriages: one between the sweet, idealistic Dorothea Brooke (Juliet Aubrey) and priggishly meanspirited Rev. Edward Casaubon (Patrick Malahide), the other pairing equally idealistic Dr. Tertius Lydgate (Douglas Hodge) with the wretchedly selfish Rosamond Vincy (Trevyn McDowell). Eliot surrounds them with a menagerie of twits, hypocrites, ne’er-do-wells, grasping old buzzards and viper-tongued dowagers....
Where will the committee place Cincinnati and BYU? The Bearcats improved to 8-0 in the American Athletic Conference after knocking off UCF 36-33 on Saturday. Cincinnati fell behind 14-3 early, but quarterback Desmond Ridder rallied the Bearcats to another conference victory. BYU scored a 66-14 victory against North Alabama, improving to 9-0 while navigating an independent schedule with the help of Heisman contender Zach Wilson. The placement of those teams will offer clues as to what each team would need to slip into the College Football Playoff....
The 6'6" junior recorded his fourth triple-double of the season Thursday night in a BYU victory over Pacific, tying an NCAA single-season record and becoming just the fifth player in history to accomplish the feat. He finished with 17 points, 11 rebounds and 11 assists in a game-high 38 minutes. MORE: Which states are the best for college hoops? | Midseason All-Americans The last player to record four triple-doubles in a season was UMass’ Stephane Lasme during the 2006-07 season....
Alas, the rest of “Everyday” is not, and if Matthews gets another critical thwacking, at least this time he deserves it. Of the CD’s 12 tracks, only a handful makes a deep impression. “I Did It,” the first single, is a total dud: all swagger, no heart. And devotees will be mortified to hear 16 minutes pass before LeRoi Moore and Boyd Tinsley, authors of the band’s trademark sax-and-violin two-punch, make any real contribution....
“Whether you’re here for the SEC tournament, or whether you’re a Spring Breaker just about to be here or someone … looking for a place to come this summer, Tennessee is open for business,” the Republican said in a video announcement tweeted on Thursday. The state ranks 44th in percentage of vaccines administered, according to a list compiled by Becker’s Hospital Review based on Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data....
Is there a “Shade” filter on Instagram? Because every one one of these photos should have it. View on Instagram (Source: Jimmy Traina)
His most recent splash in the national media had been a disaster: Davis announced that California’s bridges, including the Golden Gate, had been targeted by terrorists, a claim later hooted down by law-enforcement authorities. Most alarming of all to his handlers, only a third of California voters said the state was on the “right track” under Davis–a potential kiss of death for any incumbent. Davis’s campaign advisers watched warily as former Los Angeles mayor Richard Riordan–having been anointed by the Bush White House to reclaim California for the GOP–inched ahead of the Democratic governor in the polls....
“We don’t believe in locking up children. Do you?” one billboard erected by Amnesty International USA in Orlando, Florida, just 10 miles away from Disney World, asks. “You are now 7 miles away from where kids are locked up,” another put up in Miami reads. The billboard is just miles away from Homestead, Florida, where a temporarily empty facility used to house detained immigrant children sits. Earlier this year, Amnesty accused the government of violating children’s rights by holding them at the facility in prolonged and indefinite detention and keeping them in conditions that did not meet U....
The Ever Given got stuck in the canal last week and blocked the passage of more than 360 ships before workers successfully freed it on Monday, according to the Associated Press. An estimated $9 billion in global trade has been delayed each day as a result of the canal blockage, the AP reported. The delays came in the midst of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, which the World Trade Organization predicted at the onset of the pandemic last spring would result in a drop in global trade....
Buffalo took the field for the first time since Damar Hamlin collapsed on “Monday Night Football,” and in a Hollywood-scripted “storybook” moment, Nyheim Hines took the opening kickoff back for a touchdown. The score sent the Buffalo crowd into a frenzy. MORE: Bills, fans show Damar Hamlin love in return to field After the game, Bills quarterback Josh Allen still seemed to have the goosebumps running up and down his arms....
State police say Branch was arrested at about 2 a.m. Saturday in the town of Cheektowaga after officers noticed Branch vomiting out the driver’s side door of his vehicle. MORE: NFL players arrested in 2014 Police say Branch failed a field sobriety test and had a blood-alcohol content of .14 percent. The legal limit is .08 percent. He was charged with driving while intoxicated and released. He’s due back in court on Aug....
Last season the Bills finished with the second-best scoring defense in the league allowing just 16.2 points per game. However, offensively Buffalo was tied for the ninth-worst scoring offense (19.6 points per game). To bolster the offense, the Bills acquired wide receiver Stefon Diggs from the Vikings in exchange for four draft picks including the 22nd overall pick this year. Buffalo will look to add depth to their roster as they challenge for their first divisional title since 1995....
A federal judge on Thursday approved prosecutors’ recommendation to cut Anthony Bosch’s sentence due to his cooperation with an investigation that ensnared Yankees star Alex Rodriguez and other baseball players. MORE: 10 best baseball movies of the 90s | Alex Rodriguez destroys Fox’s NFL set | A-Rod’s return to the majors Bosch, 52, was sentenced to four years in prison in February 2015 after pleading guilty the previous October to a conspiracy to distribute testosterone....
In recent years, new drugs called biologics have been approved for treating moderate-to-severe asthma. Biologic therapies offer new ways of treatment because they target specific antibodies (blood proteins) responsible for causing asthma. What Are Biologics? Biologics are powerful medicines made of tiny components, including sugars, proteins, DNA, whole tissues, or cells. They come from all sorts of living sources—mammals, insects, plants, bacteria, and more. Biologic drugs are the latest and most advanced treatments available today for the treatment of numerous diseases and conditions....
