In Germany, the AfD are weaponising climate change The Economist — Sep 14th 2023 A spectre is haunting Europe: the spectre of a rising hard right. In Germany the overtly xenophobic Alternative for Germany (afd) has surged to become the country’s second-most popular party. Its success is polarising domestic politics and it seems poised to … Continue reading A fresh wave of hard-right populism is stalking Europe
Kim Davis, Kentucky County Clerk who denied gay couple marriage license, must pay them $100,000 Cybele Mayes-Osterman — USA TODAY—Sept. 14, 2023 A former Kentucky county clerk must pay $100,000 to a gay couple she denied a marriage license, a federal jury decided on Thursday. Kim Davis, formerly the Rowan County clerk, attracted … Continue reading Kim Davis, Antigay Kentucky Clerk, Must Pay $100K for Refusing Same Sex Marriage License
AP News: Scientists call fraud on supposed extraterrestrials presented to Mexican Congress BY MEGAN JANETSKY Sept. 13, 2023 MEXICO CITY (AP) — Supposed aliens landed in Mexico’s Congress but there were no saucer–shaped UFOs hovering over the historic building or bright green invaders like those seen in Hollywood films. The specter of little green men … Continue reading Aliens in the Mexican Congress?? Sworn Witnesses Said “Yes.” But is “Seeing” Believing??
Religious News Service ‘The Great Dechurching’ explores America’s religious exodus A new study looks at why millions of Americans left church — and what might bring them back. September 7, 2023 By Bob Smietana (RNS) — Jim Davis and Michael Graham knew something was up in their hometown of Orlando, Florida. But they couldn’t put … Continue reading The “Great Dechurching”: Can it be stopped? Should It?
A tug of war between China and America in the Indian Ocean Saltwire: Atlantic Canada News Service — Sept. 6, 2023 Most of the international community regards the Chagos Islands as belonging to Mauritius, from which they were detached in 1965. Henry Srebrnik, a professor of political science at the University of Prince Edward Island, … Continue reading U. S. & China are new Competitors in an old, obscure, but important island dispute