"Any behavior or speech that is against the Olympic spirit, especially against the Chinese laws and regulations are also subject to certain punishment."
Walter Kirn, a novelist, essayist, and journalist, has witnessed individuals give up reason to obey authority figures’ COVID-19 guidelines and mandates, he says, pushing us to further resemble a dystopian society.
On the menu today: Accounts of the phone call between President Biden and Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky offer an unnerving portrait of a Ukrainian leader who is in denial about the risk of a full-scale Russian invasion, and an American leader who doesn’t want to send any more weapons, after equipping the Ukrainians to fight a ground war without any air cover.
Johnson announced that Britain would be taking a step back toward normal as some of the coronavirus mandates would be lifted as Omicron case reports recede.