The premiere of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds on Paramount Plus Thursday, appeared to allege that the January 6, 2021 riot at the US Capitol triggered the fictitious nuclear World War III on Earth in the sci-fi series timeline.
A crucial part of Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr.’s draft majority opinion dismantling the Supreme Court’s 1973 Roe v. Wade decision came at the back end, with a 31-page appendix detailing myriad state abortion bans in effect at the time the court ruled, including some on the books since the early 19th century.
New figures from the World Health Organization show that Sweden had fewer COVID deaths per capita than much of Europe despite refusing to enforce strict lockdowns and mask mandates like numerous other nearby countries.
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, through a spokesman, declared “reproductive rights” the paramount struggle of humanity this week. He is right, but not in any way recognizable to him or his organization.