A good piece on the Op Ed page of the Wall Street Journal today, written by a guy who used to work in the Beijing office of the Natural Resources Defense Council, one of the most established environmental lobbying/research groups in the United States. Key takeaway sentence comes in the last paragraph.
In 2006, of the 84 major cities in China reported by the State Environmental Protection Agency, Beijing had the fewest number of days attaining the national air quality standard — and in 2007, the air quality was even worse. Read More...
The host of "Your Voice Radio" —distributed mainly through YouTube and a podcast platform called Spreaker — further described himself as not believing in "front-ending our politics where everything has to fit through a certain ideological keyhole before you'll consider it." "I believe in considering all ideas and picking the ones that are most likely able to get results," he said. "Everyone focuses too much on the front end than on results. Read More...
September 8, 2015 12:23 AM EDT
Detroit rapper Dex Osama died after a shooting early Monday morning outside a gentlemen’s club on Detroit’s south side, the Independent and other news organizations are reporting, although police have yet to confirm the deceased’s identity.
The shooting broke out after a fight between two groups of men around 2 a.m. at the Crazy Horse strip club. When security intervened, the men were pushed outside, where witnesses reported hearing gunshots. Read More...
