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The record of wanton drunkenness among American undergraduates begins with what Harvard calls the Disorders Papers, 1676. A teen-aged student confessed that he’d hosted a day of drinking in his chamber. With two schoolmates, he caroused among a circle of…
Last week, in Connecticut, at a stop on the comedian Aziz Ansari’s comeback tour, ticket holders were told to lock away their electronic devices before entering the venue. At the door, ushers sealed smartphones in neoprene sleeves manufactured by a…
At fifty-three, Brett Kavanaugh is an adult now, or at least no longer young, but after Christine Blasey Ford came forward to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee that he had pinned her to a bed, drunk, when they were…
MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Russia is considering the possibility of increasing the share of national currencies in financial transactions with Iran, Energy Minister Alexander Novak said on the sidelines of the Russian Energy Week forum on Thursday. “Since we do not…
Delegates from across Europe addressed challenges and prospects for the Chinese-led Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) in a summit on Monday, urging the European Union to adopt a common position on its development. Chinese delegates and analysts from France, the United…
European consumers see no reason for abandoning cheap Russian pipeline gas and substituting it for expensive American super-chilled fuel. While Washington is fuming over the Russian-European energy cooperation, EU member states are increasingly buying Russian hydrocarbons. Despite US threats and…
