Prologue Journal – Page 39301 – Understanding current events through the lenses of the past and future.

The Attack on Scientific Merit in the Schools

Wall Street Journal ‘Teach, don’t preach’ is a good standard for right and left. https://www.wsj.com/articles/science-merit-schools-ideology-454a11a

Bank of Canada’s Macklem Warns Inflation Could Get ‘Stuck Materially Above’ Target

Wall Street Journal If it does, the central bank stands ready to resume its rate-increase campaign, the bank’s governor reiterates. https://www.wsj.com/articles/bank-of-canadas-macklem-warns-inflation-could-get-stuck-materially-above-target-b48e3464

The Responsibility of a Supreme Court Justice

Wall Street Journal On recusal and the appearance of impropriety. https://www.wsj.com/articles/supreme-court-justice-thomas-rbg-ethics-recusal-vmi-cd7c15b0

‘No Equivalence’ Between Trump and Biden

Wall Street Journal One got the policies right. https://www.wsj.com/articles/no-equivalence-between-trump-and-biden-no-labels-6053cdf8

Lina Khan’s Merger Myopia Has Deadly Consequences

Wall Street Journal Will a new cancer screening test become widely available? https://www.wsj.com/articles/lina-khan-ftc-antitrust-pancreatic-cancer-9abc4ca2

How to watch King Charles III’s coronation: A guide to the key moments

Washington Post It’s Britain’s first coronation in more than 70 years. Here’s how to watch the ceremony in which King Charles III will be crowned at London’s Westminster Abbey. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/05/04/how-to-watch-what-king-charles-coronation/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

Rosalind Franklin’s Missing Nobel Prize

Wall Street Journal In the early 1950s, sexism was rampant in science. https://www.wsj.com/articles/women-in-science-rosalind-franklin-missing-nobel-prize-6bee99ed

Agreements worth $1.9 bln signed at Caucasian Investment Exhibition — Roscongress

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. The exhibition was attended by guests from 14 foreign countries: Azerbaijan, Venezuela, Israel, Iran, Kazakhstan, Qatar, the Republic of Abkhazia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of South Ossetia, Serbia, Slovenia, the USA, Tajikistan and Sri Lanka https://tass.com/economy/1613751

Russian delegation calls on Black Sea countries to keep US-run biolabs on tight leash

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. “Today, we warned the world’s parliaments that it is a serious threat when the US deploys its biolabs in other countries and grows pathogens,” Olga Timofeyeva said https://tass.com/politics/1613749

Farm attack kills ‘about 15’ in West African nation of Benin

Fox News An attack by unidentified armed persons in the north of the small West African nation of Benin has killed “about 15 people,” according to the government’s spokesperson. Spokesperson Wilfried Houngbedji told AP by telephone Thursday that the attack on a farm in the commune of Kerou, some 370 miles north of Benin’s largest…