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Harvard will no longer issue statements on current events that do not affect the institution

Harvard University will no longer issue universitywide statements on current events that do not have a direct impact on the institution.  The Institutional Voice Working Group at Harvard University issued its report and recommendations to the university after being established in April to “consider whether and when our institution should speak on public issues.” Harvard […]

Harvard University will no longer weigh in on outside public matters

Harvard University announced Tuesday that it would maintain silence on public matters not directly related to the institution’s “core functions,” months after the university’s statement on the Israel-Hamas war sparked intense controversy. Leaders of the prestigious university, who recommended the new policy, said Harvard’s public statements on a wide range of issues and world politics […]

Rates Will Stay Higher for Longer

Wall Street retreats from rate cut hopes Wall Street is finally coming to terms with interest rates likely staying high for a long time, but it may still be underestimating them. Height and Length. In February, All the big Wall Street banks and forecasting firms had predicted a rate cut. Of the 18 companies surveyed […]

Slovak PM Robert Fico No Longer in Life-Threatening Condition

BANSKA BISTRIZA, Slovakia (AP) – Slovakia’s populist Prime Minister Roberto Fico remained in critical condition Sunday after being shot multiple times in an assassination attempt that shocked Europe’s deeply polarized nations. Four days later, the prognosis was said to be good. He is a federated nation, said the defense minister. “The worst we feared has […]

In the fog of forever war, the US no longer recognizes alternatives

The fog of war makes it difficult for most people to think beyond the here and now. Following the chaotic U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan in August 2021, policymakers, the military, and others focused on the following:Singular operation failure— withdrawal — and not the overall feasibility or desirability of U.S. foreign policy. Russian government announcement closes […]