Neera Tanden, focus of 2016 hack, rips ‘double standard’ in coverage of Trump campaign hacked materials
Neera Tanden, a senior Biden administration official, expressed outrage over what she called a “double standard” in the media’s response to the Trump campaign hack, following the widespread coverage of her own communications after the 2016 Clinton campaign hack. Tanden, who heads the White House Domestic Policy Council, expressed frustration with the overall lack of […]
JAMES CARTER: The Standard Of ‘Are You Better Off?’
In what was arguably the most memorable moment of the sole debate between President Jimmy Carter and Gov. Ronald Reagan in the 1980 presidential campaign, Reagan famously asked the American people: “Are you better off than you were four years ago?” Less well known was then-Sen. Joseph R. Biden’s cringe-worthy response. (RELATED: DIANA FURCHTGOTT-ROTH: Democrats Are On A […]
Standard Chartered boosts private bank team with 14 new hires By Reuters – Investing.com
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Standard Chartered Bank (OTC:) has hired a dozen new bankers for its private banking divisions in Singapore, Hong Kong and the United Arab Emirates as it seeks to expand its wealthy business, the bank said on Thursday. The hires also include Nicholas Cheng, who joined as head of the private markets […]
The Great Academic/Sports Double Standard
Estimated Reading Time: 4 minutes And why Pawan Dhingra has it wrong about extracurricular learning. Starting in elementary school and continuing through high school, aspiring athletes are encouraged by parents, coaches, and society at large to spend considerable hours training and practicing outside of the school day and off-campus, oftentimes at the additional cost of […]
Biden’s new standard: Law for enemies, immunity for friends
Joe Biden Attacked the Supreme Court The Supreme Court ruled last week on President Donald Trump’s immunity, in a brief, nationally televised address in which he said, “We are all equal before the law. No one, not even the President of the United States, is above the law.” [With] Today’s Supreme Court decision on presidential […]
FEMA announces finalized flood risk management standard
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) released the final rule for the Federal Flood Risk Management Standards (FFRMS) on Wednesday. The FFRMS is a flexible federal standard that requires agencies to develop resilience and flood protection plans for projects and buildings that receive federal funding, including building dimensions necessary to protect buildings from flood risk. […]