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close Video Biden's State of the Union draws worst ratings in 30 years Fox News contributor Lara Trump says Americans are increasingly frustrated with Biden's performance as president. All eyes are on China and President Biden’s handling of the spy balloon from the Communist state that was shot down off the coast of South Carolina ahead of his State of the Union speech Tuesday. Republicans are voicing concerns that the administration has ignored or downplayed the growing threat of the Chinese Communist Party after a Chinese surveillance balloon was allowed to drift across the continental U.S. for several days before being taken down by the U.S. military. The president only mentioned China three times during his last address on March 1, arguing that his Bipartisan Infrastructure Law "put us on a path to win the economic competition of the 21st century that we face with the rest of the world, particularly China." "But, folks, to … [Read more...] about Biden only mentioned China 3 times in 2022 State of the Union address

WASHINGTON — The conservative Koch political network said on Monday that it would begin a multimillion-dollar advertising campaign to promote free trade, sharpening a disagreement with President Trump over tariffs and highlighting a growing rift between conservative donors and the Republican base on trade issues. The paid media campaign from three Koch-affiliated groups — Freedom Partners, Americans for Prosperity and the Libre Initiative — will promote the traditional free-market view of open trade as beneficial to all countries involved. The groups said the advertisements would draw on a set of trade principles in line with that philosophy, including calling on Mr. Trump to scrap tariffs that he has threatened and already put in place. [ David Koch Died on Aug. 23 at the Age of 79] The campaign comes at a moment of tension within the Republican Party, which has traditionally embraced free-market views but is now being led by a protectionist president who routinely … [Read more...] about Conservative Koch Groups Plan Pro-Trade Blitz, as the Issue Splits Republicans

My life so far has often been distilled to numbers: 1.7 million subscribers, 1.8 million total followers, 155 million views. At 12 years old, I started posting videos on YouTube. In November, at 24, I quit . When I tell people about my videos, I often say, “imagine if Ferris Bueller had a YouTube channel.” I used the style and conventions of nostalgic teen films to romanticize what was otherwise an ordinary life. On YouTube, a romanticized life is also, paradoxically, a deeply personal one. My channel was as raw and honest as I would have been in my diary. That’s part of the culture. Being known as you are — and praised for it — lures in those of us with a deep desire to be seen. But another part of the culture is to make yourself into a product and figure out how to sell that product. Success is measured in views and subscriber counts, visible to all. The numbers feel like an adrenaline shot to your self-esteem. The validation is an addicting high, but its lows hit just as … [Read more...] about YouTube Gave Me Everything. Then I Grew Up.

A company's approach to their sick employee coming to the end of their time-off allowance has been slammed online. In a viral post on Reddit 's popular r/antiwork subreddit, user u/blink_bridgette shared a picture of a yellow sign posted at their job. The caption read: "I am at a loss for words. This is pathetic..." The picture featured a note to employees that read: "Dear Employees, We have a long-term employee of 17 years from our Dietary Department who has been in the hospital and rehab for several months. "She has exhausted all her PTO [paid time off] days and her benefits are running out. As you can imagine this has been quite a drain on her family's income." The notice continued, asking employees if they would be prepared to donate their own paid vacation days to their colleague . Those willing to help were directed to the vice president of financial services to arrange this. New York employment attorney Jon Bell, from the Bell Law Group, told Newsweek : "It is … [Read more...] about CEO asking workers to donate time off to sick colleague branded “pathetic”

Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton Sunday finally tried to distance herself from President Barack Obama on trade after weeks of pressure from organized labor. ‘‘The president should listen to and work with his allies in Congress, starting with Nancy Pelosi, who had expressed their concerns about the impact that a weak agreement would have on our workers to make sure we get the best strongest deal possible,’’ Hillary said in Iowa according to The Boston Globe . ‘‘And if we don’t get it, there should be no deal.’’ Trade Promotion Authority (TPA), also known as fast-track, has created a lot of tension between the president and many within his own party, including labor unions. If passed, the president could submit a finalized trade deal to Congress that could not be amended or filibustered and would only need a straight up or down vote. Unions, hoping to make trade an important campaign issue, have put pressure on Hillary to take a firm stance against fast-track. … [Read more...] about Hillary Finally Distances Herself From Obama On Trade

USRowing rejected fairness for female rowers of all ages and levels with the release of its updated Gender Identity Policy on December 1. We are a group of former Olympic rowers, and we are enraged that USRowing would adopt a policy that so blatantly discriminates against female athletes in rowing. The updated policy permits males, with or without testosterone suppression, to compete in girls' and women's events. Only at the collegiate and elite level has USRowing allowed any restrictions. At that level, male rowers competing in the women's category must comply with World Rowing's policy , which requires 12 months of continuous testosterone suppression at no greater than 5 nmol/L, twice the high end of the normal range for females. Science has unequivocally proven that testosterone suppression— even for years —does not erase the physiologic advantages that males have over females. Every cell has a sex which influences all aspects of the body's development. It is not … [Read more...] about USRowing Denies Fairness for Female Athletes

Patiala MP and former Union minister Preneet Kaur has hit back at the Congress, questioning the disciplinary action taken against her by the party. The Congress high command had recently shot off a showcause notice to the MP and wife of former Congress chief minister Capt Amarinder Singh for her alleged anti-party activities. In her letter addressed to INC Disciplinary Action Committee’s Member Secretary Tariq Anwar, the Patiala MP said: “At the onset I am surprised to see that a person who left the Congress party in 1999 on the issue of Mrs. Gandhi being a foreign national, and stayed out for 20 years till 2019, and had to face disciplinary action himself, is now questioning me on a so-called disciplinary matter.” Kaur also took a dig at her leaders in Punjab Congress. “The Congressmen in Punjab who have made allegations against me are those who have many issues pending against them. If you call my husband who was then chief minister, he will give you details about their doings. … [Read more...] about ‘Free to Take Whatever Action…’: Preneet Kaur’s No-Holds Barred Reply to Congress Showcause Notice

Menopause, for many women, is an unknown — a confusing tunnel to pass through, with limited signage for what to expect. But one effective treatment has been overlooked for decades, signaling that women’s suffering is widely regarded as unimportant, according to the cover story in today’s New York Times Magazine. I spoke with Susan Dominus, who wrote the article, about her reporting and the reactions it has received from women. Lauren: I learned more from your story than I’ve ever learned about menopause. It has been so absent from public discourse. Susan: I too knew almost nothing going into this. I told a friend I was working on a story about menopause. Her eyes went wide and she just said, “Thank you.” And I could tell that what she meant by that was: That’s good, because I know nothing. After I got up to speed, I was constantly bringing the subject up at dinner parties, asking my friends, “Hey, how is your menopause going?” You’d think that would be really … [Read more...] about Silent Suffering

Here’s something odd: We’re getting worse at construction. Think of the technology we have today that we didn’t in the 1970s. The new generations of power tools and computer modeling and teleconferencing and advanced machinery and prefab materials and global shipping. You’d think we could build much more, much faster, for less money, than in the past. But we can’t. Or, at least, we don’t. Throughout the 1950s and 1960s, productivity in the construction sector — how much more could be done given the same number of workers and machines and land — grew faster than productivity in the rest of the economy. Then, around 1970, it began to fall, even as economywide productivity kept rising. Today, the divergence is truly wild. A construction worker in 2020 produced less than a construction worker in 1970, at least according to the official statistics. Contrast that with the economy overall, where labor productivity rose by 290 percent between 1950 and 2020, or to the manufacturing sector, … [Read more...] about The Story Construction Tells About America’s Economy Is Disturbing

See the article in its original context from December 7, 1986 Section Page Buy Reprints View on timesmachine TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. About the Archive This is a digitized version of an article from The Times’s print archive, before the start of online publication in 1996. To preserve these articles as they originally appeared, The Times does not alter, edit or update them. Occasionally the digitization process introduces transcription errors or other problems; we are continuing to work to improve these archived versions. IT WOULD BE THE LAST TIME THE WHOLE family was together - Christmas 1979. In the Tudor stone mansion across the street from the Wichita Country Club, Mary Koch and her four sons celebrated the holiday in the spacious living room, scattered with photographs of the brothers as carefree boys. A large oil portrait of the late patriarch of the clan, Fred C. Koch, looked down from one wall. … [Read more...] about BROTHERS AT ODDS