Rising inventories are a bearish indicator

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Published
December 13, 2021

Rising inventories are a bearish indicator

On the supply side, there is growing evidence of supply-chain easing. Ocean freight rates are falling just as U.S. consumers retrench after pre-buying Christmas gifts. Anchored ships laden with retail goods — "floating inventories" — will probably soon be unloaded and trucked to their destinations, adding to inventories.
Published
December 13, 2021

A lawyer who sees kids in their worst moments found a way to bottle joy

Attorney Jon Krell often comes into children's lives when they have been taken from everything they know and relatives are working to get them back home. He describes parents telling him of their visitations, "It hurts so much — I get to hug them and then I have to give them back."
Published
December 12, 2021

Bill Nemitz: In Norway, a small hospital leans into the COVID-19 storm

Far from the big-city medical centers, the pandemic lays claim to the unvaccinated.
Published
December 12, 2021

Tahar Maide of Chad is a health care hero

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Published
December 12, 2021

Leonard Pitts Jr.: It’s time to do something about books

As Time magazine recently reported, librarians are seeing a definite spike in censorship activity. Deborah Caldwell-Stone, executive director of the American Library Association’s Office for Intellectual Freedom, called it “an unprecedented volume of challenges.” From Texas to South Carolina, to Virginia to Florida and beyond, conservative governors and advocacy groups are removing books from school library shelves, particularly those that deal with the two subjects they find most threatening: sexuality and race.

Published
December 12, 2021

Rep. Margaret Craven: Lewiston primed to invest benefits of Build Back Better bill

This once-in-a-generation legislation would bring down the costs of things families depend on — like health care, prescription drugs, paid leave and child care — create millions of good-paying jobs, tackle the climate crisis, invest in a just and humane immigration system, rebuild our care economy, and open the doors to educational opportunity with universal preschool and grants for low-income students and students of color.
Published
December 12, 2021

Cal Thomas: Putin knows Biden is weak

If Putin invades Ukraine, if China invades Taiwan, if Iran finishes a nuclear bomb, if North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un decides to move against South Korea, all of them may see this as the ideal opportunity to engage in behavior they might think twice about if America had a strong president.
Published
December 12, 2021

Rich Lowry: Vladimir Putin shouldn’t be a right-wing hero

It's possible for a political leader to be a robust nationalist and social conservative without jailing the political opposition, assassinating critics, invading and dismembering neighboring countries, enriching a kleptocracy, and installing a de facto dictator for life.
Published
December 11, 2021

Bob Neal: The Countryman: Location, location, location

At this stage of the pandemic, lots of us are thinking wishfully. And lots of us are acting on that thinking by moving out of COVID's path.
Published
December 10, 2021

Froma Harrop: Who can blame Charlie Baker for not running again?

Between now and next November, he faces a primary in a Republican Party that has gone haywire. Former President Donald Trump has vowed to take down Baker. (He's already endorsed former state Rep. Geoff Diehl, the only well-known Republican running in the party's primary.) Baker evidently doesn't want to play in the nasty clown show sure to follow.

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