Monthly Archives: July 2022

Amid infant formula disaster, Juul fiasco, FDA seeks outside review

Enlarge / Robert Califf, Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, speaks during the COVID Federal Response Hearing on Capitol Hill on June 16, 2022 in Washington, DC. (credit: Getty | Joe Raedle) The Food and Drug Administration has commissioned an external review of its food and tobacco programs in the wake of high-profile debacles—including…

Former clerk for Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas says he is a ‘wonderful’ person with ‘originalist’ views, but ‘he will be judged for what he does as a justice’

Justice Clarence Thomas in his dissenting opinion to Supreme Court decision on Thursday repeated a misleading claim about COVID-19 vaccines. Erin Schaff/Associated Press Insider spoke to a former clerk to Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. Stephen McAllister said Thomas was a “genuine” person but he’ll be “judged for what he does as a justice.” Thomas…

Democratic campaign vet warns that the left’s ‘schoolmarm’ tone is alienating middle America

Pete Buttigieg’s former spokesperson Lis Smith speaks to the press in the Spin Room after participating in the second Democratic primary debate of the 2020 presidential campaign season hosted by NBC News at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts in Miami, Florida, June 27, 2019. JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images Democratic campaign vet…

CIA Director William Burns dispels rumors that Putin is unwell saying ‘as far as we can tell, he’s entirely too healthy’

Mikhail Metzel/Sputnik/AFP via Getty Images At a security conference in Aspen, CIA Director William Burns spoke candidly about Vladimir Putin. He said that after two decades of studying him, he is still difficult to predict. Burns also dispelled rumors about Putin’s health, saying the Kremlin leader is “too healthy.” In a rare, candid interview, CIA…

2022 Instagram Algorithm Solved: How to Get Your Content Seen

Congratulations! You’ve crafted the perfect Instagram post! But hold up, your work isn’t done quite yet. Because if you want your content to actually get in front of a wide audience, you’re going to need to appease the all-mighty (and ever-changing) Instagram algorithm. Understanding the 2022 Instagram algorithm and what it deems worthwhile or important is…

Why so many climate adaptation schemes fail

Many attempts to control flooding in the United States have backfired and made people worse off. Deposit Photos This article was originally featured on OpenMind. On the central Pacific island of Kiribati, the national government built a seawall to protect people from storm surges and sea-level rise—but ended up merely redirecting erosion to an area farther down…