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After one sad loss, the outcome could be very good.

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Sanders's bill to reduce the estate tax threshold would also eliminate some of the legal maneuvers that are used to dodge paying it.

A teacher in a UK school showed students cartoons from Charlie Hebdo and is being excoriated by officialdom.

Was it wrong to show those cartoons in class? I can't judge, because crucial information has not been given.

The article tells us nothing about what lesson the teacher was teaching. If the lesson was to disparage Muslims, that was completely unacceptable to teach in a school. If the lesson was about freedom of speech, freedom of religion, and controversies about them, perhaps it was proper.

This would depend also on the age of the students, which isn't stated.

The protesters have the right to protest, but they must take precautions against spreading Covid-19 to each other or to others.