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NYU professor sues colleagues amid COVID-19 mask controversy
A New York University professor sued fellow faculty members for libel this week after they complained to administrators about his encouraging students to question whether masks actually prevent COVID-19 from spreading. Mark Crispin Miller — a media professor at NYU’s Steinhardt School known for his contrarian views — says his fellow faculty sent the school’s dean a letter filled with a “pack of lies” about his position on mask use and his treatment of students. Miller says the Oct. 21 missive prompted the school to open a review of his behavior that could lead to disciplinary action against him — and now he wants the other professors to pay up for their allegedly false claims. His lawsuit, filed Monday in Manhattan Supreme Court, demands $750,000 in damages from 19 of the teachers, whom he accused of harming his “career and professional standing.” In the meantime, an online petition Miller launched to defend his “academic freedom” has garnered nearly 18,000 signatures, including several high-profile names such as investigative journalist Seymour Hersh, Chinese civil-rights activist Chen Guangcheng, and controversial anti-vaccine advocate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. The dustup began in September when a student in Miller’s undergraduate class on propaganda called for him
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If the President Vetoes the Defense Bill, It Shouldn’t Be to...
The president is threatening to veto the annual National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). Currently set for conference committee to resolve differences between the Senate and House, the $740 billion legislation deserves rejection because it authorizes too much for the military to enforce a counterproductive foreign policy of intervention everywhere all the time for every reason. That would be a bad idea even in the best of times. However, the blowback of endless wars in the Middle East should be evident to all. And when the American government is essentially bankrupt — the national debt already exceeds the annual GDP and continues to rocket upward — the U.S. can’t afford to continue subsidizing prosperous, populous allies, remaking failed nation states, solving other people’s civil wars, and doing so much more. However, that’s not why President Donald Trump opposes the legislation. He is upset because it mandates renaming bases named after Confederate notables. The bill targets ten Army installations: Camp Beauregard and Forts A.P. Hill, Benning, Bragg, Gordon, Hood, Lee, Pickett, Polk, and Rucker. The first nine are named after Confederate generals. The tenth honors a Confederate colonel. Many of the namesakes are largely forgotten by anyone but a Civil War buff,
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Crude oil price fails to clear $42 after IEA and OPEC...
IEA and OPEC both cut their global oil demand outlook for 2020 amid surging numbers of new Covid-19 infections Crude oil prices are trading about 1.4% higher today to return to $42.00 The risk is still tilted to the downside as sellers eye a move to $40.40 The International Energy Agency (IEA) and OPEC both cut the global demand for oil products amid the surging number of new COVID-19 infections. Fundamental analysis: The rebound fading The IEA cut its global oil demand outlook for this year as it is highly unlikely that COVID-19 will have a meaningful impact this year, as well as beginning of the next year. The Agency now projects global oil demand to fall by 8.8 million barrels per day (bpd), which is lower than 9.2 bpd projected last month. Are you looking for fast-news, hot-tips and market analysis? Sign-up for the Invezz newsletter, today. In 2021, the IEA predicts the demand for oil to increase given the depressed outlook for this year. “It is far too early to know how and when vaccines will allow normal life to resume. For now, our forecasts do not anticipate a significant impact in the first half
Hurricane Iota roars onto Nicaragua as second blow in two weeks
TEGUCIGALPA: Hurricane Iota battered Nicaragua with screeching winds and pounding surf Tuesday, chasing tens of thousands of people from their homes along the same stretch of the Caribbean coast that was devastated by an equally powerful hurricane just two weeks ago.The extent of the damage was unclear because much of the affected region was without electricity and phone and internet service, and strong winds hampered radio transmissions.Preliminary reports from the coast included toppled trees and electric poles and roofs stripped from homes and businesses, said Guillermo Gonzalez, director of Nicaragua's emergency management agency. More than 40,000 people were in shelters.Later, Nicaragua Vice President and first lady Rosario Murillo said that a brother and sister, ages 11 and 8, had drowned in the community of La Pinuela trying to cross the swollen Solera River. There were reports of others missing in the same area.A day earlier, Iota intensified into a Category 5 storm, but it weakened as it neared the coast and made landfall with maximum sustained winds of 155 mph (250 kph). The system came ashore as a Category 4 hurricane about 30 miles (45 kilometers) south of the Nicaraguan city of Puerto Cabezas, also known as Bilwi. That was
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