#Baseball home-opener, or super-spreader event?

#Baseball home-opener, or super-spreader event?

“#Baseball home-opener, or super-spreader event?” Image of the Week: The Texas Rangers lost to Toronto, but with 40,000 fans on hand, the more important outcome will become clear in about 14 days The good news: the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Texas Rangers on April 5, their third win of a promising start to this…

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#The joy and shock of face-to-face human contact

#The joy and shock of face-to-face human contact

“#The joy and shock of face-to-face human contact” At 98, Yoshia Uomoto can’t hear very well. That made it tricky to communicate with her family whenever they visited her, separated as they were by a window pane at her assisted living facility in Seattle. But after Mark Uomoto, Yoshia’ 68-year-old son, and his cousin, Gail Yamada, got…

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#Ted Cruz makes being ‘a good dad’ look lousy

#Ted Cruz makes being ‘a good dad’ look lousy

“#Ted Cruz makes being ‘a good dad’ look lousy” Image of the Week: As Texans faced a crisis, their senator packed up and flew off to Cancun It was not a good look, in December, when dozens of Canadian political figures flew off to warmer climes, after government leaders implored Canadians to stay at home….

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#The Canadian military: not a picture of diversity

#The Canadian military: not a picture of diversity

“#The Canadian military: not a picture of diversity” Image of the Week: The chief of defence staff tweeted an uplifting message about the military’s drive for inclusiveness. The photo he included told a different story. Without this accompanying photo, the tweet would have been innocuous—forgotten, probably, like so many well-meaning, brand-building, toothless tweets that disappear…

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