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Have we really found the first samples from beyond the Solar System? The evidence is not convincing

Avi Loeb, an astrophysicist at Harvard University in the US, has published a press release claiming that some of the 700 or so spherical metallic fragments (spherules) he recovered from the bottom of the Pacific Ocean, just off the coast of Papua New Guinea, are from beyond the Solar System.

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New book details Biden-Obama frictions and says Harris sought roles 'away from the spotlight'

A new book about Joe Biden portrays the president as someone whose middle-class upbringing helped foster a resentment of intellectual elitism that shaped his political career and sometimes caused strain with his onetime boss, Harvard-educated Barack Obama

The Independent UK

Vivek Ramaswamy: The mini Trump making waves in the Republican contest

Broadly viewed as the winner of the Republican presidential debate, the ‘anti-woke’ tech bro has broken out from the GOP pack

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Davis, Blunt named to Harvard fellowship program - Roll Call

Former Sen. Roy Blunt and former Rep. Rodney Davis were named to the Harvard Kennedy School Institute of Politics fellowship program.

Roll Call

Ben-Gvir Cuts Police Ties With ‘radical Left’ Wexner Foundation

Israeli National Security Minister has instructed the Israel Police to immediately cut all ties with the U.S.-based Foundation.

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Highly principled libertarian or ruthlessly ambitious kook: Who is the GOP’s new darling, Vivek Ramaswamy?

‘I think if Donald Trump offered Ramaswamy the position of vice president, he would kill his own dog to have that job,’ Rick Wilson tells Gustaf Kilander

The Independent UK

Examining BlackRock’s shift away from ESG

The Economy and Society letter is Ballotpedia’s weekly review of the developments in corporate activism; corporate political engagement; and the environmental, social, and governance (ESG) trends and events that characterize the growing intersection between business and politics.

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Eminem demands Vivek Ramaswamy cease using his music on campaign trail

Rapper sends letter to Republican presidential hopeful objecting to candidate’s use of his song

The Guardian - US

On this day: Boston’s Saul Mariaschin born, Bevo Nordmann passes, Cs react to Blake shooting

On this day in 1924, former Boston Celtic Saul Mariaschin was born, Bob Nordmann passed away, and the team reacted to the killing of Jacob Blake.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Dozens of Colleges Still Require COVID Vaccines for Students

One Atlanta-area college has even reinstated a mask mandate and social distancing.

Reason

Blood Test Could Predict If Diabetes Patients Will Develop Heart Or Kidney Disease

Harvard University discovered over 2,500 people with type 2 diabetes and kidney disease

Zenger

Blackstone will soon be hiring its next crop of first-year analysts. But getting this job is 12x as tough as getting into Harvard

Cracking the code at one of Wall Street’s most elite analyst programs.

Fortune

Paige Ross, global head of HR at Blackstone, offers insights on what the highly selective firm is looking for—and how candidates can stand out

Paige Ross, global head of HR at Blackstone, offers insights on what the highly selective firm is looking for—and how candidates can stand out.

Fortune

‘It baffles me’: what drew a mild lawyer with a liberal past into Trump’s election plot?

Kenneth Chesebro – low-profile, bright, seemingly decent – is not your average Trump guy. So how did he become the architect of the election subversion scandal?

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Iowa school used ChatGPT to ban 19 library books

A.I. is being used to enforce book bans and is battering American education in the process.

Chicago Sun-Times

As a college applicant of color, what Downers Grove North senior Izzy Cervantes is facing in a post-affirmative action world

As universities adjust to a ban on race-conscious admissions, Chicago-area high school students try to sort out what the ruling means for them.

Reason

Jack Goldsmith Responds to Critics on the Dangers of Prosecuting (or not Prosecuting) Trump for Trying to Overturn the 2020 Election

I was one of the critics he responded to, and in this post I offer a rejoinder.

Kiplinger

Five Books About Retirement to Prepare You for Your Golden Years

These books about retirement will help prepare you for your next stage through fiction and nonfiction. What's more, they are great reads!

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Sports doctor says Raiders DE Tyree Wilson could have reduced explosiveness when he returns from injury

Raiders DE Tyree Wilson could have reduced explosiveness Week 1

The Guardian - US

‘Affirmative action for the privileged’: why Democrats are fighting legacy admissions

Critics argue that university’s preference toward legacy applicants exacerbates existing inequalities in higher education

The Guardian - US

There’s far more scientific fraud than anyone wants to admit

Despite recent scandals of research misconduct and error, the academic world still seems determined to look the other way

The Guardian - US

‘What people accused Oppenheimer of doing’: the untold story of spy Ted Hall

In Steve James’s documentary, A Compassionate Spy, a lesser-known figure from the Manhattan Project is given the spotlight

Chicago Sun-Times

Charles Ogletree, longtime legal and civil rights scholar at Harvard Law School, dies at 70

Charles Ogletree taught Barack and Michelle Obama and represented Tupac Shakur, Anita Hill and survivors of the 1921 massacre of Tulsa’s Black community.

Fortune

For $17,700 you can get your master’s degree in happiness: ‘This is too important a field to be at the mercy of self help’

90 people from 15 countries across multiple generations are becoming happiness experts.

The Independent UK

Charles Ogletree, longtime legal and civil rights scholar at Harvard Law School, dies at 70

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