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When you see corruption being rewarded and honesty becoming a self-sacrifice - You may know that your society is doomed.

Ayn Rand (1905-1982) Alice O'Connor, better known by her pen name Ayn Rand, was a Russian-born American writer and philosopher.

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  1. In voting in Canada and Australia, right-wing parties that borrowed from the MAGA playbook were punished. Elsewhere, President Trump is having a more complex impact.
  2. The global turmoil wreaked by President Trump’s policies made him a factor in the election, bolstering the re-election of Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.
  3. It is not clear how the Israeli prime minister’s plan to add tens of thousands of soldiers will fundamentally alter a dynamic seen over 18 months of conflict.
  4. As a U.S. tax loophole ends, the apparel makers that sell to America are forced to consider alternative markets or cheaper locations in and outside China.
  5. A push to rename streets and remove statues associated with imperial Russia is dividing Odesa, whose identity is tied up in its history.
  6. A Patriot air-defense system is moving from Israel to Ukraine, and Western allies are discussing the logistics of getting Germany or Greece to send another.
  7. Pope Francis is credited with addressing the issue more strongly than his predecessors did, but clerical abuse remains a ruinous issue for the Roman Catholic Church.
  8. The archbishop is a standard-bearer for those in the church who favor a return to traditional rules and doctrine after Pope Francis.
  9. More cardinals from more countries than ever will gather in the Sistine Chapel starting Wednesday to choose a new pope at a precarious time for the church.
  10. Some papal contenders offered hints in Sunday Masses at what kind of pope they might want, or want to be.