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From the Chamber: If you don’t talk about it, it’s not real

Screenwriter and playwright Aaron Sorkin is one of my favorite writers, period. His work includes “The West Wing,” “A Few Good Men,” “The American President,” HBO’s “The Newsroom” (which has one of the greatest monologues of all time presented by Jeff Daniels) and many other credits — including a re-write of “To Kill a Mockingbird,” […]

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The Conversation: Access to sports betting in the US has exploded since 2018 – and we’re just starting to learn about the effects

For most of U.S. history, sports betting was rare. Some people certainly bet on sports illegally via a bookie, or placed bets in the few places where it was legal, such as Nevada. However, gambling policy took a sharp turn in 2018, when the Supreme Court decided that each state in the U.S. had the right to legalize […]

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Peter Roff: Another perspective on Supreme Court’s abortion decision

At the time it was handed down, the nation’s editorial pages generally condemned the United States Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision. Taking the responsibility for setting abortion policy out of the hands of lawyers, special interest groups, and judges and returning it to voters and state legislators was deemed undemocratic. Ironically, what was undemocratic was what […]

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The Conversation: Elon Musk takes Twitter private – here’s what that means for the company and its chances of success

THE CONVERSATION — Elon Musk has finally completed his US$44 billion deal to acquire Twitter and take it private. The world’s richest man has already begun putting his imprint on the social network by firing four of its top executives. While most people are likely familiar with the idea of taking a private company public – the process that allows individuals […]