This week marked the third anniversary of Brexit, and it coincided with a grim verdict from the International Monetary Fund: This year, the British economy will do worse than all of the world’s major economies — including Russia. Britons know they were conned. According to one survey, a clear majority now believe...
Germany Seeks to Take Advantage of Silicon Valley Layoffs
German companies, faced with a shortage of tech workers, are looking at Silicon Valley's thousands of layoffs as an opportunity to find the top talent needed. California's Silicon Valley has been long been the top destination for tech talent. But with the companies like Google, Microsoft and Facebook announcing almost...
Four-Day School Week Trend Grows Nationwide, but Not in California
The nationwide trend of four-day school weeks sees success in cost savings, attendance, and teacher recruitment. But the trend isn't catching on in California. There are only two small and remote school districts, Leggett Valley Unified in Mendocino County and Big Sur Unified in Monterey County, have the shorter school...
Industry Backing Helps Fresno State Develop ‘Next Generation’ Construction Leaders
Fresno State News The Department of Construction Management at Fresno State celebrated a $500,000 gift from the Beavers Charitable Trust, along with additional gifts from DeSilva Gates Construction, Teichert Construction, Kiewit Corporation and Browning Contractors, Inc. — bringing the total to $674,000. University officials and the Beavers Charitable Trust representatives...
Ian Bremmer: Russia’s Tragic Brutality and the Humbling of the West
After two years, we returned to Davos, braving the Swiss mountain cold for the World Economic Forum's annual meeting. The 2023 WEF is all about "polycrisis," which in WEF-speak means many crises all at once, which compound each other, like tangled knots. But how do you untangle those knots? That's...
Zakaria: Everyone Has Classified Documents. The System Is out of Control.
What should we think of the fact that Donald Trump, Joe Biden, and now Mike Pence have all turned out to have classified material sitting in their houses? Before I answer that question, let me tell you a few facts. One 2004 essay put the number of classified pages in existence at...
The Fabulous Dozen
In this week’s episode of UNFILTERED, we announced THE FABULOUS DOZEN of 2022. These are the UNFILTERED host's 12 fabulous people in our valley. See, why they think so, below on the show's graphics used in last nights episode. Do you agree? Tune in for “Unfiltered” Tuesdays at 6 p.m....
90 Seconds to Midnight: Doomsday Clock Signals World in Peril
According to the Doomsday Clock, the world is closer to catastrophe than ever. The metaphorical measure of humanity’s challenges was set to 90 seconds before midnight this week by the science and security board of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. They say it was “largely, though not exclusively” due...
Estate Gift Provides Support for Fresno State Armenian Studies
Fresno State News When Ralph Shabazian learned about the Armenian Studies Program at Fresno State in early 2016, he knew he wanted to be a part of helping students explore their heritage to help share the Armenian story. Mr. Shabazian never learned the Armenian language. However, he had a keen...
Israeli Tech Workers Strike Over Fears of Dictatorship
Israeli tech workers went on strike on Tuesday in Tel Aviv to protest a government plan to strip the judiciary of its key powers. The workers, among the best-paid in Israel, carried Israeli flags and signs that read “No democracy, no high-tech” and “No freedom, no high-tech.” They said they...