Almanac Notes and Birthdays for January 12 2024
Almanac entry lists notable birthdays including Jack London Joe Frazier Kirstie Alley and Jeff Bezos. Mentions Amazon com opened online in 1994 achieving profit in 2002 and quotes Zack de la Rocha about music and empowerment. Notes Senate composition at start of 118th Congress and moon phase between Jan 11 and Jan 17.
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Jack London
Tex Ritter
Joe Frazier
Tom Dempsey
Kirstie Alley
Rush Limbaugh
Howard Stern
Christiane Amanpour
Jeff Bezos
Amazon. Com
Rob Zombie
Zack de la Rocha
Naya Rivera
Zayn Malik
Amazon.com
U.S. Senate
Gentrification and the looming urban whiplash in Washington DC
Megan McArdle argues that long time benefits of gentrification have masked urban failures as crime, office demand, and subsidies shifted. With 2023 crime highs and a stressed budget, DC officials face a new crisis: solving underlying issues rather than relying on gentrification to export problems.
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D.C
Muriel E. Bowser
Washington
January Sickness Across Work Culture And Hybrid Life
LZ Granderson notes a January wave of respiratory illness across 38 states with COVID RSV and flu. He argues sick days are underutilized in hybrid work, drives stress, and urges taking a real day off when sick. The piece links presenteeism to tech enabled remote work and warns of an eight year in numerology guiding actions.
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Centers For Disease Control and Prevention
CDC
Gallup
Letters to the Editor Guidelines for The Chronicle Telegram
The Chronicle Telegram outlines letters to the editor emphasizing brevity and accuracy. Submissions should be 250 words or fewer and edited if longer. Include signature full address and phone number for verification. Mailing and contact options are provided for submission.
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Chronicle-Telegram
Do Republicans want to win the presidency or not
Washington Post columnist Marc A Thiessen argues Republicans face a choice between backing a widely unpopular Trump or a more electable Haley. He cites polls showing Haley leads Biden in several states and warns Democrats aided MAGA candidacies. He suggests the party must decide whether to chase vengeance or victory to avoid a second Biden term.
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Joe Biden
Monmouth University
Yahoo News
Biden
Donald Trump
Trump
New York Times-Siena College
Nikki Haley
Arizona
Michigan
Pennsylvania
Wisconsin
Haley
Wall Street Journal
Messenger-Harris
Marquette
Kamala D. Harris
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