Almanac March 21 2024 highlights and birthdays
Today marks day 81 of 2024 with notable birthdays such as Phyllis McGinley Walter Hawkins and Ronaldinho. A 1989 Sports Illustrated report cited Pete Rose gambling on MLB games. The moon phase spans from first quarter to full, and 14 Alcatraz escape attempts are noted with no successes.
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Timothy Dalton
Gary Oldman
Ayrton Senna
Matthew Broderick
Rosie O’donnell
Ronaldinho
Adrian Peterson
Scott Eastwood
Sports Illustrated
Pete Rose
Alcatraz Penitentiary
Ex Trump advisers urge duty to warn on Trump fitness
Former advisers from Mike Pence to John Kelly warn Trump is unfit and dangerous. They urge a coordinated, non endorsing public campaign with eyewitness accounts to educate soft Republicans and defend democracy. Jennifer Rubin outlines the idea in The Washington Post.
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Vladimir] Putin
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National standards urged for public health data amid COVID fallout
Mary Ellen Klas argues federal uniform data and transparency standards are needed after four years of fragmented state responses to COVID. Florida under DeSantis exemplified data withholding and political influence, while calls for consistent reporting and independent data sources grow.
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Colleges Face Truth From Test Optional to Mandatory
The author argues that ignoring debt and test score data does not help, noting the pandemic era shift to test optional policies revealed persistent inequalities. MIT’s return to required testing in 2022, followed by Dartmouth Yale Brown and UT Austin, shows scores correlate with college performance and demographics.
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