Doctored Baseballs and Crackdown Crown Baseball Ethics
The piece surveys modern cheating in baseball, noting MLB will eject and suspend 10 games for pitchers caught using foreign substances such as sunscreen hair gel and Spider Tack. It cites Perry and Bonds, recalls the Astros scandal, and argues for cleaner pitching as fans demand genuine talent over gimmicks. It urges players to pitch with skill and resolve rather than gunk.
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Perry
Major League Baseball
New York Times
America
Yogi Berra
Barry Bonds
Houston Astros
MLB
Lance Armstrong
Sammy Sosa
Russian Sports Ministry
Cubs
David Ross
Ross
Chicago
Illinois
Gaylord Perry
NATO and Russia clash over world order at Europe's edge
The piece traces NATO's postwar role and Russia's shift under Putin from 1990s warnings to recent actions in Georgia Donbas and Syria. It notes NATO's 2010 Concept and questions U.S. and European defense spending while condemning Belarusian air piracy and China’s pressure on Hong Kong Taiwan and the Uyghur camps. It ends with calls for renewed allied reassurance and U.S. leadership.
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Ashington
West
U.N
Bosnia
U.S
Warren Christopher
Vladimir Putin
South Ossetia
Georgia
Putin
Robert Kagan
Black Sea
NATO
Russia
Donbas
Crimea
Europe
Ukraine
Syria
Alexander Lukashenko
Belarus
Senger
Dominic Raab
Moscow
Brian Whitmore
Atlantic Council
Financial Times
U.S. State Department
Germany
United States
Britain
Lord Hastings Ismay
Soviet Union
Biden
China
Hong Kong
Taiwan
South China Sea
Conservative court decisions leave conservatives cautiously pleased
Supreme Court broadens religious liberty protections and tightens standing rules while upholding Obamacare. Chief Justice Roberts retains a centrist path, Alito dissents on key points, Barrett signals limits of Smith. The decision mix worries conservatives about doctrinal rigidity and future access to exemptions, as pundits weigh implications for law and policy.
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Supreme Court
John Roberts
Samuel Alito
Philadelphia
Alito
Smith
Antonin Scalia
Oregon
Congress
Scalia
Matthew Franck
Princeton University
Franck
Amy Coney Barrett
U.S
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