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Longtime American foreign correspondent Joseph L. Galloway, best known for his book recounting a pivotal battle in the Vietnam War that was made into a Hollywood movie, has died. He was 79.

The scenes out of Afghanistan are infuriating and tragically predictable. It shouldn’t really come as a surprise that President Biden and the geniuses surrounding him have made such an almighty hash of the withdrawal from that godforsaken country. Look at everything else he has messed up. His first act in office was to dismantle hard-won Trump-era border protection measures. The inevitable illegal migrant surge at the southern border has turned into an unchecked invasion, with national security and public health risks that will ricochet through history. At this stage we can confidently say that Joe Biden has the reverse Midas...

(Watchvideo at link) Former Vice President Joe Biden on Monday accused President Trump of dithering in the early days of the coronavirus, saying that a “failure of planning and preparation” by the White House has worsened the health and economic crises the nation faces. Speaking from a makeshift studio at his home in Delaware, Biden made his first public remarks about the coronavirus in nearly a week, addressing concerns from some on the left that he has been ceding the spotlight to Trump. The former vice president accused the Trump administration of ignoring early warning signs about the pandemic and...

My OE server times out when "receiving list of messages from server". I have upped the server timeout to 5 minutes and made a rule telling OE not to download any big emails. I've been through the whole troubleshooting section on OE help. I ran a virus scan, none detected. Any other suggestions? Besides buying a mac? ;-) (I've had a mac and didn't like it - and the modem blew, which supposedly never happens on a mac) Thanks!