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Costco CEO Craig Jelinek claimed that the “violence,” “demonstrations,” and “unrest” following the death of George Floyd are due to “racism and injustice,” joining other multinational corporations in releasing public relations messages about the ongoing left-wing protests and riots.Costco published Jelinek’s comments in two separate statements, the first to Costco’s members and the second to the company’s employees. Jelinek specifically mentioned Floyd’s death in the first statement. Dear Costco members,Along with the rest of the country, we were shocked by the tragic and senseless death of George Floyd. While Costco cannot alter this terrible event, or others like it, we believe all...

Who do you think chooses the winner of the Nobel Prize for literature? You might say: the Swedish Academy or, at least, a group of literary experts in Stockholm. Well, although you are technically right, the truth is that the winner for the past two years has been chosen by the man whose trial opened in Baghdad last Wednesday. Surprised? Don’t be. Saddam Hussein al-Takriti, the man who bullied and butchered the people of Iraq for three decades, is emerging as an undeclared hero of some self-styled liberals in the West who continue to oppose the liberation of Iraq because...