Bloomberg (February 16)
“Sleep deprivation is doing more harm in Japan than just making people grumpy and unhealthy. It is also holding back the world’s third-largest economy,” creating an economic drag of nearly $140 billion or roughly 2.9% of GDP. This is a much larger GDP slice than Canada (1.35%), Germany (1.56%), the UK (1.86%) or the U.S. (2.28%) lose to sleep deprivation. Moreover, periodic surveys by the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, show the number of people averaging less than 6 hours of sleep per night has risen by about 10% since 2007 to nearly 40% of Japan’s population.
CNN (February 16)
“Although at this point nothing should surprise anyone about how Trump conducts himself, it was still hard not to have your jaw drop as his face-off with reporters played across screens. He lashed out personally against reporters, he resumed fighting over the outcome of the election and his loss in the popular vote, and continued steadfastly refusing to admit to facts that are beyond dispute…. This is not a way to conduct the presidency.”
Tags: Conduct, Election, Face-off, Facts, Popular vote, Presidency, Reporters, Trump
Wall Street Journal (February 15)
The death of “Kim Jong Nam, the estranged half-brother of North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un…has the look of another overseas assassination by the Kim regime—and a reminder that behind its missile launches and nuclear tests, North Korea remains an inherently unstable and vulnerable regime.”
