The Telegraph (July 1)
“Twenty-six years ago today, Hong Kong was handed over to China on a promise…. Beijing made the commitment, under an international treaty, to protect Hong Kong’s freedoms, the rule of law, human rights, way of life and autonomy.” China has effectively “ripped up its promises. If there is one lesson from the city’s suffering, it is that China cannot be trusted on any commitments it makes to the West.”
Tags: Autonomy, Beijing, China, Commitment, Commitments, Freedoms, Hong Kong, Human rights, International treaty, Promise, Rule of law, Suffering, Trusted
Nature (March 29)
Companies are scrambling to turn” CO2 “into useful products — but will that slow climate change?” On the surface, converting CO2 emissions holds more promise than sequestration, yet there are numerous issues and debate is far from settled. There is, however, “at least one point of broad agreement: that CO2 recycling technologies should eventually draw as much of their feedstock as possible from the atmosphere, rather than from waste industrial gases.”
Tags: Atmosphere, Climate change, CO2, Companies, Converting, Emissions, Feedstock, Promise, Recycling technologies, Scrambling, Sequestration, Useful, Waste industrial gases
USA Today (August 20)
“From the earliest days of the pandemic, public health officials told Americans that vaccination was the way back to normal life, but the path forward has become less clear. While COVID-19 vaccines were delivered in record time, the promise of vaccine salvation was upended by entrenched hesitancy, waning immunity and a wildly contagious mutation of the enigmatic virus that causes the disease.”
Tags: COVID-19, Hesitancy, Immunity, Normal, Officials, Pandemic, Promise, Public health, U.S., Upended, Vaccination, Vaccine salvation
The Economist (November 14)
“Suddenly, hope. The promise of the new covid-19 vaccine is immense, but don’t underestimate the challenge of getting people vaccinated.”
Tags: Challenge, COVID-19, Hope, Promise, Sudden, Underestimate, Vaccinated, Vaccine
Chicago Tribune (August 6)
“As President Donald Trump has said, we must reopen America’s schools, and it can be done with 100% safety as long as children promise to patriotically not get the coronavirus…. Teachers and other adults who work in schools need to also not get the coronavirus…. It’s a bit selfish of the more than 150,000 people who refused to stay alive, because frankly, it’s making President Trump look terrible.” (On Wednesday, the Chicago Public Schools announced they will begin the school year remotely.)
Washington Post (May 24)
“Beijing has just hammered the final nail in the coffin for Hong Kong’s autonomy. The promise of “one country, two systems” is dead.”
Wall Street Journal (February 28)
“The Trump-Bannon light show—the immigration limits and deportation ramp up, the broadsides against ‘globalism,’ the rhetorical assaults on the media as ‘the enemy’—have produced an approval rating of 44% five weeks into the job. That’s a modern low for a new President…. The central problem is that the Bannon agenda and style can’t produce the results they promise and may undermine the rest of Mr. Trump’s agenda.”
Tags: Approval, Bannon, Deportation, Globalism, Immigration, Media, Promise, Result, Trump
Wall Street Journal (January 19)
“Donald J. Trump takes the oath of office on Friday facing unprecedented opposition but also an extraordinary opportunity. He confronts the paradox of a country skeptical that he has the personal traits for the Presidency but still hopeful he can fulfill his promise to shake up a government.”
Tags: Government, Oath, Opportunity, Opposition, Paradox, Presidency, Promise, Promise http://www., Skeptical, Traits, Trump
The Economist (May 9)
“Powerful computers will reshape humanity’s future.” Many experts warn artificial intelligence could also threaten humanity’s existence. We must and can “ensure the promise outweighs the perils.” This will require putting constraints “in place without compromising progress. From the nuclear bomb to traffic rules, mankind has used technical ingenuity and legal strictures to constrain other powerful innovations.”
Tags: AI, Constraints, Humanity, Innovation, Perils, Power, Progress, Promise, Rules
