Month: September 2023

‘She really cared’: New York bus crash victim ‘Grandma Bea’ was a retired teacher and band camp volunteer

One of the two people killed in a New York bus crash Thursday was a former longtime teacher who continued to volunteer as a band camp chaperone 17 years after her retirement. Beatrice Ferrari, 77, died in the crash in Wawayanda, about 75 miles northwest of New York City. The bus was carrying 40 students…

Dutch universities teach in English. It’s making them too popular.

Balance Europe Dutch universities teach in English. It’s making them too popular. | View caption Hide caption Dutch universities are having to balance their desire for international students against their need to protect limited resources – by using tools generally wielded by nationalists. It would require universities to teach more classes in Dutch and allow…

Biden at the UN: Old-school internationalism faces a test

Cooperation Foreign Policy Biden at the UN: Old-school internationalism faces a test | View caption Hide caption President Joe Biden’s United Nations speech Tuesday offers him the opportunity to convince his audiences, both foreign and domestic, that his brand of traditional internationalism is not a relic of a bygone American century. He and first lady…