Latest news with #Eeyores
Washington Post
31-07-2025
- Politics
- Washington Post
The good news about murder
In politics, good news is often harder to accept than bad news. There is a habit, perhaps especially now, of seeing government as doomed to failure, social policy as futile and debates over hard problems — including, prominently, crime — as destined to break down into pointless ideological clashes. But sometimes the facts are so obvious that everyone has to accept them. That's what should be happening now with the truly remarkable decline in the number of murders and shootings across the United States, especially in big cities that were wracked by a spike in violence during the covid pandemic. The numbers are compelling enough to force even Eeyores to take notice.
Montreal Gazette
03-06-2025
- Climate
- Montreal Gazette
Montreal weather: We are shocked
We here at the Gazette weather desk spent the better part of a month being dreary and complaining about how cold and damp May was. It turns out we need to check ourselves after Leora Schertzer uncovered the truth: It wasn't as gloomy as it seemed, according to Environment Canada, and: 'As far as Quebec goes, it was actually a pretty typical month.' The disconnect happened because it mostly rained on weekends. But that counts, doesn't it? Doesn't that make it gloomy? Or are we all Eeyores over here? If it's a matter of perspective rather than science, here's our perspective for Tuesday: Aaaaahh, that's more like it. Expect a mainly sunny high of 27 C with a humidex of 28 C and a UV index 8, or very high. At night, at low of 16 C.
