Naomi Osaka was not the first professional tennis player to withdraw during a Grand Slam tournament because of mental health concerns — and she likely won’t be the last. Others just might not always be as up-front as Osaka was.

“I’m sure there’s quite a few people struggling. More than we know,” said U.S. Davis Cup captain Mardy Fish, who pulled out of the 2012 U.S. Open when he had a panic attack before he was supposed to face Roger Federer. “There have been plenty of players that have had some mental health issues, whether you know it or not. I have spoken to many players over the last eight or nine years that you’ve heard of — some up-and-coming players; some college players; male and female — that have struggled with that type of stuff. It is prevalent in sports and certainly prevalent in such an individual sport.”

Naomi Osaka’s agent Stuart Duguid wrote Thursday, June 17, 2021, in an email that Osaka “is taking some personal time with friends and family. She will be ready for the Olympics and is excited to play in front of her home fans.” Photo: Alessandra Tarantino/AP

”This bubble stuff — you can’t factor in how much it weighs on each person.”

Tennis players discuss mental health issues raised by Osaka

MAZAR-E-SHARIF, Afghanistan (AP) — A powerful warlord in northern Afghanistan and a key U.S. ally in the 2001 defeat of the Taliban blames a fractious Afghan government and an “irresponsible” American departure for the insurgents’ recent rapid territorial gains across the north.

Ata Mohammad Noor, who is among those behind the latest attempt to halt the Taliban advances by creating more militias, told The Associated Press that the Afghan military is badly demoralized. He said Washington’s quick exit left the Afghan military logistically unprepared for the Taliban onslaught.

Ata Mohammad Noor, chief of Jamiat-e-Islami and a powerful northern warlord, speaks during an interview with the Associated Press at his house in Mazar-e-Sharif north of Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, July 8, 2021. One of the most powerful warlords of northern Afghanistan and a key US ally in the 2001 defeat of the Taliban blames a fractious Afghan government and an ”irresponsible” American departure for a swift series of recent Taliban gains across the north. Photo: Rahmat Gul/AP

”The international forces did not work to build a foundation, a self-sufficiency in Afghanistan”

AP Interview: Afghan warlord slams govt, quick US goodbye

Some non-viable businesses that would not have survived under normal circumstances have survived the past 15 months thanks to pandemic support schemes. To keep these zombie firms alive can be costly. Below, Luigi Zingales, Professor of Finance at the University of Chicago, outlines a radical solution to a new problem.

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Professor Luigi Zingales discusses what to do about firms that should have gone bankrupt, but survived thanks to pandemic subsidies.

Attack of the covid Zombies

Critical Race Theory, Fat Studies, and Queer Theory are examples of Social Justice studies that have gained influence in the academical world. Yet, most of it is non-scientific or in some cases anti-scientific, according to scholars Nicolai J Foss and Torsten Skov who in this essay offers a number of hypotheses about this, as they say, puzzling development.

What is often called Social Justice Studies (“SJS”) are influential in a number of research fields in social science and the humanities, as well as making their influence felt in STEM fields. However, much of SJS is plainly non-scientific, and in some cases even anti-scientific. So, why have they emerged and become influential?

Critical Theory, one of the Social Justice theories, is being taught at University of California, Berkeley. Photo: Jeff Chiu/AP

Gender Studies, Postcolonial Studies, Critical Race Theory, Fat Studies, and Queer Theory are in large part anti-scientific, claims the authors.

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