Stream of Reading (Prepare to be Forwarded) – An Archive of What I'm Reading
For some already skeptical members, the meeting–which had been billed as an opportunity to finally let the rank and file get comfortable with their sometimes bombastic nominee–left a lot to be desired. “It’s awkward. It’s really awkward,” Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) said when asked what it was like to sit in a meeting when the…
A woman livestreamed the heartbreaking moments after her boyfriend was shot and killed by a cop in Minnesota late Wednesday. In a Facebook video, Lavish Reynolds claims that the couple was pulled over in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area for a busted taillight and that her boyfriend, identified by WCCO as Philando Castile, was shot four…
Donald J. Trump on Wednesday offered a defiant defense of his campaign’s decision to publish an image widely viewed as anti-Semitic — saying he regretted deleting it — and vigorously reaffirmed his praise of Saddam Hussein, the murderous Iraqi dictator. In the span of 30 minutes, an often-shouting Mr. Trump breathed new life into a…
Trump’s Got Star Power — The Nib. Source: Trump’s Got Star Power — The Nib
And now: A substantive discussion of Hillary Clinton’s politics. Discourse Discord — The Nib. Source: Discourse Discord — The Nib
Barrier Status: ‘none’ He Appears Trump is wearing the red baseball cap, or not. From this distance, he is strangely handsome, well proportioned, puts you in mind of a sea captain: Alan Hale from “Gilligan’s Island,” say, had Hale been slimmer, richer, more self-confident. We are afforded a side view of a head of…
“Just by a quick show of hands, has anyone heard of a D.A.O. or an agent before?” asked Jonathan Mohan. He was in his mid-twenties and wore a beige Bitcoin T-shirt. As if to scratch my head, I halfway raised my right arm. A dozen others raced up past mine. Forty or fifty of us…
What Happens When the Media Ignores You This morning, a couple hundred graduate students began their studies at Syracuse University’s Newhouse School. I was asked to offer opening remarks about “the state of the media.” Below is an excerpt of that speech. I’d like to talk to you today about what that world looks like…
AC isn’t just about one’s social status and affiliation; it’s a matter of public health: Heat waves kill at least as readily as cold, causing hundreds of deaths every year in the U.S.Photo by Stephen Chernin/Getty Images “Why is America so over air-conditioned?” asks the New York Times in last weekend’s Sunday Review. The…
Dear Mr. Kushner, My name is Dana Schwartz and I’m an entertainment writer at The Observer, the paper owned by your publishing company. On July 2, as I’m sure you’re aware (and have probably been wringing your hands about for the last three days), your father-in-law Donald Trump tweeted out an image of Hillary Clinton…