*** America’s Multimillion-Dollar Bounty Program Just for Drug Lords
*** This is an interesting ruling from the Supremes on endangered species. And it was unanimous.
If you're into Supreme Court stuff, there's a new book out on John Marshall.
*** Sky Gilbert is a bit of a rabble-rouser and wrote quite a thinker for Quillette: If That's What It Means to Be a Writer, I Quit
My job as a poet is not to improve you morally, or to present a clear, kind, socially approved message.*** Quit apologizing for speaking your mind! Zimmern apologizes for comments about Chinese restaurants
*** A 656-page biography on The Babe (not JLH) came out last month.
*** If you aren't familiar with Dennis Mukwege, you should be. He was recently named co-winner of the Noble Peace Prize for his work with rape victims in the rape capital of the world, Congo.
** Jim O'Neil at Nature has a review, Swansong of Hans Rosling, data visionary, of one of my fave books of the year: Factfulness. Everyone should read it, especially journalists, who apparently need it most. (Read the book and you'll understand.)
It throws down a gauntlet to doom-and-gloomers in global health by challenging preconceptions and misconceptions.*** Here's the Christmas list I sent my kids. I hope they communicate and don't all buy me the same book:
Red War by Vince Flynn
The Other Woman by Daniel Silva
Target Alex Cross by James Patterson
Holy Ghost by John Sandford
Crooked Staircase by Dean Koontz
Forbidden Door by Dean Koontz
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