I’ve finally succumbed to a cold after avoiding getting sickĀ all winter so this week is quick links again. Have a great week unicorns.
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I’ve finally succumbed to a cold after avoiding getting sickĀ all winter so this week is quick links again. Have a great week unicorns.
Happy Friday, Unicorns! Time once again to catch up on some of the news stories catching my eye this week.
Greetings, everyone. This week, I have lots of links related to the Umpqua Community College shooting and other matters of gun violence, but we’ve got a few bright spots to cover too, so let’s get started.
Greetings, everyone. Here we are firmly into September, and hopefully those of you in super-hot weather will get a break soon. Let’s get right into this week’s news stories that caught my eye.
Greetings, one and all. Quick roundup of news stories this Friday, though I invite you all (as usual) to share anything interesting that has crossed your path.
This edition is full of links. Let’s do this!
News in Asia. Get your news from Asia here.
We’ve got a bunch of news and I’m going to try and cover as many countries as possible in this edition.
Raise your hand if you’re mad as hell at the Supreme Court right about now. Yup, thought so. To find out who else you should be mad at this week, let’s take a look at the rest of the news. (As usual, trigger warnings for pretty much everything apply.)
Is Hillary Clinton responsible for the Boko Haram kidnappings (and is she hiding brain damage from us)? Why did theĀ New York Times fire Jill Abramson? Are you smarter than the average American? Let’s see if we can answer these questions and more. (As usual, trigger warnings for pretty much everything apply.)
Greetings, citizens! This last week has been all about Russia freaking everyone out. Let’s see if we can make some sense of it, shall we?
This week’s sampler platter of news errs more on the pop cultural than usual, I admit, but they all met my main criteria for selection: Upon seeing each headline, I thought, Ooh, now that’s interesting.Ā Let’s get to it, shall we?
In my news-travels this week, I stumbled across an interesting mix of surprising and not-so-surprising stories happening around the world. Consider it your end-of-the-week sampler platter, in case you missed the following items:
Once upon a time, when I was young and naive (okay, young-ER and less cynical), I wrote an open letter to the brand new Pope Benedict about how he had been granted a huge responsibility and opportunity to make the Catholic church better for its adherents. Things have changed since then, and I’ve learned a […]
Sisters and brothers, cats and kittens, my loves, my loves, my loves. Welcome back! Oh a bonjour here, a bienvenue there. Hola and Hello Dolly. Rejoice: we are back for the news.