[aggregation-styles] The Intercept Dear Mark Zuckerberg, What happened to you? Back in December 2015, you spoke out loudly and proudly against anti-Muslim hatred. “I want to add my voice in support of Muslims in our community and around the world,” you wrote in a post on Facebook, two days after...
Finland Is a Capitalist Paradise
[aggregation-styles] The New York Times Subscription HELSINKI, Finland — Two years ago we were living in a pleasant neighborhood in Brooklyn. We were experienced professionals, enjoying a privileged life. We’d just had a baby. She was our first, and much wanted. We were United States citizens and our future as...
The Man Who Predicted Nazi Germany
[aggregation-styles] The New York Times Subscription On Dec. 8, 1919, Macmillan Press published a book by a relatively obscure British Treasury official who had resigned from the government in protest over the Versailles treaty that brought the epochal trauma of the First World War to its conclusion. The small treatise,...
Trump Has Turned Republicans Into Soviet Central Planners
[aggregation-styles] The Washington Post Subscription Republicans have rallied to President Trump’s defense with a vigor and ferocity that might even have surprised the president. It was only a few years ago that many of them suggested he was not really a Republican and certainly not a conservative. But now Republicans...
Armenia Is One of the Best Places to Go in 2020
[aggregation-styles] Conde Nast Traveler It’s always an exciting time when we put together our list of destinations for the new year. We start our list of the best places to go in 2020 by surveying our well-traveled staff, and then our hyper-connected network of writers based all over the world....
The 100 Best Photographs Ever Taken Without Photoshop
[aggregation-styles] Thinking Humanity Our world is a spectacular place, full of wonder. Nature and humankind are both incredible artists, and when they join forces, amazing masterpieces can be produced! Bright Side has collected works in which the combined efforts of mother nature and photographic artists have captured magic moments showing...
It’s Hard to Be an Optimist About America Right Now
[aggregation-styles] The Washington Post Subscription Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday. It’s a secular celebration of America, and as an immigrant, I feel I have much to be grateful for. I am an optimist who tends to see the story of this country as one of addressing its shortcomings and making...
What Swimming in My Underwear Taught Me About Donald Trump and Getting Away With It
[aggregation-styles] USA Today Last month I swam laps at a public health club in my underwear. I forgot my bathing suit and was damned if I was going to spend an hour walking home and back to get it. As I approached the pool, the horrified stares from two older...
India Is Entering a New Dark Age
[aggregation-styles] The Week Even when India was an economic basket case of the world, it was a political and spiritual bright spot that guaranteed basic freedoms to its people and offered a refuge to Westerners seeking peace and spiritual wisdom. But under Prime Minister Narendra Modi, India is going backwards...
Editorial: Good Luck in Your Genocide Trial
[aggregation-styles] Haaretz A diplomatic scandal that erupted Wednesday demonstrated once more the depth of Israel’s dubious relations with Myanmar (formerly Burma), which faces trial in the International Court of Justice in The Hague over allegations for the genocide of the country’s Rohingya Muslim minority. For years Israel secretly authorized weapon...