Articles of Interest
August 27, 2017, 2:53pm

The Independent – Jon Sharman

‘It no longer takes a psychiatrist to recognise the alarming patterns of impulsive, reckless, and narcissistic behaviour,’ group claims.

A group of psychiatrists has written to Congress to warn Donald Trump poses a “clear and … Read more »

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August 27, 2017, 2:51pm

By  – The New York Times.

What happens when the people of a great nation gradually realize that their leader may not be, er, quite right in the head?

When Caligula became Roman emperor in A.D. 37, the

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August 24, 2017, 7:06pm
On the twelfth of February, 1809, 200 years ago, a young, poor illiterate woman from Virginia, Nancy Hanks Lincoln, gave birth to a son, in a log cabin built along the banks of the south fork of Nolin Creek, near 
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August 24, 2017, 7:04pm

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Despite Russia’s attempt to hack the 2016 U.S. election and the voter registration systems of 21 states, an NBC News investigation reveals that election officials in the most heavily populated counties of three crucial … Read more »

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August 18, 2017, 6:09pm

By  – The New Yorker.

David Plunkert’s “Blowhard”

“President Trump’s weak pushback to hate groups—as if he was trying not to alienate them as voters—compelled me to take up my pen,” David Plunkert, the artist behind next week’s issue, said. Plunkert

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July 27, 2017, 3:30pm

Ever since the November election, when the fate of her family’s health coverage was suddenly up for grabs, Meghan Borland has been consumed by each twitch and turn of the political debate. … Read more »

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July 27, 2017, 3:25pm

 – The New York Times.

Donald Trump’s campaign against his attorney general, Jeff Sessions, in which he is seemingly attempting to insult and humiliate and tweet-shame Sessions into resignation, is an insanely stupid exercise. It is a multitiered … Read more »

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July 27, 2017, 3:16pm

By Maggie Haberman – The New York Times.

WASHINGTON — When President Trump was a candidate, he pledged his support for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer people immediately after the mass shooting last summer at the Pulse nightclub in … Read more »

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July 25, 2017, 6:29pm

By Charles M. Blow – The New York Times.

On Friday, a “president” with no political experience brought on a communications director with no communications experience.

Trump tapped Anthony Scaramucci, a Wall Street snake investment huckster, to be the

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July 23, 2017, 4:23pm

By Susan Chira – The New York Times.

It’s not a pipeline problem. It’s about loneliness, competition and deeply rooted barriers.

A year ago, dressed in suffragette white and addressing a cheering, weeping convention, Hillary Clinton stood for possibility. Now

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