December 16, 2015
By The Morning News
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- A fact-check of last night's Republican debate.
- History shows a mainstream Republican beats Trump. There are no mainstream Republicans in the race.
- "Yellen wants borrowing costs to return to pre-recession norms so we can finally declare an end to the Great Recession era."
- The death penalty is dying, but several questionable executions in 2015 will remain as a testament to its brutality.
- Disrespected in Paris, climate organizers must force a positive agenda rather than respond to dirty projects.
- How did Bangladesh, which broke from Pakistan so it could be more liberal, spawn Islamist cells that murder bloggers?
- White addicts "waste their potential" on heroin, while users of color are contained by it.
- In the 1970s consumers, photographers, and fellow models unconsciously affirmed the beauty of a transgender model.
- The reality of single parenting.
- "Say goodbye to that white Christmas—more of this is coming, and also, by the way, you may die in it."
- Mr. Rogers' guide to systems thinking.
- Katie Coyle's year in reading.
- Today is Abby Wambach’s last day on the USWNT.
- San Francisco rejects city jail proposal, will explore whether state bonds can be used for rehab services instead.
- A spoiler-free review of The Force Awakens.
- Spoiler-laden reviews of The Force Awakens. (In other words: Spoilers ahead.)
- Spoilers, whether real or not, intentional or accidental, ruin more than those who spoil intend.
- The world's oldest person is Susannah Mushatt Jones of Brooklyn, and she is phenomenal.
- Today's video: The homes in this off-grid community collect and produce all their resources.
