December 23, 2015
- Failures of Obama—and Bush before him—have created, for the first time, an unabashedly liberal Democratic Party.
- Democrats reluctant to embrace millennial black voters don’t understand the numbers behind the movement.
- "Starting Saturday, tribes can claim jurisdiction over non-Native men who commit crimes of domestic violence."
- A noose hangs in the middle of a town in Namibia.
- Toys that are marketed for girls—but are otherwise identical to boys’ products—cost 7% more.
- How a single eyewitness put Cornell McKay behind bars.
- Massive mudslide in Shenzhen, a model “modern” Chinese city, precipitated by illegal construction waste.
- Phone polls underestimate Trump supporters—perhaps they're embarrassed to tell pollsters they like him.
- Google may pivot authentication from passwords to phones.
- Most British news of 2015: Suffolk grandmother locked in bathroom for four days knits scarf unconcerned.
- Houellebecq's holiday advice.
- See also: Instead of the Christmas charade, why not celebrate something true—the solstice, the return of the light?
- What if sports leagues refused to sell ESPN broadcast rights?
- #Boneghazi: the Tumblr scandal over a Louisiana witch who offered to ship human bones for curses.
- Christmas at Ellis Island was a captivating sight for new immigrants—who weren't allowed to leave.
- Fifty years ago, a military phone line for nuclear wargaming accidentally became Santa's home number.
- Texas governor orders removal of Capitol solstice display celebrating the separation of church and state.
- Breaking down Point Break's stunts.