March 16, 2017
Sessions revives “just say no” as part of his anti-drug policy, despite its lack of success the first time around. / The Washington Post
GOP claims it’s not targeting Planned Parenthood, but PP is the only provider that would be defunded by Trumpcare. / Rewire
Sen. James Inhofe, famous for asserting that the existence of snow refutes climate science, is now populating the EPA with his former aides. / The Atlantic, The Washington Post
“We used to get ice cream every time we beat CNBC. It got too expensive.” Fox Business Network is ascendant. / BuzzFeed News
From the Paris Review, Bryan Washington on the value of a good haircut. / The Paris Review
“It’s not where you’re from, it’s what you roc.” How early-aughts black fashion changed haute couture. / Ssense
“The prime minister will be woken, if needs be, by a coded message from the Queen’s private secretary that ‘London Bridge is down’. The news will go next to foreign heads of state and British embassies.” Details from the previously secret plan, codenamed “Operation London Bridge,” for Queen Elizabeth’s death. / The Guardian
You don’t need to be a fan of tennis (in fact, probably better not) to enjoy the play of Australia’s Nick Kyrgios, as seen above at America’s other, better Grand Slam Indian Wells this week. / YouTube
“Sweet Lamb of Heaven by Lydia Millet is part literary novel and part psychological thriller. It’s a quiet, ominous book, confined to the mind of its heroine and full of questions about resolutely unhip matters like the meaning of existence.” Author Caille Millner decides between Sweet Lamb of Heaven and Homegoing. / The Tournament of Books
The destruction of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, whose health is a canary for the wellbeing of oceans at large, is some 30 years ahead of schedule, according to a new study. / The Sydney Morning Herald, The New York Times
It’s never good when a White House conterterrorism “expert” is described as “well-bred” by a top Hungarian Nazi. / The Forward
America’s culture wars over religious morality are nothing compared to today’s secular divisions. / The Atlantic
For nine years Victoria Lomasko visited Russian juvenile prisons, teaching inmates to draw and tell their stories. / N+1