* EU spikes agreement that gave US companies access to Europeans' data for the past 15 years. * Ex-Santa Cruz sheriff may cross ethics line by promoting his smart-gun startup to former department. * Hedge fund manager that solicited Wall Street donations for Scott Walker's campaign: "I&
What one journalist learned by vicariously sitting in on David Carr’s master class—with only his teacher’s reputation, extant syllabus, and students’ recollections to guide the way.
* Round-up of the big questions facing the Supreme Court's new term that begins today. * California police arrest four high-school students after uncovering a shooting plot. * Gun advocates have yet to explain how something in the American psychology, rather than our high volume of firearms, explains our
The Pope spoiled his trip to America by meeting with a Kentucky clerk. But his unheard praise of a different radical provides a silver lining.
* "Sandy Hook marked the end of the US gun control debate. Once America decided killing children was bearable, it was over." * President Obama makes the speech he wishes he didn't have to. * Obama: Chart gun deaths against terrorism deaths and tell me this isn't
* The one way Syria could get more complicated: Russian airstrikes. And that just happened. * Anyone who says Russia and America are on the same page right now would be lying. * Most Russians oppose military intervention in Syria—Putin is gambling with his popularity. * Afghan government says it's retaken
As colleges proceed to charge more and more, real-estate developers in the neighborhoods around them look to cash in.
* Germany is relaxing housing standards to a questionable degree to absorb wave of migrants. * Super PACs openly skirt campaign law by filming ad footage in advance or releasing it for free. * Trump's deficit-inflating, bourgeoisie-friendly tax plan is everything he said it wouldn't be—and
David Sedaris reads “You Can’t Kill the Rooster”—the greatest story in human history—about his brother Paul, aka The Rooster. The text for “You Can’t Kill the Rooster”
* The US should welcome Russia's entrance into the fight against IS, even if it means America gets upstaged. * Taliban took Kunduz at dawn. If defended, it will be the first provincial capital to fall since invasion. * Robert Mugabe shouted “We are not gays” at the UN yesterday, and
