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Here are the latest reports from the Washington Posts ‘Wonkblog’. A top candidate to be Trump’s VP is totally at odds with him on a major issue Before he became governor of Indiana and a candidate to be Donald Trump’s vice-presidential nominee, Mike...

One of the Israeli Navy’s German-made submarines. This is part of Marc H. Ellis’s “Exile and the Prophetic” feature for Mondoweiss. To read the entire series visit the archive page. As I write, I am crisscrossing Germany and...

How important is grit relative to talent? Can grit be taught? Angela Duckworth of the University of Pennsylvania and author of Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance talks with with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the nature of success in work...

Content Note: Death, Nuclear War, Sexism Narnia Recap: In which Lucy and Edmund Pevensie are pulled into Narnia through a picture on the wall, along with their annoying cousin Eustace Scrubb. Voyage of the Dawn Treader, Chapter 1: The Picture in the...

Sunday. This morning found me up early looking for suitable excuses to cancel the day or corners to hide in.  I went about my email duties as usual but flinching at shadows lurking in the corners of my peripheral vision telling me in sibilant breath...