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The Media’s Demented Policy Illiteracy

The New Republic 

It’s pretty rare for the Columbia Journalism Review and Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban to be dishing on the same topic. But media critics touched a nerve this week with accusations that the political press suffers from a “coherence bias,” particularly as it relates to Donald Trump: the tendency of reporters and editors to take his verbal diarrhea and transform it, through the magic of elision and omission, into statesmanship. TNR contributor Parker Molloy has an even better word for this practice... Читать дальше...

Here's how mooncakes are filled and decorated

CBC 

The Mid-Autumn Festival falls on Sept. 17, which is the day of the super harvest moon. Some members of Waterloo region's Chinese community share mooncakes on this day as they exchange good wishes. Because of this, the festival is also called the Mooncake Festival. Qirui Zhang demonstrates how to stuff a mooncake with a ham filling.

When France Takes Its Clothes Off

The New Yorker 

The country has long been a haven for those who believe nudity is a virtue. A new exhibit explores the movement—and lets guests strip down themselves.

The Mormon Swinger Moms Are All of Us

The New Yorker 

The women of “The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives” seem desperate to achieve a perfect blend of contemporary womanhood: strong and soft, a loving mother and a boss bitch, a hot influencer who always puts God first.

Iran remains OPEC 3rd biggest oil producer in August: Report

En.mehrnews.com 

TEHRAN, Sep. 14 (MNA) – The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) in its latest report has said Iran produced 3.277 million barrels per day (bpd) of crude oil in August, registering a 4,000-bpd increase compared to the previous month.

Afghanistan accusations frustrate those seeking solutions

TheHill.com 

Republicans and Democrats are engaged in a blame game over the withdrawal in Afghanistan, feuding over who carries responsibility for fallout from America’s longest war. The battle has sparked concern that arguing over the past undercuts ongoing efforts to help Afghans in the present. The finger-pointing played out this week both in the presidential race...

GOP plays blame game after funding bill failure

TheHill.com 

The House GOP’s inability to coalesce around a strategy to address a looming government funding deadline is sparking a blame game among Republicans, after opposition from multiple factions helped thwart Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-La.) strategy to avert a shutdown at the end of the month. Grappling with his razor-thin House majority, Johnson opted to try...

Republicans sued three battleground states this week. Here’s what you need to know

TheHill.com 

Republicans are reprising efforts to legally challenge election law in three key battleground states that could help decide who wins in November. Michigan, North Carolina and Nevada are targets of the blitz, led by the Republican National Committee alongside state parties who are questioning election integrity when it comes to absentee ballots, the use of...