Morning Coffee (5/14/19)

French special forces rescue hostages in a deadly Burkina Faso raid

Supreme Court Allows Antitrust Lawsuit Against Apple to Proceed

New York Regulator Launches Investigation Into TurboTax Maker Intuit and H&R Block

How a James Comey Tweet Fueled a Conspiracy Theory That Upended a California Town

US is hotbed of climate change denial, major global survey finds

65 years after Brown v. Board of Education, school segregation is getting worse

Good for them: Brother and Sister of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Accuse Him of Spreading Misinformation on Vaccines

Actress And Singer Doris Day, Hollywood's Girl Next Door, Dies At 97

Missing Piece of Stonehenge Returned From Florida 60 Years After Removal

Dinosaur With Bat Wings Was More Than Legend

Morning Coffee (2/17/19)

Mueller recommends a very lengthy sentence for Paul Manafort

Trump Isn’t Just Defying the Constitution. He’s Undermining SCOTUS.

Good for them: A Border Agent Detained Two Americans Speaking Spanish. Now They Have Sued.

This is horrifying: Kansas bill claims LGBTQ community is a religion to justify every kind of discrimination against it

I went to a house party for him yesterday and he was REALLY impressive: Pete Buttigieg's Quiet Rebellion

I'd almost forgotten about THIS crisis amidst everything else going on! Spanish government calls snap general election amid Catalan crisis

Pope Defrocks Theodore McCarrick, Ex-Cardinal Accused of Sexual Abuse

What a life: Lee Radziwill, Ex-Princess and Sister of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Dies at 85

GOOD: Academy reverses decision to give out 4 awards during commercial breaks at Oscars after outrage

Early pint: evidence of 'first British beer' found in Cambridgeshire

Morning Coffee (11/2/18)

FRIDAY HAPPY LINKS!

Oh gosh, look at this Get Out the Vote letter from JFK to Madeleine L'Engle.

!!! 'Penny Dreadful' Revived at Showtime

This is great: Tokyo 2020 Medal Project To Turn Scrap Metal Into Precious Olympic, Paralympic Medals

Watching Jenny retweet all these was great: 'To All The Boys I've Loved Before' Costumes Make Jenny Han Cry — In A Good Way

I love them: John Legend and Chrissy Teigen will host 'legendary' Christmas special

! Harrods, Now Available at Williams Sonoma

I did not expect to read about a Thomas & Friends and the United Nations collaboration.

YAY: Lionsgate Boards Helen Hoang Romance ‘The Kiss Quotient’ From Pilgrim Media Group — AFM

Ben & Jerry's Just Released an Anti-Trump Ice Cream Flavor

10 of the Best Bookish Knitting Patterns

Afternoon Tea (9/21/18)

This is FASCINATING: How Will Police Solve Murders on Mars?

Chrissy Teigen turned relatability into a brand

MY FAVORITE: Brother Cadfael: An Appreciation

John F Kennedy's childhood photos published – in pictures

A Requiem of One’s Own

Afternoon Tea (6/1/18)

This story is WILD: Maybe She Had So Much Money She Just Lost Track of It

Adorable: Engaged Coauthors Emily Wibberley and Austin Siegemund-Broka on the Young Love Story Behind Always Never Yours

Whoa: Spoonfuls Of Stonehenge: Modern Ice Cream Flavors Inspired By History

RFK, in Arthur Schlesinger’s Words

Aunties I Have Loved and Hated (Sometimes at the Same Time)

Morning Coffee (5/5/18)

WHOA: Kennedy Cousin Michael Skakel Wins At Connecticut Supreme Court, Conviction Vacated In 1975 Slaying Of Martha Moxley

Whoa! No Nobel Prize in Literature in 2018

Whoa. In a Reversal, Speaker Ryan say the House chaplain will remain in his post

Inside the Spectacular Implosion of Religion News Service

I AM VERY EXCITED FOR THIS: ‘The Catcher Was a Spy’ Trailer: Paul Rudd Goes From Baseball To Espionage

How a Common Interview Question Fuels the Gender Pay Gap (and How to Stop It)

Bursting the bubble: Spanish cava makers form breakaway group

Wow: Writer Picks Up Poker For Book Stunt, Wins So Much Money That The Book Is On Hold

Relic claimed to be bone from St Clement rescued from the bin

Humpback Whale Baby Boom Near Antarctica

Morning Coffee (4/12/18)

Raid on Trump’s Lawyer Sought Records on ‘Access Hollywood’ Tape

Paul Ryan's Awful Legacy

Bank of America to Stop Financing Makers of Military-Style Guns

What We Know And Don’t Know About Election Hacking

In a New Cold War With Russia, Balkans Become a Testing Ground

And a different kind of raid: European Authorities Raid Offices of 21st Century Fox Unit

The biggest Jewish gay “conversion therapy” organization has been operating in secret after US courts shut it down

I see some flaws in this plan: Man tries to woo Taylor Swift by robbing bank and throwing loot over her fence

WHAT OH NO: NECCO-Mania: Fans Stock Up On Chalky Wafers In Case Candy Company Folds

Ooh: ‘Bobby Kennedy For President’ Trailer: Netflix Docuseries Details Dashed Dream

Afternoon Tea (4/9/18)

The World Is Changing. This Trappist Abbey Isn’t. Can It Last?

Why the True Story of “Chappaquiddick” Is Impossible to Tell

Awww: ‘Frozen’ on Broadway Made Them Sisters. Heartbreak Made Them Friends.

The Forgotten Africans of Iran

This kind of thing is always fun: The Long Goodbye: The 49 Best Covers from Around the World

Morning Coffee (3/25/18)

Marchers across the US united in plan for pro-gun politicians: 'Vote them out'

Photos From the ‘March for Our Lives’ Protests Around the World

Carles Puigdemont, former Catalan president, 'detained'

A new study finds more women now lean Democratic

In Brazil, nostalgia grows for the dictatorship — not the brutality, but the law and order

A Curveball From the New Tax Law: It Makes Baseball Trades Harder

Genetic tests reveal tragic reality of Atacama 'alien' skeleton

15th Century Pot of Gold (and Silver) Found in the Netherlands

Ooh: Netflix Nabs ‘Bobby Kennedy for President’ Documentary Series

Neat: Google Maps for iOS now shows restaurant waiting times

Afternoon Tea (12/29/17)

It's the most wonderful time of the year, when scientific journals decide to be funny: Scientists simulate the climate of Game of Thrones

Very important journalism: Who’s the Sexiest Onscreen JFK?

I had actually wondered about this for years: Investigating the Titanic Fan Fic in the "Oops!... I Did It Again" Video

Some New Year's inspiration: The Ghosts of Parties Past

2017 In Review: The Year in Wills & Kate

Morning Coffee (12/21/17)

I wasn't even going to link to this because I'm sure you've seen but UGH: Sweeping tax overhaul clears Congress

The True Lesson of the Tax Bill: This Country Is for Rich People

China left wondering what ‘America First’ foreign policy actually means

This situation is insane: The one-vote win for Democrats in a Virginia state house race may have just slipped away

In Honduras, Calls Rise for New Presidential Elections

Obviously this made me think "Oh, I should watch Spotlight, that's a good Christmas movie": Bernard Law, Former Archbishop Of Boston, Dies In Rome At 86

A Federal Ban on Making Lethal Viruses Is Lifted

Catt Sadler quits E! News after finding out she made half as much as her male co-host

EU Rules Sorbet Can Use the Champagne Name, Much to the Chagrin of French People

Oooh, Chappaquiddick trailer.

Morning Coffee (9/6/17)

Why ending DACA is so unprecedented

And here's Obama's statement.

Spotify Creates Playlist in Support of DACA

This seems like very normal language: Trump ‘is not my bride’: Putin wades into diplomatic row with U.S.

Red Sox Used Apple Watches to Help Steal Signs Against Yankees

The Vanity Fair Meghan Markle cover story is worth reading, and I think the Fug Girls are right on in their analysis of it.

!!! RFK Limited Series Starring Chris Pine In Works At Hulu

Hong Kong Broadcaster's Decision To Drop BBC Prompts Anger

Interesting: Conservative Publisher Stops Branding Its Writers As ‘NYT Best-Selling Authors’

Traces of 6,000-year-old wine discovered in Sicilian cave

Morning Coffee (7/17/17)

Me elsewhere: TV news for the week.

Aaah, A Wrinkle in Time trailer! It looks amazing.

Ooh, at long last: Our new Doctor (as in Doctor Who) is Jodie Whittaker!

This seems fine: White House Publishes Names, Emails, Phone Numbers, Home Addresses of Critics

Whoa: A Font Is at the Heart of Pakistan’s Prime Minister’s Legal Troubles

This profile was an unending delight: Meet the Next President Kennedy (I have, in fact, met him, and he was impressive in person as well.)

The Alt-Right Branding War Has Torn the Movement in Two

Key takeaways on how Americans view – and experience – online harassment

Are people and apes the only ones that can plan ahead? Quoth the raven ‘nevermore.’

Toscanini, Trump, and Classical Music as a Tool of Power

The Site of the Salem Witch Trial Hangings Finally Has a Memorial

Morning Coffee (6/3/17)

I know there's SO MUCH to keep up with right now, but please read about this manmade famine if you haven't: 20 million starving to death: inside the worst famine since World War II

Related: Girls are increasingly being married off in war-torn Yemen

This has more signatories each time I look. As of this writing: 180 US Climate Mayors commit to adopt, honor and uphold Paris Climate Agreement goals

An incredibly telling thing Trump said at today’s Paris event wasn’t about climate at all

Haha of course: Nigel Farage is 'person of interest' in FBI investigation into Trump and Russia

Maybe Private Russian Hackers Meddled in Election, Putin Says

WELP: The Coat of Arms Said ‘Integrity.’ Now It Says ‘Trump.’

This story is hilarious because everyone's fine, and it includes the most Tony Kanaan quote ever: Teenagers arrested after Indy 500 pole winner Scott Dixon held up at Taco Bell

White supremacists love Vikings. But they’ve got history all wrong.

JFK's Russian Conspiracy

Morning Coffee (5/29/17)

Me elsewhere: TV news for the week!

Uh... The Trump Organization Says It's 'Not Practical' to Comply With the Emoluments Clause

Trump's Proposed Budget Would Cut $2.2 Billion From Global Health Spending

The many ways Trump has tried to intervene in the Russia investigation, in one chart

Ivanka doesn’t moderate Trump; she sells him to moderates

Interesting: Asian Kenyans Seek to Be Declared a ‘Tribe’ of Their Own

!! D-day veteran becomes world's oldest skydiver at 101 and 38 days

Ha! JFK wrote a letter to his mom politely asking her to not contact heads of state without asking first

Ooh: 9 World War II Novels Coming Out This Summer

Every word of this headline fills me with horror: YouTube Stars, Wattpad Stories Tapped for Fullscreen’s Fan-Fiction Anthology Series

Morning Coffee (2/12/17)

The Swedish Kings of Cyberwar

Donald Trump’s Dangerous End Game

Trump is creating a new form of Christian nationalism centered on himself

For Germany, Trump Poses a Problem With No Clear Solution

How Trump’s White House Could Mess With Government Data

From Headline to Photograph, a Fake News Masterpiece

14,000 Women Scientists Are Advocating for Equality

Ooh, feminist chess protests! Hou Yifan resigns after five moves in protest over her Gibraltar pairings

Don't we have enough going on in the world without THIS nonsense? MLB’s Potential Extra-Innings Rule Change Is a Monstrous Idea

This is so interesting, and Portman did such a good job in the movie: Jackie Kennedy’s strange, elegant accent, explained by linguists

Book Recommendations From Countries Targeted by Trump’s Travel Ban

India versus the East India Company

Morning Coffee (8/29/16)

Me elsewhere: Your TV news for the week!

An adorable story to start your week: Marathon runner on reunion with missing dog, Gobi

Please please watch: AMC's Halt and Catch Fire is set in tech's past. But it just might be TV's future.

In Praise of the Private Email Server (if you aren't Hillary Clinton)

Crimea's champagne makers hope to recreate the Soviet glory days

Interesting: Why Artisanal Cider-Makers Hate the Fizzy Stuff Sold in Six-Packs (I like both kinds! For the record.)

A history of sorority shaming on the internet, from recruitment videos to selfies

From Shakespeare to rock music: the history of the word ‘punk’

The Strange Tale of JFK's Goat-Out-the-Vote Campaign

Huh, I didn't know about this: A Separate Australia

I genuinely don't care what these people are or aren't doing in their private lives, but this is funny: How on Earth Do You Spend Eight Hours With Joshua Jackson?

Morning Coffee (5/9/16)

Me elsewhere: TV news for the week.

An important new investigation from the Globe's Spotlight team: Private schools, painful secrets

The BBC's Rupert Wingfield-Hayes and his team have been expelled from North Korea but have made it safely to Beijing. I saw a news alert as I was falling asleep last night that they'd been detained in North Korea, so I'm very glad the situation was more or less resolved by the time I woke up this morning.

"It's understandable that a real estate developer might assume that what works in real estate would work in economic policy, but it's not true. And Trump hasn't bothered to check or ask anyone about it."

Important: “We would have paid her the same if she weighed 500 pounds”: Publishing, Weight, and Writers Who Are “Hard To Look At”

A Comprehensive Timeline of Carly Fiorina's Historically Short VP Run

Paging Jean Valjean: Stealing Food Isn't a Crime if You're Going Hungry, Italian Court Rules (No, dumb jokes aside, this is a good thing!)

A Former Girl Soldier in Colombia Finds ‘Life Is Hard’ as a Civilian

I find the pieces comparing Trump to ancient historical figures to be weirdly soothing. (I almost said "after all, Greece is fine now" but that's OBVIOUSLY NOT TRUE. But it's not because of Alcibiades.)

There's some interesting information here, but the headline made me laugh, because if you found really old hair in a church wouldn't you just EXPECT it to belong to a medieval saint?

I just saw Paul McCartney in concert so I was fascinated to read about Philip Norman's change of heart on him.

The Complicated Sisterhood of Jackie Kennedy and Lee Radziwill

How To Tell If You Are In An E.M. Forster Novel

Morning Coffee (4/26/16)

ICYMI, I recommended two recent documentaries.

Me elsewhere: Monday's Daily Read.

‘He apparently had no fears’: The steep, unexpected downfall of Dennis Hastert (I can/can't believe how little everyone seems to care about this, honestly.)

"Syria is gradually becoming another more secretive, hybrid war of the sort that fits into Mr. Putin’s comfort zone, they said." It's good to know your strengths, I guess.

16-Year-Old Trans Boy Is Forcibly Removed From a Ted Cruz Rally

Why Americans Want a Military General in the White House (I was just talking about this with my brother, who's in the Army, and my position remains that Mattis just doesn't have enough name recognition to make any headway at this point. As to the general question, though, it strikes me that the fact that military officers have to pass history tests at least ensures a baseline understanding of the world, which would put them ahead of... several candidates this year.)

This investigation into Christian counseling residences Mercy Ministries is important and compelling.

Ooh, this is fascinating: 1916 Easter Rising in Ireland, a Milestone of Foreign Reporting

Forget Too Much TV. It’s Too Big TV We Should Worry About

Jason Clarke as Ted Kennedy is GREAT casting.

If you're wondering who's going to be in Twin Peaks, the answer is apparently everyone. (I should try to watch the original before this comes out, huh?)

Positions I Am Ready to Fill in Your Charming Beach Town