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I will have to be careful now…
Basharat Peer on the Ashis Nandy affair, and India’s growing intolerance: http://nyr.kr/WHBouH
Photograph by Ramesh Sharma/India Today Group/Getty.
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N.R.A. Defends Right to Own Politicians→
WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)—In testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee today, National Rifle Association C.E.O. Wayne LaPierre warned that the N.R.A. would vigorously oppose any legislation that “limits the sale, purchase, or ownership of politicians.” Continue reading: http://nyr.kr/TWxfog
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Amy Davidson on Hillary Clinton’s Benghazi testimony:
…by the end she looked like a woman who thought that she was stooping to appear in this venue. The question now is whether that approach suits a 2016 candidate well, or badly.
Continue reading: http://nyr.kr/Xyo6wJ
(video via ABCnews)
(Source: newyorker.com)
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Cartoon by Frank Cotham. For more: http://nyr.kr/UQzYfP
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"Actually, there are two basic theories about how the universe was created. There is a scientific explanation: that the universe began to expand about 13.7 billion years ago and continues today to do so. And there’s an explanation offered by people who believe that angels are real… People who suggest that we teach children competing theories are using a sophisticated code to further the forces of creationism."
— Michael Specter responds to Florida Senator Marco Rubio’s comments in GQ magazine about the age of the Earth. Continue reading. -
Cartoon of the day by Charles Barsotti. For more from this week’s issue: http://nyr.kr/TspteH
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Cartoon of the day by David Sipress. For more from this week’s issue: http://nyr.kr/Ruo6wv
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A Sunday morning cartoon by Frank Cotham. For more from this issue: http://nyr.kr/SXlOLL
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Cartoon of the day by Tom Toro. For more from this week’s issue: http://nyr.kr/SiCMlp
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Union Man→
How William H. Seward and Abraham Lincoln worked together: Dorothy Wickenden looks at a new biography of an unlikely American statesman: http://nyr.kr/OGbSz9
