PLATT - MISC News

GENERAL INTEREST
The Week in Good News: The Waffle House Hero, a Dachshund Museum, a Royal Baby
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/26/briefing/the-week-in-good-news-waffle-house-hero-dachshunds-royal-baby.html?emc=edit_nn_20180427&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=5893540820180427&te=1

News Quiz: Test Your Knowledge of the Week’s Headlines (10 out of 11)
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/04/27/briefing/27weeklynewsquiz.html?emc=edit_nn_20180427&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=5893540820180427&te=1

EDUCATION
Why we should bulldoze the business school 
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/apr/27/bulldoze-the-business-school?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+USA+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=272988&subid=24222148&CMP=GT_US_collection

If you think freedom of speech and thought is bad at American universities, look at what China is doing on American soil
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/if-you-think-freedom-of-speech-and-thought-is-bad-at-american-universities-look-at-what-china-is-doing-on-american-soil

Wealthy White New York City Liberals Scream and Shriek About Plan to Desegregate Their Lily-White Schools and Reserve Space In Their School for Under performing Students
http://acecomments.mu.nu/?post=374991

ASTRONOMY
Astronomers witness birth of massive galaxy cluster
https://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/space/blogs/massive-galaxy-cluster-formation-detected-first-time

CLIMATE CHANGE
The rocks here in Oman are special, this scientist says. 
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/04/26/climate/oman-rocks.html?emc=edit_nn_20180427&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=5893540820180427&te=1

CYBER SECURITY
Protecting Privacy Inside and Outside the House
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/19/technology/personaltech/browser-privacy-mode.html?emc=edit_nn_20180427&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=5893540820180427&te=1

FOREIGN RELATIONS
Trump’s Saudi Policy Gamble 
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/04/president-trump-saudi-arabia-foreign-policy-gamble/

DEFENSE
Russia Widens EW War, ‘Disabling’ EC-130s OR AC-130s In Syria 
https://breakingdefense.com/2018/04/russia-widens-ew-war-disabling-ec-130s-in-syria/?utm_campaign=Breaking%20Defense%20Air%20&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=62487875&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8q_aaAq61pLfdMyTRt0ePuAL8ANbxDhlW-MPIc3-bhNrHgliiE_PAcg6FDofAPYe0uQ9dBmyZxj2CeH57z1GSQICJYwg&_hsmi=62487875

CHINA
China’s Xi Jinping, Master Illusionist
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/04/xi-jinping-china-distracts-from-massive-debt-rural-poverty/

NORK/SKOR
North and South Korea Set Bold Goals: A Final Peace and No Nuclear Arms
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/27/world/asia/north-korea-south-kim-jong-un.html?emc=edit_nn_20180427&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=5893540820180427&te=1

RUSSIA
Don’t Fear Moscow. Marginalize It.
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/04/vladimir-putin-russia-weak-west-should-marginalize/

FLOTUS
Finally, We Can Let Melania Be Melania
https://townhall.com/columnists/suzannefields/2018/04/27/finally-we-can-let-melania-be-melania-n2475034?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=

RUSSIAGATE
ABC Political Editor: DNC Lawsuit Against Trump Campaign Shows That 'It's All About Sour Grapes'
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2018/04/26/abc-political-editor-dnc-lawsuit-shows-that-its-all-about-sour-grapes-n2473792?utm_source=thdailypm&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl_pm&newsletterad=

POLITICS
Senate Republicans flip script on gay rights by confirming Ric Grenell over Democratic objections
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/apr/27/ric-grenell-gay-conservative-confirmed-us-ambassad/?utm_source=Boomtrain&utm_medium=manual&utm_campaign=20180326&utm_term=newsalert&utm_content=newsalert

Tester moves back to top of GOP Senate hit list
http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/385114-tester-moves-back-to-top-of-gop-senate-hit-list?rnd=1524824292?userid=288549

Thanks, TM ...

-- 
"Political language - and with variations this is true of all political 
parties, from Conservatives to Anarchists - is designed to make lies 
sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of 
solidity to pure wind."
          - George Orwell, "Politics and the English Language", 1946