GENERAL INTEREST
The Week in Good News: Nobel Prizes, a Survivors’ Wedding, Jellyfish
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/04/briefing/week-in-good-news-nobel-prize-jellyfish.html?emc=edit_nn_20181005&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=5893540820181005&te=1
San Francisco has New ‘Snapcrap’ App to Report Dirty Streets
https://fox40.com/2018/10/04/san-francisco-has-new-snapcrap-app-to-report-dirty-streets/
Dolphins Surround Swimmer; Then He Looks Down And Gasps
http://www.worldtravelling.com/news/dolphins-surround-swimmer-looks-gasps/6/
Postal Service worker quits job, leaves mail on side of road
https://nypost.com/2018/10/04/postal-service-worker-quits-job-leaves-mail-on-side-of-road/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app
PHYSICAL HEALTH
New Hope for Aging Eyes
https://www.aarp.org/health/conditions-treatments/info-2018/new-eye-treatments-glaucoma-cataracts.html
MENTAL HEALTH
How to Disconnect From ‘Always On’ Work Culture (If the link does not work, try copy, paste and go the article title into your browser.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-to-disconnect-from-always-on-work-culture-1538740171?emailToken=ecb597e7930abfad39eed4ad452d34718nHCsfhAsLPxwRnvrLoAwGe76qFl4Nd8J6NVybh3TguuAc6SMwyKit/ciKj3bV40uhGpzABY3KOasmKOrW4ctomwgfcssnLnz8bxnNRgkmA%3D&reflink=article_email_share
SPORTS
How Doug Flutie was the Mexican border wall of professional football
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/how-doug-flutie-was-the-mexican-border-wall-of-professional-football-2018-10-04
BUSINESS
Austin Bans Restaurants From Throwing Food Waste Into Landfills (I expect this will present some interesting logistical problems.)
https://www.ecowatch.com/austin-food-waste-ban-2609775846.html
Would you spend $250 on a bottle of rum?
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/are-rum-drinkers-ready-to-spend-250-for-this-bottle-2018-10-05
ENVIRONMENT
Greenhouse Gas Emissions From Plastics Are Predicted to Rise
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/04/climate/climate-change-plastics.html?emc=edit_nn_20181005&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=5893540820181005&te=1
ORNITHOLOGY
Drunk Birds Cause Chaos in Gilbert, Minnesota
https://weather.com/science/nature/video/drunk-birds-cause-chaos-in-gilbert-minnesota?pl=pl-the-latest
DEFENSE
US defense industry report finds 300 security risks needing 'immediate action'
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/business/us-defense-industry-report-finds-300-security-risks-needing-immediate-action
How an Old F-15 Can Kill Russia's New Stealth Su-57 in a 'Dogfight'
https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/how-old-f-15-can-kill-russias-new-stealth-su-57-dogfight-32752
LAW AND ORDER
Legal obstacles to pursuing tax charges against Trump family
https://thehill.com/policy/finance/domestic-taxes/410022-legal-obstacles-to-pursuing-tax-charges-against-trump-family?userid=288549
AFGHANISTAN
The Many Dangers of Being an Afghan Woman in Uniform
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/05/magazine/afghanistan-women-security-forces.html?emc=edit_nn_20181005&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=5893540820181005&te=1
NKOR/SKOR
Koreas hold high-level peace talks in Pyongyang
https://townhall.com/news/politics-elections/2018/10/05/koreas-hold-highlevel-peace-talks-in-pyongyang-n2525757?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=&bcid=3cb4e56ddeac8885c78e874bb1d8f1a4&recip=27077809
SCOTUS
Kavanaugh Over the Top, Headed for Confirmation
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/brett-kavanaugh-headed-for-confirmation/
It's Wrong to Assume Kavanaugh Would Be a Partisan Justice
https://townhall.com/columnists/jonahgoldberg/2018/10/05/its-wrong-to-assume-kavanaugh-would-be-a-partisan-justice-n2525607?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=&bcid=3cb4e56ddeac8885c78e874bb1d8f1a4&recip=27077809
Republican senator willing to fly back from daughter's wedding for Kavanaugh vote
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/republican-senator-may-be-in-montana-for-daughters-wedding-for-senate-vote-on-kavanaugh
Kavanaugh Confirmation Vote: Here's How Senate GOP Is Handling The Absence Of Steve Daines On Saturday
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2018/10/05/kavanaugh-confirmation-vote-heres-how-the-senate-gop-is-handling-steve-daines-absence-on-saturday-n2525700?utm_source=thdailypm&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl_pm&newsletterad=&bcid=3cb4e56ddeac8885c78e874bb1d8f1a4&recip=27077809
-- “Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point.” - C. S. Lewis
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