GENERAL INTERESTWhy we often remember the bad better than the good
http://jewishworldreview.com/1118/memories_remember.php3
America Was Always an Exceptional Nation, but Is It Still?
See the Wall Street Journal article, below.
Round the world TWICE in 15 minutes! International Space Station celebrates 20 years orbiting earth with incredible time-lapse video of two orbital trips
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6424623/Round-world-TWICE-15-minutes-International-Space-Station-celebrates-20-years-orbiting-earth.html
HEALTH
The Science Is Clear: Dirty Farm Water Is Making Us Sick
https://www.wired.com/story/the-science-is-clear-dirty-farm-water-is-making-us-sick/
Why romaine lettuce won’t (actually, might not) kill you
https://thehill.com/opinion/healthcare/418072-why-romaine-lettuce-wont-kill-you
How long do Thanksgiving leftovers last?
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/how-long-do-thanksgiving-leftovers-last-2018-11-23
Thanks, DW ...
EDUCATION
How Chinese overseas students are learning harsh life lessons
https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/long-reads/article/2131738/how-chinese-overseas-students-are-learning-harsh
White House turns away foreign students on tour with class
https://nypost.com/2018/11/24/white-house-turns-away-foreign-students-on-tour-with-class/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app
GOVERNMENT MALFEASANCE
Tenants say city’s apartment renovation program was all empty promises
https://nypost.com/2018/11/24/tenants-say-citys-apartment-renovation-program-was-all-empty-promises/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app
NATURE
Door Handle No Problem for Curious Bear
https://weather.com/science/nature/video/door-handle-no-problem-for-curious-bear?pl=pl-the-latest
ENERGY
Five things to know about Ocasio-Cortez’s 'Green New Deal'
https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/417843-five-things-to-know-about-ocasio-cortezs-green-new-deal
HYDROLOGY
What happens when Lake Superior has too much water? It dumps it into an already overflowing Lake Michigan
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-met-lake-michigan-superior-water-levels-20180709-story.html
Desert wells, polluted rivers and sacred blessings: As global water shortages loom, thought-provoking photographs capture how the basic resource is valued in different ways
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/travel_news/article-6397675/Candid-photos-Belgian-photographer-Pascal-Mannaerts-reveal-water-valued-different-ways.html
TECHNOLOGY
Meet Zora, the Robot Caregiver
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/11/23/technology/robot-nurse-zora.html
CYBER SECURITY
Google just found malware apps hiding in the Play store that were downloaded over 500,000 times
https://start.att.net/news/read/article/bgr-google_just_found_malware_apps_hiding_in_the_play-rpenskemc/category/finance
Beware of hackers who impersonate your favorite brands this holiday season
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/hackers-will-impersonate-your-favorite-brands-this-holiday-season-tips-for-safe-shopping-2018-11-20
LAW AND ORDER
‘It’s shocking’: Mom shot dead through apartment door while checking peephole
https://nypost.com/2018/11/25/woman-shot-dead-through-door-while-looking-through-peephole/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app
CARAVAN
Caravan migrants march on U.S. border crossing: 'We are not criminals!'
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/nov/25/migrant-caravan-members-march-us-border-crossing/?utm_source=Boomtrain&utm_medium=manual&utm_campaign=20180326&utm_term=newsalert&utm_content=newsalert&bt_ee=nF4xic8xC9m%2Bw1a9gV5iENvgNdvIKdLoFhLpXRZDHPA4ZVGf7UKCay1weaUmGNYg&bt_ts=1543175899330
US agents fire tear gas at migrants in start of border clashes with Mexico
https://nypost.com/2018/11/25/us-agents-fire-tear-gas-at-migrants-in-start-of-border-clashes-with-mexico/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app
POLITICS
The Inconvenient Truth About the Republican Party
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OURy5WFp0zk
Across South, Democrats Who Speak Boldly Risk Alienating Rural White Voters
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/24/us/politics/south-race-mississippi-senate.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage
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"You must never confuse faith that you will prevail in the end – which you can never afford to
Lose – with the discipline to confront the most brutal facts of your current reality, whatever
they might be."
- VAdm James Stockdale, USN (1923-2005)
FROM THE WALL STREET JOURNAL (without permission)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/america-was-always-an-exceptional-nation-but-is-it-still-1543014458?emailToken=d1d498b66dfa76a30557052e7d918a0a9bUvao/M80YnaXLI2/ye8tmaiY0dpgLZ1AlfabxinnqyAh2/gdNSDC0B5YkiBeze8Ubdv+eH1JYRs0OjGaZbPSPejv0yvRhXUW64/+hZOFF9HRnMzD8ViOfQO3jKkdyN&reflink=article_email_share
America Was Always an Exceptional Nation, but Is It Still?
Its robust civil society and lack of hierarchy are cherished by Americans and curious to foreigners.
Americans like to believe we are an exceptional people. We speak of ourselves as a city upon a hill, a nation lifting our light beside the golden door, a people who more than self their country loved and mercy more than life. Exceptionalism was a topic of debate between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney in 2012, and for others it continues to serve as a litmus test of patriotism. But what is American exceptionalism? And why should it matter?
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