Garrison Keillor | A Great Task Lies Before Us, but First We Sleep
Garrison Keillor, Garrison Keillor's Blog
Keillor writes: "Small sorrows speak; great sorrows are silent. My current small sorrow is a daily flood of junk e-mail - cheap insurance, health nostrums, hernia repair, free loans, travel discounts, an app to find out if your spouse is unfaithful - a stream of crap generated in Orlando."
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Garrison Keillor, Garrison Keillor's Blog
Keillor writes: "Small sorrows speak; great sorrows are silent. My current small sorrow is a daily flood of junk e-mail - cheap insurance, health nostrums, hernia repair, free loans, travel discounts, an app to find out if your spouse is unfaithful - a stream of crap generated in Orlando."
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Jamal Khashoggi speaks at an event hosted by Middle East Monitor in London Britain, September 29, 2018. (photo: Middle East Monitor/Reuters)
We Are Jamal Khashoggi's Daughters. We Promise His Light Will Never Fade.
Noha Khashoggi and Razan Jamal Khashoggi, The Washington Post
Excerpt: "Jamal Khashoggi was a complex man, but to us, his daughters, he was simply 'Dad.' Our family has always been proud of his work, and we understood the awe and grandeur with which some people viewed him. But in our lives, he was 'Baba' - a loving man with a big heart."
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Noha Khashoggi and Razan Jamal Khashoggi, The Washington Post
Excerpt: "Jamal Khashoggi was a complex man, but to us, his daughters, he was simply 'Dad.' Our family has always been proud of his work, and we understood the awe and grandeur with which some people viewed him. But in our lives, he was 'Baba' - a loving man with a big heart."
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Former Trump campaign adviser George Papadopoulos tried to harness a pending appeal in a case where a grand jury witness is leveling a legal attack on the special counsel's power. (photo: Carolyn Kaster/AP)
Papadopoulos Ordered to Jail Monday
Josh Gerstein, David M. Herszenhorn and Charlie Coope, Politico
Gerstein writes: "A federal judge has rejected a last-ditch bid by former Trump campaign foreign policy adviser George Papadopoulos to put off his looming but brief federal prison sentence."
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Josh Gerstein, David M. Herszenhorn and Charlie Coope, Politico
Gerstein writes: "A federal judge has rejected a last-ditch bid by former Trump campaign foreign policy adviser George Papadopoulos to put off his looming but brief federal prison sentence."
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President-elect of Mexico Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador. (photo: Reuters)
Mexico Won't Let Asylum Seekers Wait Indefinitely at the Border
Amy Guthrie, Associated Press
Guthrie writes: "Mexico's incoming government denied a report Saturday that it plans to allow asylum-seekers to wait in the country while their claims move through U.S. immigration courts, one of several options the Trump administration has been pursuing in negotiations for months."
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Amy Guthrie, Associated Press
Guthrie writes: "Mexico's incoming government denied a report Saturday that it plans to allow asylum-seekers to wait in the country while their claims move through U.S. immigration courts, one of several options the Trump administration has been pursuing in negotiations for months."
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. (photo: Getty Images)
Want Congress to Look More Like the People It Serves? Provide Member Housing, Pay Staff More
Paul Kane, The Washington Post
Kane writes: "Sometimes a tumultuous election creates the elements in which both sides can come together to make some common-sense decisions that might seem unpopular."
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Paul Kane, The Washington Post
Kane writes: "Sometimes a tumultuous election creates the elements in which both sides can come together to make some common-sense decisions that might seem unpopular."
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Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May. (photo: Reuters)
EU to UK: Lose-Lose Brexit Deal Is Best You Will Get
David M. Herszenhorn and Charlie Coope, Politico
Excerpt: "Rejecting the Brexit deal will get Britain nowhere, EU leaders warned Sunday."
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David M. Herszenhorn and Charlie Coope, Politico
Excerpt: "Rejecting the Brexit deal will get Britain nowhere, EU leaders warned Sunday."
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NPR producer Furkan Latif Khan doesn't like to leave her home in New Delhi without her breathing mask - although one doctor told her it might not help all that much. (photo: Furkan Latif Khan/NPR)
What It's Like to Breathe Some of the Most Polluted Air in the World
Furkan Latif Khan, NPR
Khan writes: "The first thing I do every morning is open my balcony door and check the air outside. If I spot the blue sky, I'm overjoyed and draw in a deep breath. But many days, the air has a dusty, burnt taste. I make a mental note not to forget my air filter mask before I leave the house."
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Furkan Latif Khan, NPR
Khan writes: "The first thing I do every morning is open my balcony door and check the air outside. If I spot the blue sky, I'm overjoyed and draw in a deep breath. But many days, the air has a dusty, burnt taste. I make a mental note not to forget my air filter mask before I leave the house."
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