Новости за 08.10.2015

This week marks the 10-year anniversary of a very important event in Minnesota Vikings history (and I say that half-joking and half-serious). It was on Oct. 6, 2005, that several Vikings players embarked on a Lake Minnetonka journey that is now infamously known as the Love Boat Scandal. (Yes, the actual anniversary was yesterday, but the news didn’t break until a few days after it happened, so I consider this a week-long celebration). You can find a lot of details about what allegedly happened or didn’t happen on various parts of the Internet... Читать дальше...

Julie Schumacher appreciates her Thurber Prize for humor writing – even though she regards her novel as a rather serious book.

Patients who can no longer be recruited for research while under an emergency 72-hour hold deserve thanks, not blame.

Establishment Republicans have been replaced by a movement I’m proud to be part of.

Research shows it’s roughhousing that teaches kids to be gentle. Too many rules are based on ignorance of that.

Agents’ misuse of critic’s personnel records is a blatant abuse by an agency needing to get a grip on itself.

Focus on feckless Afghan forces, U.S. troop levels, tragic hospital strike.

Candidate’s been getting less coverage in the media.

Whether on a city street or at home, distracted “digital deadwalkers” put themselves – and others – at risk.