Pumpkin spice won. It’s time to accept it and move on. Washington Post By Emily Heil — September 1, 2022 This week, Starbucks began selling its seasonal pumpkin spice lattes, an annual event that has become the symbolic starting pistol of the crisp, floating-leaf, cable-knit autumn of our collective imagination. Never mind that, back in … Continue reading Pumpkin Spice Is Back. Again.
BY VANESSA GERA — August 31, 2022 WARSAW, Poland (AP) — In the Latvian capital of Riga, an obelisk that soared high above a park to commemorate the Soviet Army’s capture of that nation in 1944 was toppled last week. It crashed into a pond to the cheers of those watching. Days earlier in … Continue reading More War Statues Coming Down— Different Wars, Different Targets
Midterm Scramble: NC GOP Candidates Ted Budd and Bo Hines Are Now Hiding Trump Ties & Anti-Abortion Planks NYTimes, August 31, 2023; excerpts At least 10 Republican candidates in competitive races have updated their websites to downplay their ties to Mr. Trump or to adjust uncompromising stances on abortion. Some have removed material from their websites … Continue reading Budd & Hines Scrub NC Campaign Sites, Cover Up Anti-Abortion Rhetoric, Trump Ties
Frustrations Mount at Washington Post as Its Business Struggles New York Times — August 30, 2022 In the years after Jeff Bezos bought The Washington Post in 2013, business boomed. Droves of readers bought digital subscriptions, and the newsroom roughly doubled in size, adding hundreds more journalists. But The Post’s business has stalled in the … Continue reading The Washington Post Is In Trouble
