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Afghan security forces’ wholesale collapse was years in the making
Aug 17, 2021 | Washington Post
U.S. commanders hid fatal flaws with Afghan army and police for more than a decade.
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Opinion | Twenty years of Afghanistan mistakes, but this preventable disaster is on Biden
Aug 17, 2021 | Washington Post
The Taliban takeover will leave an indelible stain on his presidency.
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US spent billions on Afghan forces. It ultimately benefited the Taliban
Aug 16, 2021 | South China Morning Post
The Taliban grabbed not only political power in Afghanistan, but also US supplied firepower - guns, ammunition, helicopters and more.
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Taliban Sweep in Afghanistan Follows Years of U.S. Miscalculations
Aug 15, 2021 | www.nytimes.com
An Afghan military that did not believe in itself and a U.S. effort that Mr. Biden, and most Americans, no longer believed in brought an ignoble end to America’s longest war.
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The Folks at the Top Are the First To Go
Aug 09, 2021 | TPM
I was raised by a man steeped in the life sciences. He...
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The truth about elven immortality in the Lord of the Rings
Aug 08, 2021 | Polygon
Ooooh (elf) heaven is a place on (Middle-)earth
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French Martial Arts Monster Movie Brotherhood of the Wolf Is Still Epic
Aug 05, 2021 | Gizmodo
Christopher Gans' 2001 film turned the legendary 'Beast of Gévaudan' into a beauty of a movie.
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‘The war has changed’: Internal CDC document urges new messaging, warns delta infections likely more severe
Aug 02, 2021 | Washington Post
The document captures the struggle of the nation’s top public health agency to persuade the public to embrace vaccination and prevention measures, including mask-wearing, as cases surge across the United States and new research suggests vaccinated...
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A Hill of Beans, and How I Cooked Them
Jul 31, 2021 | Serious Eats
The key to eating great beans: Soak them whenever you think of it, and let each pot be the source of several different meals.
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In defense of simple charts - Datawrapper Blog
Jul 29, 2021 | Datawrapper Blog
Simple visualizations don't need to be boring. Here's why. And how.
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There’ll be new Dune stories in the future, no matter how the movie does
Jul 25, 2021 | Polygon
Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson talk what’s next for the publishing franchise
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If the Supreme Court overrules Roe in the new term, will we know for sure?
Jul 23, 2021 | constitutioncenter.org
A lawsuit against The Washington Post reignites the debate over objectivity
Jul 23, 2021 | Media Nation
The meaning of objectivity is at the heart of a lawsuit brought by a Washington Post reporter against the paper, five of its top editors and former executive editor Marty Baron. Felicia Sonmez argu…
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How a Twitter thread sparked a lawsuit against Nieman Lab’s founder
Jul 23, 2021 | www.cjr.org
For unvaccinated, coronavirus is soaring again
Jul 22, 2021 | Washington Post
An analysis of adjusted rates for cases, covid-19 deaths and hospitalizations shows the country’s summer upswing is slamming the unprotected while others enjoy freedom.
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‘I’m sorry, but it’s too late’: Alabama doctor tells unvaccinated, dying COVID patients
Jul 21, 2021 | al
“And now all you really see is their fear and their regret. And even though I may walk into the room thinking, ‘Okay, this is your fault, you did this to yourself,’ when I leave the room, I just see a person that's really suffering, and that is so...
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Let's get more people vaccinated
Jul 20, 2021 | www.slowboring.com
It all starts with actually approving the vaccine....
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Mark Milley’s Fight to Stop Trump from Striking Iran
Jul 18, 2021 | The New Yorker
Inside the extraordinary final-days conflict between the former President and his chairman of the Joint Chiefs.
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