News Haul Sunday 1.30.22
Headlines, Links and Sources for Today's News Notebook
connecting themes…
“Pittsburgh Bridge Collapses Hours Before Biden Infrastructure Visit
At least 10 people sustained non-life-threatening injuries”
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/28/us/pittsburgh-bridge-collapse-biden.html
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“Justice Stephen Breyer to retire from the Supreme Court”
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“Biden Expected to Nominate a Black Woman to the Supreme Court”
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/26/us/politics/supreme-court-nominee-black-woman.html?referringSource=articleShare
“Biden's Likeliest Replacement for Justice Breyer: Ketanji Brown Jackson”
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“Opinions | The carping over Biden’s Supreme Court pledge is historically inaccurate and racially tinged
What about candidate Reagan saying "it is time for a woman" before nominating Sandra Day O'Connor?”
Opinion by Ruth Marcus
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“Breyer’s legacy: A centrist, pragmatic problem-solver and defender of the court’s reputation”
Often overshadowed by the late liberal icon Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Justice Stephen G. Breyer will leave a legacy when he retires at the end of the current term as a steadfast supporter of abortion rights, the environment and health-care coverage — and for his questions about the constitutionality of the death penalty.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/01/26/justice-breyer-court-legacy/
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“Structural stakes of the Breyer replacement process are spelled out in:”
The Washington Post columnists published here in The Charlotte Observer - Breyer’s retirement gives Democrats a big opportunity
https://edition.pagesuite.com/popovers/dynamic_article_popover.aspx?artguid=34e26f85-f391-440a-8256-636b0611bea0
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more state of the judiciary
“The Supreme Court adds affirmative action to its potential hit list.” (NPR’s Nina Totenberg).
“Supreme Court will hear UNC, Harvard affirmative-action cases,”(By The News and Observer of Raleigh, published here in The Charlotte Observer.)
https://edition.pagesuite.com/popovers/dynamic_article_popover.aspx?artguid=eb82f184-b5d1-471a-9103-d95d190545ec
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state of the presidency international stage
“U.S. Offers ‘Diplomatic Path’ in Answer to Russian Demands
The U.S. response was not made public but Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken said it contained “core principles” on Ukraine’s sovereignty.” (From The New York Times).
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2022/01/26/world/ukraine-russia-us.amp.html
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state of the economy
“U.S. economy and jobs grew at the fastest rate since 1984 last year” (From Forbes.)
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state of the psyche
“Perspective |‘I’m not drinking right now.’ You don’t need to have a problem to take a break.
Melissa Urban, co-founder of the Whole30 program, experimented with a break from alcohol. Three years later, she doesn’t miss it.”
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state of the arts and pop culture
“Dear People of 2022”
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/20/special-series/future-self-hindsight.html?referringSource=articleShare
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Introducing OZY.com a new regular source I’ll be checking in with, esp for pop culture and more, um, youthful perspectives on current affairs
https://www.ozy.com/pg/about-us/
“Ozymandias” by Percy Bysshe Shelley, a counterpoint-rationale for naming the OZY media outlet.
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/46565/ozymandias
(A first-take example of an OZY piece.)
https://www.ozy.com/pg/newsletter/the-daily-dose/444162/