Weekly News Haul 11.5.21
Links and sources for this week's Notebook and future discussions
our body/our psyche
(1) “Huma Abedin Has Been to Hell and Back. Now She’s Gingerly Telling the Tale”
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/01/books/review/both-and-huma-abedin.amp.html
(2) CBS News Sunday morning:
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(3) The Late Show Abedin interview with Stephen Colbert (with very similar content) is browsable on You Tube.)
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(4) The Elizabeth Banks Late Show interview with Stephen Colbert is browsable on You Tube (and the direct link is provided in News Notebook Friday 11.5.21.
(5) Here’s a print review of the Elizabeth Banks podcast from The Boston Globe in her home state of Massachusetts.
(6) CBS News Sunday Morning special on treatment of anxiety, nightmares and dreams.
https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/this-week-on-sunday-morning-october-31-2021/
some news: headlines and updates
update on Tuesday election
(7) From The New York Times: (Earlier headline): “Democratic Panic Rises as Virginia Loss Exposes the Party’s Weakness” (later amended slightly to): “Rough Night for Democrats Exposes the Party’s Weakness”
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/03/us/politics/democrats-virginia-governor-race.html?smid=em-share
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(8) “Biden and Trump Both Lost This Week” from Susan Glasser in The New Yorker.
https://www.newyorker.com/news/letter-from-bidens-washington/biden-and-trump-both-lost-this-week
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(9) The NPR “All Things Considered” interview with veteran political journalist Mara Liasson with Kelsey Snell,https://www.npr.org/2021/11/03/1052079368/what-happened-in-last-nights-elections-and-what-it-means-for-democrats
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(10) Lawyer-activist Robert Hubbell’s Today’s Edition, especially Thursday 11.4.21, “It’s Hard to Beat Someone Who Won’t Give Up.” (Browse to roberthubbell.substack..com.)
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(11) Heather Cox Richardson’s calming historic perspectives in this week’s Letters From An American. (Browse to heathercoxrichardson.substack.com.)
headlines
On the overall political climate
Here’s a sobering political-context story shared with my thanks by a caring, concerned and super-smart CT reader:
From The Hill: “Stunning survey gives grim view of flourishing anti-democratic opinions”
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On Monday’s U.S. Supreme Court hearing of arguments in the controversial Texas “bounty-hunter” abortion law
From The Washington Post: “Supreme Court Seems Willing To Allow Challenge to Restrictive Texas Abortion Law”
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On hearings and investigation of the January 6 Capitol riots
From The Washington Post: “What happened on Jan, 6: Trump stands back as rioters breach Capitol”
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On President Biden’s participation in the Glasgow Climate Summit
From The Washington Post: “COP26 Glasgow Climate Summit” updates
“Climate Change ‘Ravaging the World,’ Biden Tells Climate Summit.” From The New York Times:
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2021/11/01/world/cop26-climate-change-summit/boris-johnson-warns-that-its-one-minute-to-midnight-as-the-climate-summit-opens
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On supply-chain issue and impacts
“How the Supply Chain Broke, and Why It Won’t Be Fixed Anytime Soon.” From The New York Times:
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/22/business/shortages-supply-chain.html?referringSource=articleShare
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On an interesting new challenge for award-winning veteran journalist
“A Farewell to Readers, With Hope.” From The New York Times. Columnist Nicolas Kristof is leaving NYT to run for governor of Oregon.
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For future newShrink explorations
“Energy, And How To Get It.” From The New Yorker an interesting piece about psychological and physical aspects that makes us feel — and act — energetic:
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/11/08/energy-and-how-to-get-it
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