“Catholic Bishops Promising to Fix Sex Abuse Problem Face Cover-Up Accusations”, The New York Times
By Laurie Goodstein, October 19, 2018
As Catholic bishops try to reassure the flock that the church is finally confronting… Continue reading
“The myth of meritocracy: who really gets what they deserve?”, The Guardian
By Kwame Anthony Appiah, London, 19 Oct 2018
Sorting people by ‘merit’ will do nothing to fix inequality.
Michael… Continue reading
“How the current crown prince changed Saudi Arabia — for the worse”, The Washington Post
By Editorial Board, October 18, 2018
TO UNDERSTAND the police state in Saudi Arabia, consider the case of Essem Al-Zamel… Continue reading
“Three Female Veterans of German Politics: ‘There Was an Assumption I Would Be Docile'”, Der Spiegel
Interview Conducted By Nicola Abé and Ann-Katrin Müller, Berlin, 10/18/2018
What’s life like for women in the top echelons of… Continue reading
“Federal prosecutors open clergy abuse probe in Pennsylvania”, Associated Press
By Mary Claire Dale and Eric Tucker, October 18, 2018
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Federal prosecutors have opened an investigation of… Continue reading
“The Autocracy App”, The New York Review of Books
Jacob Weisberg, October 25 Issue, 2018
Antisocial Media: How Facebook Disconnects Us and Undermines Democracy
by Siva Vaidhyanathan
Oxford University… Continue reading
“USA Gymnastics is out of chances to get its CEO hire right”, ESPN W
By D’Arcy Maine, Oct 16, 2018
Mary Bono’s run as interim president and CEO of USA Gymnastics lasted all of… Continue reading
“The Jamal Khashoggi Case: Suspects Had Ties to Saudi Crown Prince”, The New York Times
By David D. Kirkpatrick, Malachy Browne, Ben Hubbard and David Botti, Oct.16, 2018
ISTANBUL — One of the… Continue reading
“A year after her murder, where is the justice for Daphne Caruana Galizia?”, The Guardian
Margaret Atwood, Opinion, London, 16 October, 2018
The Maltese journalist reported on government corruption, but no politician has been questioned… Continue reading
“Report shows 40% rise in online child abuse”, Irish Examiner
Cormac O’Keefe, Security Correspondent, Dublin, October 06, 2018
The sharp increase has been accompanied by a worsening in the severity… Continue reading