| Hillary Clinton Has Won the Benghazi Hearing |
[22 Oct 2015|09:55pm] |
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http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2015/10/hillary_clinton_won_the_benghazi_hearing.html The most honest moment of Hillary Clinton’s hearing before the House Select Committee on Benghazi came toward the end of its third hour. “Those who want to believe the worst will believe the worst. Those that want to believe this is a partisan exercise will believe it,” said Rep. Adam Schiff. He’s right. If you don’t like Clinton—if you think she’s a liar and a disgrace—then this hearing doesn’t matter. It changes nothing. And if you think this is a farce—an “abusive effort” to derail Clinton’s presidential campaign—you’ll walk away unmoved.
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| Attacks on Churches and Women’s Health Clinics Are Domestic Terrorism |
[22 Oct 2015|09:45pm] |
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http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/jurisprudence/2015/10/arson_attacks_on_churches_in_ferguson_and_women_s_health_clinics.html Churches have been on fire all around Ferguson, Missouri, this month, and by that I mean mostly black churches. The press isn’t talking about it much. Last Saturday, the United Believers in Christ Ministries became the fifth church in the area to be set on fire. A sixth church was set ablaze Sunday, and a seventh church was set on fire Thursday. Five of these have been at black churches, while the sixth was at a mixed church and the most recent fire at a largely white church. In every incident, authorities suspect arson. The U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives is involved in the investigations. In each case, the church’s front doors were sprayed with accelerant and set on fire; in most cases the damage has not been too extensive. The first six fires happened in predominately black neighborhoods within a three-mile radius of Ferguson.
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| Can Synago Change the Way Young Jews Interact With Their Synagogue? |
[22 Oct 2015|06:28pm] |
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http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/future_tense/2015/10/synago_soho_synagogue_can_a_mobile_friendly_website_get_young_jews_to_pay.html Since its founding 10 years ago, New York’s Soho Synagogue has been trying to reimagine the way that young, hip Jews interact with their religion. The trendy establishment hosts everything from comedy events before High Holy Days services to swanky loft parties. Originally they charged for events, but eventually they made most things free because the money wasn’t really covering the cost and, more importantly, they wanted to avoid the “did I drink my money’s worth?” mentality. Whenever there was an event, Rabbi Dovi Scheiner and his wife, Esty, founders of the synagogue, would send out an email with the details. As the list grew and word of mouth spread, more and more people came. So many that the Scheiners realized they had to change tactics.
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| Facebook’s “Trending” Is the Worst Place on the Internet |
[22 Oct 2015|06:30pm] |
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http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/future_tense/2015/10/facebook_s_trending_algorithm_makes_me_ashamed.html On Wednesday morning, I logged onto Facebook and felt my eyes gravitate toward the right side of the screen, to the little square of real estate where Facebook lists the topics that are “trending” on the network at that very moment. At 10:29 a.m. EDT, the top three topics listed on my Facebook page were: “Channing Tatum: Actor Posts Photo of Him Dressed as Winnie-the-Pooh”; “Miley Cyrus: Singer Wears Star of David Outfit for Actor James Franco’s Bar Mitzvah Charity Event”; and “Kelly Rowland: Singer Shares Photos on Instagram of Her Son, Titan, From Trip to Pumpkin Patch.”
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| How My 3-Year-Old Son and I Gave Up Our Blankies |
[22 Oct 2015|02:39pm] |
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http://www.slate.com/articles/life/family/2015/10/how_my_3_year_old_son_and_i_gave_up_our_blankies.html Picking up my son at day care, I hesitated outside the sliding glass door. The older kids—the ones who compete like world-class bird-watchers to spot arriving parents—hadn’t seen me yet. I had the chance to observe my 3-year-old playing quietly with a bulldozer in the corner, all by himself. On the other side of the playroom, I couldn’t help noticing teeth marks on the neck of one of the younger toddlers.
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