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HUFFPOST - Trump Vents About Judge Who Blocked Kennedy Center Renovation, Fuming Over His Legal Setbacks

The White House did not immediately say whether Trump would keep serving as the center’s board chairman.

The White House did not immediately say whether Trump would keep serving as the center’s board chairman.Open

STRIPES - US military fires missile to disable ship in Gulf of Oman, CENTCOM says | Stars and Stripes

A U.S. military aircraft fired a Hellfire missile into a ship’s engine room to stop it from trying to break through the American blockade of Iranian ports.

THEAMERICANCONSERVATIVE (Peter Tonguette) - A Young Letter-Writer’s Sound and Fury

As a budding writer, getting my name in a newspaper meant more than getting paid for the article. The post A Young Letter-Writer’s Sound and Fury appeared first on The American Conservative .

Culture A Young Letter-Writer’s Sound and Fury As a budding writer, getting my name in a newspaper meant more than getting paid for the article. Credit: Triff/Shutterstock Many think of the letters-to-the-editor page in local newspapers as the place where those with deep-seated opinions and agendas (and infinite confidence in the same) are invited to let loose. It’s just a soapbox, right? For me, however, the page provided something more serious and lasting: an early, and essential, access point to journalism. When I was a teenager in the late 1990s and early 2000s, the print media still had an aura of…Open

THEAMERICANCONSERVATIVE (Theodore Dalrymple) - The Problem of Painful Socks

The great abstractions of good and evil, pleasure and pain, are sometimes sliding down our shin. The post The Problem of Painful Socks appeared first on The American Conservative .

Takimag The Problem of Painful Socks The great abstractions of good and evil, pleasure and pain, are sometimes sliding down our shin. TakiMag Somewhat to my surprise, I have developed for the first time in my life an allergy to the elastic in my socks. I suppose it serves me right for having bought cheap pairs on the internet, which are probably manufactured in conditions of the utmost pollution and the cheapest labor.  At any rate, I wake up in the night with an intense itching just above my ankle, exactly where the tops of my socks reach. Of course, I then do exactly what any doctor would tell me not to do, namely scratch…Open

THEAMERICANCONSERVATIVE (Anik Joshi) - The Gulf’s Bad Gamble

The Arab monarchies found out that the U.S. is less committed to their protection than they might hope. The post The Gulf’s Bad Gamble appeared first on The American Conservative .

Foreign Affairs The Gulf’s Bad Gamble The Arab monarchies found out that the U.S. is less committed to their protection than they might hope. (Photo by Stringer/Anadolu via Getty Images) The recent war with Iran has been fought largely without the support of traditional European allies as well as aspirational Asian ones. Middle Eastern allies, however, have been far more willing partners. Israel is the most notable, but the Gulf states should not escape notice. They spent the last several decades sidling up to Western governments and capital, an approach that seemed broadly successful. They were able to maintain just…Open