AMERICANTHINKER - Two Hundred Fifty Glorious Years
Clarice F By Clarice Feldman The United States enters its 250th year in fantastic shape. Elsewhere, not so much.
NYTIMES (Carlotta Gall and Stanislav Kozliuk) - Far From Kyiv and Moscow, Soldiers Stalk Ruins and Evade Drones on the Front
Ukraine’s military has denied a Kremlin claim to have taken a city in the eastern Donetsk region, saying its troops are holding out against infiltrating Russians.
NYTIMES (Benjamin Wallace) - The Revenge of the Philosophy Majors
A.I. labs are hiring contrarian, chin-stroking, finger-steepling sages. Who’s underemployed now?
NYTIMES (Julie Turkewitz, María Victoria Fermín and Adriana Loureiro Fernandez) - Years of Warnings About Public Housing Preceded Venezuela’s Earthquakes
Residents, construction experts and seismologists said for years that Venezuela’s public housing would be vulnerable in a natural disaster.
NYTIMES (Abdi Latif Dahir) - Mourners Chant ‘Revenge’ at Funeral Prayers for Iran’s Slain Supreme Leader
On the second day of public mourning for Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed in February, there was still no sign of his son and successor, Mojtaba Khamenei.
NYTIMES (Campbell Robertson) - America Marks Its 250th Birthday With Storms, Sweat and Fire
Independence Day celebrations were canceled nationwide and the Brooklyn Bridge briefly caught fire. Yet Americans still found countless ways to celebrate.
NYTIMES (Aishvarya Kavi) - Trump Administration Rolls Back Dozens of Gun Regulations
Critics say the administration is weakening public safety. Proponents say regulations would be where they were before President Joseph R. Biden took office.
NYTIMES (Erica L. Green and Niko Gallogly) - At Trump’s Direction, Federal Agencies Are Abandoning Discrimination Cases
President Trump has tried to scale back anti-discrimination regulations that date back decades. Federal agencies have heeded his call.
WASHINGTONPOST (Hannah Knowles) - 3,000 miles from D.C., a July Fourth extravaganza that was not about Trump
A musical “block party” in Los Angeles offered a striking contrast to the July Fourth celebration in Washington, D.C., anchored by the president.
WASHINGTONPOST (Casey Parks) - Divorced and middle-aged, he needed to make a friend. But he’d forgotten how.
America is suffering from an epidemic of loneliness and men are having a particularly hard time making social connections. Some are turning to speed-friending events to fill the void.