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Briefly Noted Book Reviews
The New Yorker,
“The Life and Times of Hannah Crafts,” “American Visions,” “The Vulnerables,” and “At Night He Lifts Weights.”
Christmas in Tehran: Bringing the Holidays to Hostages
In 1979, a minister received a telegram from Iranian militants who had taken hostages in the American Embassy, inviting him to perform Christmas services. Two days later, he was inside.
Tagwalk Takes on the Hemline Index
The cerulean sleeve and the smoky eye have long been the province of whim, but Alexandra Van Houtte (the catwalk’s Bill James) is changing all that with fashion-data analysis.
Nature, Wow
If trees didn’t produce oxygen, we’d be dead. If they didn’t produce maple syrup, we’d be dead and slumped over a stack of inedible pancakes.
Outgoing Silicon Valley lawmaker says big tech needs immigration reform
Politico,
“We would not be the nation that we are without being an immigrant nation," she said Sunday.
What's on TV this week—Doctor Who's holiday special and Letterkenny's final season
AV Club,
Welcome to What’s On, our weekly picks of must-watch shows. Here’s what you need to watch from Sunday, December 24 to Thursday, December 28. All times are Eastern. [Note: The weekend edition of What’s On drops on Fridays.] Read more...
The George Santos Saga, Kevin McCarthy Implosion and Marjorie Taylor Greene Circus
Politico Picks,
Here are the 10 most bizarre moments in Congress this year.
House GOP traps itself in impeachment box
Republicans are barreling toward an impeachment vote, still short of a majority. But if they skip one altogether, it might look like failure to the base.