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Americas Missed Chance in Afghanistan - Foreign Affairs (No paywall) For many Americans, the dominant image of the United States’ 20-year war in Afghanistan came at the very end: terrified Afghans storming the Kabul airport, clinging to departing planes, some falling to their deaths, desperately trying to flee the country as Taliban insurgents closed in on the capital. Three years ago this month, the longest and most expensive war in U.S. history, a conflict that resulted in 2,459 dead American soldiers and 20,000 more wounded, had ended in spectacular failure.
Although accusations of American incompetence in Afghanistan now focus on those last days in August 2021, the real error had been made long before, at the moment of the United States’ greatest victory there: the fall of the Taliban in December 2001. Flush with success, hungry for vengeance, and confident of the Taliban’s complete defeat, the United States sought neither reconciliation nor compromise with Afghanistan’s former leaders. Instead, it sought to make an example of them. In doing so, the George W. Bush administration planted the seeds for the Taliban insurgency that would emerge and eventually wipe away two decades of sacrifice in Afghanistan.
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WorkWorkHow Agns Varda Became an Icon of Cinema - The New Yorker (No paywall)
 With classic filmmakers, a biography is a peek behind the scenes, whether a debunking or an astonishmentâa view of the human element that made grand achievements possible. With modern filmmakers, whose work is already inescapably personal, a biography is a virtual extension of the films they've made. Agnès Varda is a central modern filmmaker, and Carrie Rickey's fervently detailed and briskly narrated new biography, "A Complicated Passion" (Norton), reveals that the coalescence of Varda's art and life was even more thoroughgoing than is apparent from the films themselves. The story that Rickey tells imparts a retrospective sense of destinyâa vision of a career that ran long enough, and changed enough along the way, as to cast the entire scope of Varda's lifelong activity in a cinematic light. Even the details of her pre-cinematic youth seem to line up in a pattern that leads inevitably to movies.
WorkIran's electronic confrontation with Israel - The Economist (No paywall)
ZIV HOSPITAL is nestled at the bottom of Safed, the highest city in Israel, not far from the border with Syria and Lebanon. In November the hospital acknowledged that hackers had penetrated its computer systems. An Iran-backed hacking group would later claim to have gained access to 500 gigabytes of patient data, including 100,000 medical records linked to Israeli soldiers. That is hardly unusual. Hackers regularly target and breach hospitals, usually to extort ransoms. Work
Work3 Common Archetypes of Employees Who Commit Fraud - Harvard Business Review (No paywall)
Fraud is estimated to be a multi-trillion-dollar problem — and this doesn’t even include undetected and unreported fraud. So how can senior leadership teams fortify their organizations against massive fraud schemes? By recognizing three archetypes of employees who commit fraud — intentional perpetrators, accidental perpetrators, and righteous perpetrators — leaders can spot red flags quickly in order to prevent future losses and reputational damage. WorkIt Won't Be Easy to Stop Taxing Tips, as Trump and Harris Want - Inc.com (No paywall)
But experts say there's a reason Congress hasn't made such a change already. It would be complicated, not to mention enormously costly to the federal government, to enact. It would encourage many higher-paid workers to restructure their compensation to classify some of it as "tips" and thereby avoid taxes. And, in the end, it likely wouldn't help millions of low-income workers.
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WorkWorkWhat can be done about this Supreme Court's very worst decisions?
The Supreme Court’s recent opinion in Trump, which held that presidents have sweeping immunity from criminal prosecution for any official act — even something like ordering the Justice Department to round up and arrest their political foes — is such an unimaginable betrayal of the justices’ oath to “administer justice without respect to persons” that it casts a shadow over every decision these justices have ever handed down.
WorkHeman Bekele Is TIME's 2024 Kid of the Year: TIME's Kid of the Year List
Heman Bekele whipped up the most dangerous of what he called his “potions” when he was just over 7 years old. He’d been conducting his own science experiments for about three years by that point, mixing up whatever he could get his hands on at home and waiting to see if the resulting goo would turn into anything. Work
WorkWorkUkraine's Incursion Into Russia Reveals a Dramatic Shift
Ukraine’s monthslong buildup to the counteroffensive played out in the open. The Ukrainians had sought to retake territory but stumbled when they failed to punch through dug-in Russian defenses, which Moscow reinforced as Ukraine trained for the drive. Ukraine also split its forces during that offensive, against American advice, rather than focusing them as they have this month.
WorkNASA is worried the Boeing Starliner could 'spin out' and hit the International Space Station
The issues surrounding Starliner have been the latest in a long list of bad press that American aerospace company Boeing has faced so far this year. In January, one of the company’s 737 Max aircrafts blew open mid-air when a door plug failed and questions have repeatedly been raised about production and quality control at Boeing. This reached a head last month when Boeing was convicted as a felon over its handling of the 737 Max fiasco. Work WorkWorkAmerica's car recall system is badly broken -- and the industry knows it
Of course, the dealer association emphasizes that not all recalls are created equally, and many of them are minor enough to still allow customers to drive while waiting for repairs. The association has said a blanket ban on selling used cars with open recalls would lead to additional costs to the customer. WorkWorkMeta CEO Mark Zuckerberg receives letter from lawmakers concerned about illicit drug ads on Facebook and Instagram
\"Drug dealers are criminals who work across platforms and communities, which is why we work with law enforcement to help combat this activity. Our systems are designed to proactively detect and enforce against violating content, and we reject hundreds of thousands of ads for violating our drug policies. We continue to invest resources and further improve our enforcement on this kind of content. Our hearts go out to those suffering from the tragic consequences of this epidemic â it requires all of us to work together to stop it.\" WorkFor the Man Who Plays Lafayette, It's a Marquis Event
For the past 25 years, Schneider has worked at Colonial Williamsburg portraying the French aristocrat who arrived in America at age 19 and became a hero of the American Revolution. But for “Marquis Mark,” as friends jokingly call him, this has been an especially historic summer. WorkOpinion | Is It Morning in Kamala Harris's America?
Yet voters didn’t seem to be feeling the good news, and until recently Trump seemed to be running a successful campaign centered on false claims that crime is “through the roof” and that we may be in “the throes of a depression.” Oh, and that the price of bacon has quadrupled. WorkWorkWorkCongress asks Mark Zuckerberg to explain why drug dealers are advertising on Facebook and Instagram
The letter requests details about Meta’s policies for enforcing rules against drug-related ads, as well as information about how many times the reported ads were viewed and interacted with. It gives Meta a deadline of September 6 to reply. A spokesperson for Meta said the company plans to respond to the letter and directed Engadget to a prior statement, published by The Wall Street Journal, in which the company said it rejects “hundreds of thousands of ads for violating our drug policies.” WorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWorkClinical trials exclude disabled Americans because federal agencies failed them, new report finds
The report suggested that HHS and DOJ increase their oversight and enforcement of Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act at health care facilities to ensure that programs and services are accessible. Those rules prohibit entities, such as providers and health insurers that receive federal funding, and federal agencies from discriminating against Americans with disabilities. WorkUnitedHealthcare's latest contract dispute, this time with Trinity Health, leaves thousands out-of-network
WorkNew Medicare drug prices, antimicrobial-resistant meningitis, unlucky American women
Mariska Vansteensel is a neuroscientist who has spent most of the last decade experimenting with BCI at-home use. Her team followed one ALS patient who used such a device for more than seven years. When the study began, nobody with motor impairment had ever tried to use a BCI implant at their home, she told STAT’s Timmy Broderick. The team found that the person’s usage of the BCI increased as time passed and paralysis increased. WorkWorkWorkAfter Shooting, Texas State Fair Bans Guns. Republicans Want Them Back.
Organizers of the state fair said that the decision was reached after careful consideration, “reviewing the policies of similar Texas events and consulting with all of our security partners.” In the organization’s statement, Karissa Condoianis, a spokeswoman, said that the fair continues to be “a strong supporter of the rights of responsible gun-owning Texans.” WorkArizona Court Sides With G.O.P. Over Abortion Language in Voter Pamphlets
“This decision is beyond disgraceful,” Athena Salman, the director of Arizona campaigns for Reproductive Freedom for All, said in a statement. “Muddying the waters and relying on lies are the only tools left for anti-abortion extremists, whose agenda is demonstrably at odds with voters in our state.” WorkAt News Conference, Donald Trump Says He's 'Entitled to Personal Attacks' Against Kamala Harris
But during both his remarks and a question-and-answer session with reporters, Mr. Trump bounced between his proposals to fight inflation, his dry recitation of economic figures that he used to criticize Ms. Harris and the Biden administration and a number of other wide-ranging tangents, including complaints about Hillary Clinton, windmills, the news media and President Biden’s decision to exit the race. WorkWorkA Disappearing President Steps Back Into the Limelight
It all got me curious about what these past weeks have meant for Biden — a man who is, of course, very much still president. My colleague Peter Baker, our chief White House correspondent, has watched Biden and Harris up close, and he spoke with me this afternoon from the event in Maryland. Our conversation was edited for length and clarity. WorkBoston Harbor Has a Rare New Resident: a Whale
Andrew Mahr, a retail real estate consultant and developer, was out fishing early Wednesday morning with his friend, Jake Gatof, who was captaining their boat, when they recorded a video of the whale breaching and then landing in the water with a magnificent splash. WorkHarris's Debate Prep Is Underway at Howard University
Ms. Harris and Mr. Trump agreed to participate in a presidential debate, hosted by ABC, on Sept. 10. Their respective campaigns are hashing out whether or not the two would appear onstage together again and, if so, how many times. On Thursday, Ms. Harris’s campaign proposed one more, in October, saying “the debate about debates is over.” WorkWorkCorey Lewandowski, Trump's Ex-Campaign Manager, Joins Team
“As we head into the homestretch of this election, we are continuing to add to our impressive campaign team,” Ms. Wiles and Mr. LaCivita said, noting that all five additions were “veterans of prior Trump campaigns and their unmatched experience will help President Trump prosecute the case against Kamala Harris and Tim Walz.” |
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