No Way On Unfit Pete Hegseth Nominee
The editorial denounces Pete Hegseth as unqualified and claims a New Yorker profile shows drunken mismanagement at Vets for Freedom and America. It argues his history of misbehavior would endanger a massive defense department and urges Senate rejection, noting GOP resistance and the need for checks and balances.
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New Yorker Magazine
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Veterans For America
Hegseth
America
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New Yorker
Jane Mayer
Mayer
Lindsey Graham
Senate
Trump
Vegan Holiday Letter from OV St Nick in Cedar Rapids
A reader named OV St. Nick signed as Charlie Reutner of Cedar Rapids advocates going vegan this Christmas. He swaps dairy for plant milks and plant based cookies, retires his reindeer, and upgrades to an electric sled to cut carbon, urging others to adopt a kinder, climate friendly season.
Notre Dame Hosts First Postfire Mass in Paris Cathedral
Lee Hockstader recounts Notre Dame reopening after the 2019 fire with a postfire Mass attended by Macron and bishops from 106 parishes. The ceremony followed a grand reopening with heads of state and Pharrell Williams’s performance, as the cathedral returns to its purpose amid renewed reverence and restored splendor.
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Notre Dame
Paris
Killjoy
France
Thedral
Emmanuel Macron
Brigitte
Pharrell Williams
Great Society programs reshape education and rights debate
The column argues that Lyndon Johnson's Great Society expanded education, healthcare, voting rights, and welfare while warns that voucher schemes in Iowa threaten public schools and widen inequality. It cites updates on school funding losses, private school growth, and political motives behind vouchers. It highlights concerns over future education quality and social division.
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Lyndon Johnson
Great Society
South
Grandma
Grandpa
Kim Reynolds
Iowa
Reynolds
Herman Quirmbach
D-Ames
Katie Hobbs
Arizona
Xavier Catholic Schools
Toyota Financial Services
Cedar Rapids
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