“Get out of Washington!”

By Rebecca Shapiro @ HuffPost, July 19

By Reid Wilson @ TheHill.com, July 16

Inaccurate headline but a very interesting piece with several sophisticated points of analyis as regards "urbanization" in Neveda and 7 other western states; excerpts:

Early indications are that Ram Nath Kovind, the NDA candidate, has won. Meanwhile, debate has broken out over the eligibility of the UPA’s pick for VP, Mahatma Gandhi’s grandson

By E. Jaya Kumar @ Asia Times Online, July 18

By Gabrielle Coppola @ Bloomberg News, July 17 (with video)

• Santander-Chrysler venture opens window into race to bottom
• Wall Street’s insatiable debt machine fuels lax underwriting

By Chris Cooper and Keiko Ujikane @ Bloomberge News, July 17

By Christopher Ingraham @ Wonkblog @ WashingtonPost.com, July 17

Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Monday said he'd be issuing a new directive this week aimed at increasing police seizures of cash and property.

By Erin Cunningham & Carol Morello @ WashingtonPost.com, July 16

By Karen DeYoung & Ellen Nakashima @ WashingtonPost.com, July 16

Researchers are wondering whether a dose of parasites could help prevent dementia.

By Pagan Kennedy for NYTimes Sunday Review, July 14.

In Latin America, we’re too used to death. But there’s a way to stop it.

By Alejandra Sanchez Inzuza and Jose Luis Pardo Veiras @ NYTimes.com Sunday Review, July 15

By Sari Horwitz and Renae Merle Washington Post via Spokesman.com, July 14

WASHINGTON – More than 400 people across the country have been charged with participating in health care fraud scams totaling about $1.3 billion in false billings, including for the prescription and distribution of opioids.

The industry sounds just as angry as the patient advocates.

By Jonathan Cohn @ HuffPost, July 15

[....] The organizations, America’s Health Insurance Plans and the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association, speak for the businesses that would be responsible for making the new system work ― or at least attempting to do so.

By Renae Merle @ WashingtonPost.com/Business, July 14

NEW YORK — Since President Trump’s election, Jamie Dimon has emerged as one of Wall Street’s most prominent voices in Washington. The chief executive of JPMorgan Chase serves on the White House business advisory council and is chairman of the powerful Business Roundtable.

By Carol D. Leonnig @ WashingtonPost.com, July 14, 7:24 pm

President Trump has chosen a new lawyer to join the White House and take the lead on issues related to ongoing investigations into Russian interference in the 2016 election, according to two people familiar with the decision.

Did an elderly Korean-American salmon exporter become a money launderer for Iran?

By Zach Dorfman @ Politico Magazine, July 14

Forget the phrase "you can't make this shit up." We've moved on to the intro from a TV show that boomers will remember: "The Outer Limits", it was: do not attempt to adjust your TV screen...

He is offering a glimpse into what Fox News would look like as an intellectually interesting network.

By Peter Beinart @ TheAtlantic.com, July 13

After hearing Rachel Maddow discuss our recent story about Kasowitz, a man emailed the attorney urging him to resign. Kasowitz responded with threats and profanity.

By Justin Elliot @ ProPublica.org, July 13

This story has been updated with a response from a spokesman for Marc Kasowitz.

@ NYTimes.com Opinion, July 13

What if it’s not a college degree that makes you successful, but whether you can pronounce “soppressata”?

Op-ed by Jonathan Capehart @ WashingtonPost.com, July 13

By Katie Mettler @ WashingtonPost.com,July 11

Good things do happen, and can serve as inspiration. With videos.