MLB requires photo ID to pick up tickets from Will Call, but boycotts Georgia for voter ID law  —  South Carolina Republican Rep. Nancy Mace called the league out on Twitte  —  Beating Up on Georgia  —  Major League Baseball responded to calls to boycott the state of Georgia over a controversial …

America's Losing Faith, and That Makes the Next Trump All But Inevitable  —  GOTTA SERVE SOMEBODY … Yes, Americans are losing faith in almost all institutions these days, but the decline in church attendance has reverberations that will last a long time.

Sen. Blunt sees ‘easy win’ if infrastructure plan scaled back  —  Sen. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) said Sunday the Biden White House could score “an easy win” on infrastructure if it would just reduce its new plan to focus solely on infrastructure.  —  Speaking to host Chris Wallace on “Fox News Sunday …

Myanmar's Military Has Killed Over 40 Children Since the Coup.  Here's One Child's Story.  —  Myanmar's security forces have killed more than 40 children since February.  Here is the story of one, Aye Myat Thu.  She was 10.  —  In the swelter of the hot season, U Soe Oo cracked open the coconut with practiced blows of his machete.

Hunter Biden on his memoir “Beautiful Things” and his struggles with substance abuse  —  Hunter Biden was asked by correspondent Tracy Smith, “You've said your dad always saw the good in you through all of this.  Was there ever a time when you thought, Okay, there's no way, he's gonna give up on me, I've done it now?”

Jordan accuses former crown prince and high-ranking officials of ‘promoting sedition,’ with foreign backing  —  AMMAN, Jordan — The government of Jordan on Sunday accused former crown prince Hamzeh bin Hussein and several of his associates of cooperating with foreign entities to pursue …

Bidenomics, explained  —  It's the end of the Age of Reagan, but it's much more than that  —  “When the formula stops working, you change the formula.”  — Arin Hanson  —  “The era of ‘big government is over’ is over.”  — James Medlock  —  I know this post has a very Vox-like title …

Punched, Kicked, Shoved: Documenting the Anti-Asian Violence  —  Over the last year, in an unrelenting series of episodes with clear racial animus, people of Asian descent have been pushed, beaten, kicked, spit on and called slurs.  Homes and businesses have been vandalized.

Reality catches up with propaganda channel  —  Eleven Fox programs whine about press conference treatment as Dominion lawsuit drops  —  Ask not for whom the world's tiniest violin plays — it plays for Fox News.  Three months ago the network's hosts enjoyed unprecedented political power …

China launches musical in bid to counter Uyghur abuse allegations  —  Beijing is attempting to draw attention away from reports it is holding at least one million in Xinjiang internment camps  —  A new state-produced musical set in Xinjiang inspired by the Hollywood blockbuster “La La Land” …

Virus Variants Threaten to Draw Out the Pandemic, Scientists Say  —  Declining infection rates over all masked a rise in more contagious forms of the coronavirus.  Vaccines will stop the spread, if Americans postpone celebration just a bit longer.  —  For weeks, the mood in much of the United States has been buoyant.

Covid-19 Live Updates: Johnson & Johnson Put in Charge of Plant That Ruined Millions of Vaccine Doses  —  The Baltimore contract plant ruined millions of doses of another vaccine.  The U.S. is averaging over 3 million vaccine doses a day for the first time.  —  RIGHT NOW For 36 minutes on Saturday, Broadway was open.

These are the two key things that can help curb another Covid-19 surge, Fauci says  —  (CNN)Health experts warn the US may be on the cusp of another Covid-19 surge if Americans aren't careful — just as the country races to vaccinate more people.  —  There are two key things the US …

The Enduring Terror of Violent Crime Victimhood  —  A family in Oakland just suffered a horrific crime in their home — one similar to but far worse than one I had recently — and deserves much help in recovering.  —  21 hr ago  —  A harrowing story of a violent crime in Oakland was reported …

What a Tiny Masterpiece Reveals About Power and Beauty  —  Images: Chitarman, “Shah Jahan on a Terrace, Holding a Pendant Set With His Portrait,” recto: 1627-28 and verso: circa 1530-50/Metropolitan Museum of Art; “Uttaradhyayanasutra,” circa 1460/Victoria and Albert Museum; Bhairavi Ragini …

A paralyzed democracy can't protect us  —  In a period of just a few weeks, our nation has been reminded yet again of its vulnerability to mass gun violence — and the shameful paralysis of our political system in the face of such horror.  —  The killing of at least four people …