Новости за 15.08.2018

Michael Brendan Dougherty, National Review
If the Church cannot govern itself from within, it will be governed from without.

Karen Tumulty, Washington Post
It is often said of President Trump that he is careless in his use of language.

Susanne Koelbl, Der Spiegel
Aryana Sayeed, 33, is the only internationally known pop act in Afghanistan. She is adored by youth -- and hunted by the Taliban.

Paul Mulshine, New Jersey Star-Ledger
The stakes have never been higher. The Democrats seem determined to impeach Trump if they get control. But if the GOP retains control, Trump can do as he pleases for the remaining two years of his term.

Dick Polman, The Atlantic

Cheryl Strayed & Steve Almond, New York Times

Tyler O'Neil, PJ Media

Margot Cleveland, The Federalist
Reporting on Bruce Ohr suggests DOJ and FBI employees operated outside the chain-of-command and concealed evidence from congressional oversight committees.

Michael Graham, Boston Herald
A tip for my liberal friends about the 2020 presidential race: If you think the solution to your problem is a Massachusetts Democrat — you need to check your math.

Anushay Hossain, CNN

Eddie Scarry, Washington Examiner

Tony Shaffer, Detroit News

David Ignatius, Wash Post

George Monbiot, The Guardian
It’s not that we’re eating more, that we exercise less, or that we lack willpower. The shaming of overweight people has to stop

Joe Garofoli, SF Chronicle
Rep. Nancy Pelosi has starred in roughly one in every five Republican-made House campaign ads across the country this year, usually as a device to tar a fellow Democrat running in a conservative area as beholden to her “liberal San Francisco values.”

Kristen McQueary, Chicago Trib
Arthur Jones, who is a Holocaust denier, is running for Congress. One of his constituents was a prisoner at Auschwitz.

Alana Dunagan & Reed Galen, RealClearPolitics
Even before the results of the Kansas Republican gubernatorial primary have been written in ink—and indeed, even before ballots were cast earlier this month—pressure is rising on independent candidate Greg Orman to drop out of the race, lest the Kansan version of President Trump, Republican Kris Kobach, take the keys to the governor’s mansion in November.

Susan Glasser, New Yorker
The fired White House aide has made the President so angry that he’s back to using a favorite campaign-trail insult.

Matthew Walther, The Week
I read all 356 groan-inducing pages so you don't have to

Shan Wu, CNN
Closing arguments commence Wednesday morning in the Paul Manafort trial. Here are a few key things to watch for:

Brian Dickerson, Detroit Free Press
This much is clear: You can't win a Republican primary in Michigan without Donald Trump on your side.

Sally Persons, RealClearPolitics
Donald Trump has taken a lot of grief for his tweeting habit from critics who view his use of the social media platform as decidedly unpresidential. He’s receiving only gratitude, however, from Republican candidates he’s endorsed on Twitter – candidates who’ve ridden Trump’s endorsement to decisive primary victories.