MONOCLE RADIO (January 23, 2025): The Israel-Hamas ceasefire, which began at the weekend, appears to be holding. Hannah McCarthy joins Andrew Mueller to discuss what we have seen during the first week and where it could go next. Plus: the latest at #WEF25 at Davos, the future of Austria’s political sphere and how artificial intelligence will affect the workplace.
Monthly Archives: January 2025
The New York Times – Thursday, January 23, 2025
Justice Dept. to Investigate Local Officials Who Obstruct Immigration Enforcement
A memo asserts that state and local officials are bound to cooperate and could face criminal prosecution or civil penalties if they fail to comply.
From Day 1, Trump Tests the Limits of His Authority
It is unclear how much is left in Washington to restrain him.
Families, a Dean, a Young Swimmer: Lives Lost in the Turkish Ski Resort Fire
Some had returned to the hotel year after year. Their deaths — amid dozens of others at the hotel — have stirred grief and outrage.
Fighting Alongside Russia, North Koreans Wage Their Own War
Ukrainian forces described a different kind of enemy, fighting with unfamiliar tactics and little option to retreat.
Science: Nature Magazine —- January 23, 2025 Preview
NATURE MAGAZINE (January 22, 2025): The latest issue features ‘Net Gains’ – Small-scale fisheries make major contribution to sustainable food, nutrition and livelihoods…
Mines for a clean-energy metal have a surprise climate effect
Vegetation clearing to extract nickel, which is used in renewable technologies, leads to greater carbon emissions than realized.
Hidden tattoos on mummy skin emerge under a laser’s light
Blurry markings more than 1,000 years old become clear again thanks to scanning method.
Got flu? Promising drug shortens symptoms
Influenza viruses have not evolved resistance to suraxavir marboxil, which relieves cough, fever and other symptoms.
Voter turnout drives margins of victory ― if elections are fair
Model that predicts the spread of winning margins could be used to detect electoral interference.
Awards: The Top Science + Literature Books Of 2025
NATIONAL BOOK FOUNDATION (January 22, 2025): The National Book Foundation (NBF) and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation today announced selected titles for the fourth year of the Science + Literature program.
Ramona Ausubel, The Last Animal
Riverhead Books / Penguin Random House
“…follows two teenage sisters who join their mother—a paleontology graduate student—on scientific expeditions near and far. Ausubel’s novel captures the wonder of scientific discovery as Jane and her daughters navigate grief, sexism, and a journey to find a wooly mammoth and themselves.“
Claire Wahmanholm, Meltwater
Milkweed Editions
“…dissects the vulnerability of parenthood and our natural world, with embedded erasure poems of Lacy M. Johnson’s “How to Mourn a Glacier” throughout the collection. Meltwater simultaneously mourns the disastrous effects of the climate crisis while finding moments of joy in the everyday through the eyes of a new mother.“
Ed Yong, An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us
Random House / Penguin Random House
“…invites readers into the remarkable sensory worlds of birds, bugs, crocodiles, dogs, and many other animals to show us how these creatures experience the world. Yong argues that all creatures, humans included, have their own unique way of perceiving their surroundings, making the case for why we must collectively protect our biologically diverse planet.”
Essays: Harper’s Magazine —- February 2025 Preview
HARPER’S MAGAZINE (January 22, 2025): The latest issue features ‘Sobriety And Ecstasy’ – Searching for the sublime while staying dry…
High and Dry
Sobriety and transcendence at Bonnaroo by Barrett Swanson
It’s dusk on the first night of Bonnaroo, and the lotus-eaters are all around us. There are candy flippers in white Moon Boots with impressively lacquered eyelashes, and a portly man with a Gandalf beard who’s magnanimously handing out shot glasses. There are hemp-studded undergraduates whose eyes are pinwheeling from whippets, and a cluster of pixie-winged teenagers who are piggishly snorting Percocet….
At the Summit
The last days of Davos by Caitlín Doherty
Such a Schemozzle
The beauty of John McGahern’s prose by Sam Sacks
Times Literary Supplement – January 24, 2025 Issue
TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT (January 22, 2025): The latest issue features ‘An Individual Talent’ – T.S. Eliot’s Collected Prose…
Something to be said
Eliot’s prose writings in one chronological sweep
Bridging the divide
Why we should listen to those with opposing views
By Carol Tavris
Out of our league
How foreign money has transformed English football
By Mike Jakeman
You can’t stay at the Y-M-C-A
The loss of civic space
By Ian Sansom
News: South Korea Trial For President Yoon, Goals For Trump Foreign Policy
MONOCLE RADIO (January 22, 2025): As Yoon Suk Yeol makes his first public remarks in constitutional court, Steven Borowiec joins Andrew Mueller to discuss where the trial will go next. Plus: Chris Cermak explores Trump’s foreign policy, Carlota Rebelo discusses the highlights from the World Economic Forum in Davos and Samantha Tse brings us the latest from the world of design.
The New York Times – Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025
Trump Starts Immigration Crackdown, Enlisting the Military and Testing the Law
The president’s Day 1 actions included directives that fly in the face of legal limits on involving the military in domestic operations and the constitutional guarantee of birthright citizenship.
‘A Betrayal, a Mockery’: Police Express Outrage Over Trump’s Jan. 6 Pardons
More than 150 officers from the Capitol Police and the D.C. police were injured when a pro-Trump mob stormed the Capitol four years ago.
Trump Wants to Unleash Energy, as Long as It’s Not Wind or Solar
Legal experts said the president was testing the boundaries of executive power with aggressive orders designed to stop the country from transitioning to renewable energy.
Trump Is at the Peak of His Power. The Question Is for How Long.
Republicans are defined today more by a single man than perhaps either party has been in decades, even as the clock starts ticking on Donald Trump’s tenure.
Moment Magazine —- January/February 2025
MOMENT MAGAZINE (January 21, 2025): The latest issue features ‘In Search of the Meaning of Victor Frankl’…
Are the Abraham Accords Coming Back to Life?
BY ILAN BERMAN
The Strength of the Heartbroken
BY FANIA OZ-SALZBERGER
A Second Act for Trump and Israel
BY SHMUEL ROSNER
Country Life Magazine – January 22, 2025 Preview
COUNTRY LIFE MAGAZINE (January 21, 2025): The latest issue features ‘They’ve got charm’ – The fabulous finch family; Which commuter character are you?; Ripping yarns – Jane Austen’s shocking legacy; Marmalade secrets and the wizard quizmaster…
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