Tag Archives: December 2021

Cover Preview: Newsweek Magazine – December 17

Previews: New Scientist Magazine – December 11

Morning News: Virtual Democracy Summit, Poll On Inflation, Instagram

The White House gathers more than 100 nations at a virtual summit aimed at promoting democracy worldwide, a new NPR/Marist poll offers disappointing approval numbers for the administration on its handling of inflation, lawmakers gave Instagram’s CEO a chilly reception at Wednesday’s Senate hearing.

Previews: London Review Of Books – December 16

Previews: Times Literary Supplement – December 10

Morning News: U.S.-Russia Talks On Ukraine, Unrest In Solomon Islands, UAE

We discuss what happens now for the US, Russia and Ukraine after talks between Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin. Plus: unrest in the Solomon Islands, Rohingya refugees take on Facebook and the UAE adapts its working week.

Morning News: 80 Years After Pearl Harbor, Car Politics, Office & Home

The Japanese attack set America on a course toward military hegemony; recent administrations have walked it back. We ask what the country would fight for now.

A clash of priorities between national and city-level politicians the world over makes for fraught politics on car ownership. And our columnist envisages how the office will compete with home in a post-pandemic world.