Morning Belz, Oct. 23
Picking up momentum.
Great photo of outdoor debate-watching in SF — AP
Wait, in NYC, who’s getting gouged? — Economist
Jeff Day on working with Sid ages 86 to 100 — Star Tribune
Lengthy piece on teen suicide clusters — Esquire
Decent Azerbaijan-Armenia conflict explainer — CFR
10% of Twitter produces 92% of tweets, 69% skew Left — Pew
$25 billion plan to expand Amtrak network — Rail Passengers Ass’n
RIP the generous, talented Daryl Grove — Total Soccer Show
Mine
Spent yesterday at Stone Mountain, a granite monolith outside Atlanta that’s a beautiful natural phenomenon. It also happens to have a massive carving of Robert E. Lee, Jefferson Davis and Stonewall Jackson that makes it the largest Confederate memorial in the country. We talked to about a dozen people about that, and as usual, the perspectives of regular people were surprising. Here’s a funny little clip. (No, we are not pro-Trump! But we also don’t go around scolding people for being pro-Trump.)
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“Before the flowers of friendship faded friendship faded.” - Gertrude Stein, 1931
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