End-Of-Week Summary, Week Of Nov. 18th

Books

• Retreat In The Real World (continued)
• The Everglades: River Of Grass by Marjory Stoneman Douglas (continued)
• Girl, Wash Your Face by Rachel Hollis (begun)

Blogs

• “Most Of The World’s Bread Clips Are Made By A Single Company” by Eric Grundhauser on Atlas Obscura
• “British Woman Living In France Complains About Immigrants – And The Irony Is White Hot” by Dana Levinson on George Takei
• “Is It Time For Us To Rethink How We Give Gifts?” by Joshua Becker on Becoming Minimalist
• “How To Simplify The Holidays” by Leo Babauta on Zen Habits

Articles

• “New Zealand Students Say Word ‘Trivial’ In Exam Confused Them” by Staff in BBC News
• “How A ‘Court Records’ Nerd Discovered The Government May Be Charging Julian Assange” by Jason Breslow on NPR: Politics
• “Melania Trump Racked Up $174,000 In Hotel Bills For A Day Trip To Toronto” by Justin Rohrllich and Heather Timmons in Quartz
• “Why Jim Acosta Got His Pass Back” by Garrett Epps in The Atlantic
• “These 2 Tech Founders Lost Their Friends In Tragic Accidents. Now They’ve Built AI Chatbots To Give People Life After Death” by Isobel Asher Hamilton on Business Insider
• “Why So Many Rich Kids Come To Enjoy The Taste Of Healthier Foods” by Joe Pinsker in The Atlantic
• “A Toy Monkey That Escaped Nazi Germany And Reunited A Family” by Uri Berliner on NPR: Europe
• “The Cost Of Courage: The 2 Couples Who Rescued My Family From The Nazis” by Uri Berliner on NPR: History
• “Ivanka Trump Used A Personal Email Account To Send Hunderds Of Emails About Government Business Last Year” by Carol D. Leonnig and Josh Dawsey in The Washington Post
• “Florida’s Recount Is Over, But Worries About A 2020 Election ‘Meltdown’ Persist” by Tim Mak on NPR: Politics
• “Romaine Lettuce Is Not Safe To Eat, CDC Warns U.S. Consumers” by Joel Achenbach and Lena H. Sun in The Washington Post
• “Michelle Obama’s ‘Becoming’ Is A Book America Needs, From A Woman It Does Not Yet Deserve” by Angie Thomas in Time
• “American ‘Killed In India By Endangered Andamans Tribe” by Staff in BBC News
• “Chic Media Founder Rachel Hollis: How I Became A Motivational Powerhouse For Women” by Susannah Hutcheson in USA Today
• “The Myth Of Working Your Way Through College” by Svati Kirsten Narula in The Atlantic
• “N.J. Moving Companies Jacked Up Costs, Held Items Hostage In $2M Fraud, Feds Say” by Jeff Goldman on NJ.com
• “Finland, Home Of The $103,000 Speeding Ticket” by Joe Pinsker in The Atlantic
• “The End Of The American Order” by Kori Schake in The Atlantic
• “Jeff Goldblum Is Going Back To His Roots” by Molly Lambert in The New York Times Magazine

Podcasts

• The Holy Post: The Young And The Young At Heart
• The RobCast: Jesus H. Christ, Part 8 – He Has No Thems
• The RobCast: Jesus H. Christ, Part 9 – Is That His Last Name?

Screens

• The Good Place (Season 2)
• The West Wing (Season 5)
• The Great British Baking Show (Season 8)

End-Of-Week Summary, Week of Nov. 11th

Books

• Retreat In The Real World (continued)
• Two-Part Invention: The Story Of A Marraige by Madeline L’Engle (completed)
• The Everglades: River Of Grass by Marjory Stoneman Douglas (continued)

Blogs

• “3 Beliefs Some Progressive Christians And Athiests Share” by Alisa Childers on The Gospel Coalition
• “Mona Lisa: Classic Signs Of Hypothyroidism In The World’s Most Famous Painting” by Dana Trentini on Hypothyroid Mom
• “A European Adventure (With Kids)” by Nina Nelson on The Art Of Simple
• “Malcolm Gordon On Music, Liturgy, And The Cadence Of God’s Glory” by Jason Goroncy on Jason Goroncy 

Articles

• “Vitamin D And Fish Pil Supplements Mostly Disappoint In Long-Awaited Research Results” by Patti Neighmond on NPR: Shots
• “Read Letters Stephen King Wrote To The BDN In The ’80s And ’90s” by Emily Burnham in The Bangor Daily News
• “Armistice Day: Growing Criticism Of Trump WW1 No-Show” by Staff on BBC News
• “Trump, Without Evidence, Calls Florida Ballots ‘Massively Infected,’ Demands End To Recounts” by Cheyenne Haslett on ABC News
• “Trump’s Misleading Claims About California’s Fire ‘Mismanagement'” by Kendra Pierre-Louis in The New York Times
•  “Police Fatally Shoot Black Security Guard Who Detained Shooting Suspect” by Emily Sullivan on NPR
• “BREAKING: CNN Files Suit Against The Trump Administration” by News & Guts on News & Guts
• “The Tank That’s Tougher Than Wildfire” by Kevin Dupzyk in Popular Mechanics
• “What Trump Has Stopped Talking About Since Election Day” by Chris Cillizza on CNN Politics
• “A Parasite In Cat Poop Has Been Linked To A Higher Likelihood Of Entrepreneurial Behavior In People Who Get Infected” by Peter Kotecki on Business Insider
• “I Used To Be Homeless – And Here’s What Everyone Gets Wrong About It” by Charlotte Hilton Andersen in Yahoo! Lifestyle
• “Drunk Man Shouts ‘Heil Hitler, Heil Trump,’ Does Nazi Salute During Baltimore Performance Of ‘Fiddler On The Roof'” by Christina Tkacik, Sarah Meehan, and Lillian Reed in The Baltimore Sun
• “Ranked-Choice Voting Delivers Democrats A House Seat” by Steve Mistler and Domenico Montanaro on NPR
• “Cranberry Relish: The NPR Recipe That Divides Thanksgiving Tables” by Susan Stamberg on NPR: The Salt
• “How Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s Plain Black Jacket Became A Controversy” by Megan Garber in The Atlantic
• “Katherine MacGregor, Cruel Mother On ‘Little House,’ Dies At 93” by The Associated Press in The New York Times
• “Stop Complaining About Your Rent And Move To Tulsa, Suggests Tulsa” by Sarah Holder on City Lab

Podcasts

• The Holy Post: Eugene Peterson Paid Attention To God With J.R. Briggs
• Pantsuit Politics: Sessions Out. Whitaker In.

Screens

• The Good Place (Season 2)
• The West Wing (Season 4)
• The Great British Baking Show (Season 8)

End-Of-Week Summary, Week of Nov. 4th

Books

• Retreat In The Real World (continued)
• Two-Part Invention: The Story Of A Marraige by Madeline L’Engle (continued)
• The Everglades: River Of Grass by Marjory Stoneman Douglas (continued)

Blogs

• “My Other Home In Germany” by Leslie Fischer on The Art Of Simple
• “A Lesson In Letting Go, Shelving The Busy Work, And Getting Out Of The Way” by Kara Fleck on Simple Homeschool
• “A New Case For Unsubscribing From Nearly Everything” by Cait Flanders on Cait Flanders
• “You’re Not Giving Yourself Enough Credit” by Joshua Becker on Becoming Minimalist
• “My Next Career Goal: Be Bad At The Internet” by Cait Flanders on Cait Flanders

Articles

• “The 10 Most Dumbfounding Moments From Trump’s Post-Election Press Conference” by Olivia Paschal and Madeline Carlisle in The Atlantic
• “Early-Christian Basilica Found At The Bottom Of A Lake Could Be Momentous Site” by Nikola Budanovic in The Vintage News
• “In Florida Senate Race, Razor-Thin Margin May Lead To Recount” by Debbie Elliott on NPR
• “Now I Know Why They Said I Lied” by Michelle Fields in The Atlantic
• “‘They Were Threateneing Me And My Family’ : Tucker Carlson’s Home Targeted By Protesters” by Allyson Chiu in The Washington Post
• “Whitaker Backlash Prompts Concern At The White House” by Kaitlan Collins and Betsy Klein on CNN: Politics
• “Runners Practiced In Sports Bras. Rowan University Told Them To Go Elsewhere” by Talya Minsberg in The New York Times
• “China Created What It Claims Is The First AI New Anchor – Watch It In Action Here” by Isobel Asher Hamilton in Business Insider
• “Iconic Westworld Set Burns Down In California Wildfire” by Gael Fashingbauer Cooper on Cnet 

Podcasts

• This American Life: Hoaxing Yourself
• The Holy Post: Is The Cross Divine Child Abuse? With Mike Erre
• The Holy Post: Guns In Curch
• The Bible For Normal People: Jared Byas – The Book Of Jeremiah
• Pantsuit Politics: Post-Election Reflections

Screens

• The Good Place (Season 2)
• The West Wing (Season 3)
• Crashing (Season 2)
• Godzilla (1954)

End-Of-Week Summary, Week of Oct. 28th

Books

• Retreat In The Real World (continued)
• Two-Part Invention: The Story Of A Marraige by Madeline L’Engle (continued)
• Elevation by Stephen King (completed)
• The Everglades: River Of Grass by Marjory Stoneman Douglas (begun)

Blogs

• “For Christians Who Feel Betrayed By Christianity” by Stephen Mattson on Sojourners
• “3 Simple Mindset Shifts To Tansform Your Work Tasks” by Leo Babauta on Zen Habits

Articles

• “Who Is Robert Bowers, The Pittsburg Synagogue Shooting Suspect?” by Reuters in The New York Times
• “How These Penny-Pinchers Retired In Their 30s” by Paul Solman on PBS News Hour 
• “Cesar Sayoc’s Path On Social Media: From Food Photos To Partisan Fury” by Kevin Roose in The New York Times
• “Sarah Huckabee Sanders, Trump’s Battering Ram” by Paige Williams in The New Yorker
• “Here’s How To Avoid Problems With Straight-Ticket Voting In Texas” by Alex Samuels in The Texas Tribune
• “The Pittsburg Suspect Lived In The Web’s Darkest Corners” by Taylor Lorenz in The Atlantic
• “Christian Identity – The Hate That Still Kills” by Jerry Mitchell in The Clarion Ledger
• “Jewish Leaders In Pittsburg Say Trump Not Welcome There” by News & Guts on News & Guts
• “Paul Ryan Dismisses Trump Plan To Void Birthright Citizenship Law By Executive Order” by Bill Chappell and Vanessa Romo on NPR: Politics
• “Don’t Tell Me That ‘Both Sides’ Need To Do Better” by Eugene Robinson in The Washington Post
• “These Things Are Not The Same” by Jennifer Rubin in The Washington Post
• “Trump’s Plan To Send Troops To The Border Called ‘An Insane Waste'” by News & Guts on News & Guts
• “Trump Makes Solemn Visit To Pittsburg, Even As Officials Shun His Timing” by Kevin Liptak on CNN: Politics
• “After Pittsburg, Pharrell Demands Trump Never Play ‘Happy’ Again” by Andrew Flanagan on NPR: Music
• “Most White Evangelicals Say Immigration, Increasing Racial Diversity Harms America” by Samuel Smith in The Christian Post
•  “Migrant Caravan Demands Transport As 2nd Group Enters Mexico” by The Associated Press in The Palm Beach Post
• “The Saruman Trap” by Eliot A. Cohen in The Atlantic
• “Nigerian Army Uses Trump’s Words To Justify Fatal Shooting Of Rock-Throwing Protesters” by Dionne Searcey and Emmanuel Akinwotu in The New York Times
•  “The Real Reason They Hate Trump” by David Gelernter in The Wall Street Journal 
• “NFL Cheerleader Kneels During National Anthem” by Shannon Van Sant on NPR

Podcasts

• The Robcast: Jesus H. Christ – Part 7 – You Are Already At The Party

Screens

• The Good Place (Season 2)
• The West Wing (Season 2)