| Here's what is popular in the TWS Newsroom today: Popehat: CNN, Doxing, and a few ways in which we are all full of sh*t as a political culture. Atlas Obscura: “Bathtub Marys” of Somerville, Massachusetts. Atlas Obscura: How a Champagne-Laden Steamship Ended up in a Kansas Cornfield. Task and Purpose: RIP Stanley Weston, the Army Veteran Who Invented GI Joe. Zero Hedge: “The Crisis Has Become Pandemic”- The system to collect defaulted student loans is no longer functioning. Splice Today: Malcolm Gladwell is a fraud. WSJ: How long before North Korea can threaten the U.S. mainland with nuclear weapons? The bad news: Maybe just two years. Spectator: The UK smoking ban ripped the soul out of this country. Bret Stevens at NYTimes: Conservatives Go Third "I" Blind. Special thanks to Rebecca B. for providing some of today's links. Please feel free to send us comments, thoughts and links to [email protected]. -30- | 