Month: November 2025

This Is the Way a World Order Ends
“What the world once took for granted in the U.S. is now in question. And because America was the crucial player in the international order, the tremors of its earthquake are felt everywhere,” Margaret MacMillan writes:
www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2025/04/world-order-europe-trump/682639/?gift=yGKGqaI9BMfIDuch_TrGYcrTko5Vid0Qzv9E3MqS-IQ&utm_source=email&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=social

Letters from an American November 16, 2025 Heather Cox Richardson Nov 16, 2025 On Thursday, November 13, Michael Schmidt reported in the New York Times the story of the 17-year-old girl the House Ethics Committee found former representative Matt Gaetz (R-FL) likely paid to have sex with him. The girl was a homeless high schooler who needed to supplement the money she made from her job at McDonald’s to be able to pay for braces.
open.substack.com/pub/heathercoxrichardson/p/november-16-2025-190?r=3azmy&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web