Reader Liam sent me this essay about homecoming by Ta-Nehisi Coates. It’s very good. Coates makes himself startlingly vulnerable, and I’m sure a lot of people are going to make fun of him, saying that he’s got First World Problems. But what he writes about is real, and it’s more than a little heartbreaking.
A young man has accidentally destroyed the statue of Dom Sebastiao in Lisbon. The 24-year-old climbed a facade to snap a selfie with the 16th century Portuguese crusader king when the statue became loose causing it to fall to the ground and shatter. New York Post reports: The man, whom police did not identify, accidentally toppled Dom Sebastiao’s statue after climbing up to its pedestal outside the ornate Rossio railway station in central Lisbon just before midnight on Tuesday. He tried to flee the scene but police caught him. He will appear before a judge at a later date.
Secretary of State John Kerry has outlined the U.S. government’s plans for a New World Order type of “borderless world,” that he says is our inevitable future. During his commencement speech at Northeastern University, Kerry slammed Donald Trump for suggesting the U.S. builds a wall to keep out terrorists. Washingtonexaminer.com reports: “Many of you were in elementary school when you learned the toughest lesson of all on 9/11,” he said.
Happy Mother’s Day from Cosmopolitan and author Kitty Stryker, who offers a touching tale of how her career brought her and her feminist mom closer:
Archivists at President George W. Bush’s presidential library in Dallas are planning on releasing thousands of documents about one of the most prestigious secret societies at Yale University – the Skull and Bones society. 1,000 pages of letters, memos, a draft speech and other documents about Skull and Bones are to be released this July, unless President Obama or Bush legally block the disclosure. Politico.com reports: “Included is correspondence from individuals, organizations, and children to President George W.