Things I have recently spotted that may be of interest to someone else:
Christianity: A Christianity Today editorial on immigration.
Christianity Today also reports that multi-ethnic Protestant congregations are becoming more common, especially among evangelicals.
Computing: Gizmodo discusses the frequent failure of governments web sites, and the causes.
Health: (or something) FiveThirtyEight points out that using a phone hands-free while driving can also be dangerous. And so can the car's complicated controls.
Earther reports that, until now, most plastic waste that's recycled goes to China for such treatment. However, the Chinese are clamping down on importing plastic.
National Public Radio reports that an analysis published in the Journal of the American Medical Association shows that, US county by county, there is a strong correlation between opioid over use and voting for President Trump in 2016. This does not prove cause. Both phenomena may have been caused by something else, such as the local economy.
An article on the use of superlatives in reports of cancer research. Claiming too much happens a lot.
Politics: Sojourners discusses an analysis of word use in Vice-President Mike Pence's recent speech to the Southern Baptist Convention. He used "President" 61 times, "Trump" 12 times, but "God" 9 times and "Christ" twice. Some Southern Baptists, including leaders, were not happy with his speech.
The Washington Post tells us where President Trump got his figure of 63,000 people killed by illegal immigrants. Someone basically made it up.
Science: ListVerse tells us 10 interesting things about salt.
Gizmodo reports on the real cause of the "drip, drip, drip" sound made by a leaky faucet, and on how to stop that sound quickly and easily.
National Public Radio discusses the advantages of increasing the beaver population of the Western US.
Sports: The Associated Press says that pitchers are throwing fewer fast balls, and why.
Thanks for looking!
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