The Nightshift: 6 May 2017

Press Clippings:  Good Morning,  It’s Saturday, 6 May 2017 and this is the Morning Edition of The Nightshift: the world’s overnight news feed. The French Presidential election runoff is this weekend. Macron, a centrist and one of the two candidates involved in the runoff (Le Pen is the other) said that his election headquarters was the victim …

The Nightshift: 5 May 2017

Press Clippings:  Embed from Getty Images Good Morning,  It’s Friday, 5 May 2017 and this is the Morning Edition of The Nightshift: the world’s overnight news feed. The Trump administration scored its’ first big administrative win when it managed to pass in the House of Representatives a highly revised version of Trumpcare, it’s proposed medical insurance replacement …

Transitions: Ueli Steck (1976-2017)

Paying Attention: “There are only three sports: bullfighting, motor racing, and mountaineering. All the rest are merely games…” Earnest Hemingway…   There wasn’t a Ueli Stick before he arrived on the international mountaineering scene and there won’t be one now that he is gone. He was unique, a multi-faceted alpinist with a deep reservoir of …

The Nightshift: 3 May 2017

Press Clippings:  Embed from Getty Images Good Morning,  It’s Wednesday, 3 May 2017, and this is the Morning Edition of The Nightshift: the world’s overnight news feed, as we return to a more regular posting schedule. Russia continues to shadow American politics. President Trump had a phone call with Soviet Premier Vladimir Putin yesterday. They are seeking …

The Nightshift: 2 May 2017

Press Clippings:  Embed from Getty Images Good Morning,  It’s Tuesday, 2 May 2017, and this is the Morning Edition of The Nightshift: the world’s overnight news feed, as we return to a more regular posting schedule. Fox News continues to implode. Co-President Bill Shine is out–most likely not because of what he did but what he didn’t do …

The Nightshift: 1 May 2017

Editor’s Note: The Nightshift will be published in abbreviated form (and late) tonight. Tomorrow..it reverts to long form. Thanks for reading. Press Clippings: Good Afternoon,  It’s Monday, 1 May 2017, and this is the Evening Edition of The Nightshift: the world’s overnight news feed. One of the co-presidents of Fox News, Bill Shine, has been dismissed. The purge continues …

The Nightshift: 30 April 2017

Editor’s Note: The Nightshift will be published in abbreviated form for the next couple of weeks due to outside scheduling commitments.  Press Clippings: Good Afternoon,  It’s Sunday, 30 April 2017, and this is the Afternoon Edition of The Nightshift: the world’s overnight news feed. The Administration’s Second 100 Days have started. It’ll be interesting to see …

The Nightshift: 29 April 2017

Editor’s Note: The Nightshift will be published in abbreviated form for the next couple of weeks due to outside scheduling commitments. Weekend editions will be full-pack, but weekday commentary will be very streamlined.  Press Clippings: Good Morning,  It’s Saturday, 29 April 2017, and this is the Morning Edition of The Nightshift: the world’s overnight news feed. …