Reading archive 2022-11-14

In Nevada, one more victory for the ‘Reid machine’ over ‘Team Mitch’

Chesapeake Bay could become national recreation area: Members of Maryland’s congressional delegation back the federal designation, which would knit together and highlight key places of interest around the bay

Grizzlies once thrived in these wilds. The U.S. may bring them back.

Opinion  The global pressure on Iran is mounting

Opinion  The Catholic Church’s sex abuse scandal continues - "That problem was crystallized in the admission by Cardinal Jean-Pierre Ricard, who was the archbishop of Bordeaux for 18 years before he retired in 2019, that he had behaved “in a reprehensible way” with a 14-year-old girl 35 years ago when he was a parish priest. The news was made more astonishing by the fact that Cardinal Ricard served as president of the Bishops’ Conference of France from 2001 to 2007, even as revelations of clerical sexual abuse rocked the church — first in Boston, then throughout dioceses in the United States and worldwide. Yet the prelate continued exercising his authority as one of the French church’s most prominent figures. He is now being investigated by French prosecutors in Marseille for 'aggravated sexual assault.'"

Inside Kari Lake’s war room, where Republicans prepare for likely loss: The subdued mood marks a reversal from just days earlier, when the GOP gubernatorial nominee in Arizona was readying a transition team - "Lake and her allies have argued that the problems only affected Republican areas. But an analysis by The Post found that the proportion of registered Republicans in affected precincts, about 37 percent, was virtually the same as the share of registered Republicans across the county, which stands at 35 percent."

The tech CEO spending millions to stop Elon Musk: Dan O’Dowd says Tesla’s ‘Full Self Driving’ software shouldn’t be on the road. He’ll keep running over test dummies until someone listens.

Republican rivals start considering a post-Trump future: The GOP’s disappointing midterm results spur some donors and party leaders to consider other 2024 candidates

A profound change is coming to American school buses: Within a decade, advocates say electric school buses will supplant the old polluting ones

China wants to mend ties with the U.S. But it won’t make the first move. - "Sixteen months ago, Foreign Minister Wang Yi presented lists of complaints and demands to U.S. diplomats in Tianjin. China made clear the United States would need to make the first move, and it had three bottom-line requirements: no attempts to undermine China’s development, no challenges to its political system, and no 'harm' to its sovereignty claims regarding Taiwan, Hong Kong and the South China Sea." [ed. note: hard pass]

Opinion  Kanye West’s antisemitism is bad for business. Now how about Henry Ford?