Reading archive 2024-08-19

7 myths about sugar in cooking and baking: The uniquely American sugar complex and more misguided culinary assumptions.

A “Seven-Inning” Sportswriter’s Dispatch From Chicago: In 1968, Jerry Izenberg, a sports columnist for the Newark Star-Ledger, was sent to the Democratic Convention to pinch-hit on the politics beat

With false ‘coup’ claims, Trump primes supporters to challenge a Harris win: Amid a tight presidential race, Donald Trump has tried to delegitimize Kamala Harris’s nomination and undermine confidence in this year’s election.

The Republican impeachment probe ends the way it began: with nothing: What the probe reveals more than anything is the extent to which Republican House officials were willing to use their power to aid Donald Trump politically.

A Black couple hosts family parties. Neighbors keep calling the cops.: Their dispute is now in court, as the couple alleges in a lawsuit that their neighbors’ calls to police amount to racial discrimination. The neighbors say the parties are just too loud.

D.C. Council member Trayon White took tens of thousands in bribes, U.S. says: D.C. Council member Trayon White was arrested for taking bribes and kickbacks, according to the FBI.

Trayon White, a Marion Barry protege, faces his own moment of reckoning: With the arrest of the council member, his prospects in November — a sure thing under normal circumstances in an overwhelmingly Democratic city — were suddenly uncertain.

D.C. Council to investigate White amid bribery allegations, consider expulsion Expelling Trayon White Sr. from office is the most severe action the council could take, which would require a supermajority. Other options include a reprimand or censure.