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FROM Andrea Appleton
Can the West Overcome Its Insectophilia? In the West, we don’t generally eat insects, or play with them, or keep them as pets. We don’t go on beetle-watching tours, and kids don’t buy insect collecting kits at the dollar store, let alone live creepy-crawlies from vending machines at the local 7-Eleven. But in Japan… they do .
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Why did Jared Kushner want a back channel with Russians? News broke Friday that President Trump’s son-in-law and senior advisor, Jared Kushner, tried setting up a back channel between the Trump transition team and the Russian government. What are the consequences for Kushner, President Trump, and the investigation into Russian meddling?
Why is Trump so behind on filling staff jobs, establishing concrete policies? Yesterday Donald Trump signed a “decision memo” to revamp the air traffic control system. But there was little legislative detail in the plan. There’s not much to other splashy announcements from the White House, including tax cuts and the arms deal with Saudi Arabia. And hundreds of positions are unfilled in federal agencies.