LETTER

The News

August 8, 2017

Perry K. Wong
Aug 8, 2017 · 3 min read

It’s Tuesday. In top news, the U.N. issued a new round of sanctions against North Korea for its intercontinental ballistic missile tests; a new climate study confirmed that temperatures have risen along with extreme weather in the U.S. since 1980; and former baseball player and longtime coach Don Baylor passed away at age 68.

Anyway, good luck on the day ahead as the news cycle comes to a halt for late summer and thanks for checking out Wonks This Way.

Cheers,

The Wonks Team


Politics and Public Policy

  • Reuters analyzes the possibility of a military coup in Venezuela in light of the weakening of the political opposition to President Nicolas Maduro and the non-executive branches of the government, as well as increasingly violent anti-government demonstrations.

Business, Science, and Health

Sports and Culture

  • Jonah Keri of CBS Sports reflects on the significance of the Baseball Hall of Fame, observing how induction to the hall clarifies the value of a player and quells steroid controversies that occurred over the career of an inducted player or executive.

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