LETTER

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
- The Washington Post examines why Fox News remains popular in spite of ongoing sexual harassment scandals involving the channel’s executives and on-air personalities, noting the loyalty of viewers and the network’s connections with President Trump.
- The San Francisco Chronicle reports on the California prison system’s court-ordered reforms to accommodate transgender inmates, which includes loosening of dress codes and prescribing medication for inmates undergoing their gender transition.
- 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
- NPR writes about the prescription of Vivitrol for treating opioid-abuse patients by drug courts and how the pharmaceutical company that produces the drug directly lobbies judges and lawmakers to recommend Vivitol for opioid addicts.
- Bloomberg News covers the regulatory hurdles for approving the Keystone XL pipeline, citing the environmental and eminent domain review process that hinder its completion despite of the political promotion of the pipeline by President Trump.
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.
- The New York Times defines and explains the benefits of seeing movies in different visual formats, such as IMAX, 70mm, Dolby Cinema, among others, as well as which current films fit with each format.

