Why Accidents Like the Notre-Dame Fire Happen

(Atlantic Ideas) – Erik Larson:

Our very attempts to stave off disaster make unpredictable outcomes more likely. …

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We Shall Overcome Trump

(WP Opinions) – Dana Milbank:

My wife and I took our kids on a civil rights tour of the South over spring break, a trip planned before we knew it would be the week Muellermania engulfed Washington.

As it turned out, though, the Civil Rights Trail offered an ideal perspective from which to view the mayhem in the capital caused by the special counsel’s report. …

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