The Hillary Clinton email scandal was way overhyped, Fred Kaplan writes. “Look at Tuesday’s statement by FBI Director James Comey,” Kaplan invites us. “Ignore his self-righteous, scolding tone. Read the facts he’s uncovered, place them in context, and the conclusion is inescapable: As Gertrude Stein once said of Oakland, California, there’s no there there.”
The police officers who shot and killed Alton Sterling in Baton Rouge on Wednesday morning will be investigated by the Department of Justice. That’s a good thing, Mark Joseph Stern writes. “There are many reasons to be glad that the DOJ, rather than the Baton Rouge Police Department, is leading the investigation, including the DOJ’s independence and impartiality, as well as its mandate to enforce federal civil rights laws,” Stern observes. “But here’s a less obvious advantage: Had the state left the investigation up to the local police department, Louisiana law would have given the officers 30 days after their alleged wrongdoing before speaking to investigators.”
How did Hillary come to enjoy such a strong relationship with teachers? Dana Goldstein asks, analyzing Clinton’s Tuesday speech to the National Education Association. Educators like the way Clinton considers social factors outside of teachers’ control, in analyzing what contributes to student success. “Bringing up homelessness, hunger, day care, and pre-K when talking about K-12 education is not an excuse for poor teaching, but rather an acknowledgement of the evidence,” Goldstein writes.
The hip new breed of co-working spaces will provide massages, fruit for your water, and Kind bars, but many outfits find it difficult to put a basket of tampons in the bathroom. Christina Cauterucci investigates why this might be.
For fun: Donald Trump, a walking satire in a human suit, seems impossible to mock. These alternative comics have figured out a way.
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