Don't Bogart My Blog: Sunday Best: How to lose yourself in *that feeling*

Sunday, December 23, 2018

Sunday Best: How to lose yourself in that feeling

Plus, the most gripping reads of the year.

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Sunday, December 23, 2018

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The holidays are magical. When we're young, it's because of Santa. Now it's because of that feeling. You know, the one that makes you ignore a snide dinnertime remark by a family member and focus on all of the good things that person has ever done for you; it's that feeling you get sitting by the fire, sinking into a level of relaxation that's nearly unattainable at any other time of the year; it's the heart-stretching feeling of giving to others that have less than you (and if you are one for holiday donations, here are seven standards to keep in mind). One of the greatest gifts I got this year was the chance to be close to the journalism that comes out of The Times's Opinion department, so I wanted to share a few of the most memorable articles from the year below (and a fun bonus from this week: Notes From Your Fiction Professor on 'Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer'). I hope you enjoy these reads and your holiday. I'll be back in your inbox on Jan. 6. — Alexandra March

I Am Part of the Resistance Inside the Trump Administration

President Trump at an event in August at Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, N.J. Tom Brenner for The New York Times

"The dilemma — which he does not fully grasp — is that many of the senior officials in his own administration are working diligently from within to frustrate parts of his agenda and his worst inclinations. I would know. I am one of them."

Was Kevin Cooper Framed for Murder?

By NICHOLAS KRISTOF, JESSIA MA AND STUART A. THOMPSON

"Several other witnesses said they saw three disorderly white patrons at the Canyon Corral Bar late on the evening of the killings wearing bloody clothing."

A Free Press Needs You

By THE EDITORIAL BOARD

"As the founders believed from their own experience, a well-informed public is best equipped to root out corruption and, over the long haul, promote liberty and justice."

Operation Infektion: A video series on Russian disinformation

By ADAM B. ELLICK AND ADAM WESTBROOK

"Meet the KGB spies who conceived this virus and the American truth squads who tried — and are still trying — to fight it. Countries from Pakistan to Brazil are now debating reality, and in Vladimir Putin's greatest triumph, Americans are using Russia's playbook against one another without the faintest clue."