World: Russian submarines and spy ships have been lurking near the undersea cables that carry world Internet traffic, making the US worry that Russia would attack fiber-optic lines in a time of outright conflict. The NY Times reports that the …

Testing One, Two: The Obama administration is reversing education policy of recent years, now saying there’s too much emphasis on testing in public schools. The Administration is calling upon Congress to “reduce over-testing” and have no more than 2 percent …

Weather Report: The category 5 Hurricane Patricia, described as the strongest storm ever to hit the Western Hemisphere, made landfall on Mexico’s southwest Pacific coast last night. Winds of 160 mph carrying heavy rain caused tree falls and landslides. The …

Truth: Republican inquisitors wore out their knuckles on Hillary Clinton yesterday during 11-hours of questioning about the 2012 attack on the US consulate in Benghazi, Libya. Clinton remained smiling and calm throughout while Democrat and Republican committee members turned on …

Hamlet Decides: Vice President Joe Biden’s announcement that he will not run for president ends one of the highest-polling non-candidacies in American political history. It will undoubtedly be a relief to Hillary Clinton who watched as Biden rose to number …

Mr. Speaker: Despite previous insistence that he will not run, Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan says he will be a candidate for Speaker of the House if he has support from all wings of the Republican House. Ryan’s announcement relieves the …

Oh, Canada: Canada’s Liberal Party led by Justin Trudeau, son of the late former Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, swept into power after elections yesterday, ending the nine-year rule of the Conservative Party’s Stephen Harper. Trudeau campaigned partly on a promise …

Politics: Trying to run for President as the “new” Bush, Jeb has been boxed into defending the last Bush, his brother George. Frontrunner Donald Trump has been pounding away at Jeb Bush’s claim that his brother “kept us safe.” Trump …

Promised Land: A 16-year-old Palestinian boy was among four Palestinians killed yesterday trying to carry out stabbing attacks on Israelis. One of the attackers was wounded trying to stab a police officer. When an officer tried to help the injured …

The Great Migration: Hungary has closed its border with Croatia to block the flow of migrants passing through on the way to Western Europe. The overwhelmed Hungary already closed its border with Serbia and is telling migrants to go through …