Coming into Warsaw’s snowy Chopin Airport w/ Prelude No 4 in E minor on mental soundtrack

Author of "Into the Hands of the Soldiers," a well-received recent book on the 2013 military takeover that brought President Sisi to power... Egypt Turns Back Veteran New York Times Reporter nyti.ms/2GPAj29

Deep reporting, thoughtful summation, lively writing -- Nahal Toosi brings it: Inside the Chaotic Early Days of Trump’s Foreign Policy politi.co/2Ny8ywk via @politicomag

And my Los Angeles Times colleague Chris Megerian definitely knows an exacerbated footnote when he sees one.

On a crazy news day, do not miss this absolutely beautiful, harrowing dispatch from Soumya Karlamangla This cafe in India is fully run by acid attack survivors latimes.com/world/asia/la-…

How have I gone my ENTIRE life without ever seeing this photo of Elizabeth Bishop in a convertible with her cat?!!

Read this beautiful, evocative piece by Kurtis Lee

One of the best.

My Los Angeles Times colleague Nabih, with a compelling firsthand look at daily life in Tripoli -

The lingering pain of a forgotten era, movingly chronicled in the Los Angeles Times: Lesson from a pre-Roe vs. Wade experience: Men cannot be silent on abortion rights latimes.com/nation/la-na-a…

The last line of this lovely piece by Laura Dean لورا دين will take your breath away.

Some very important scholars and thinkers on this list of signatories.

This awaits you soon, British friends (the dreaded “All Passports” line)...

'We've known each other a few Fridays' -- beautiful recounting of the 73-year friendship between directors Milos Forman and Ivan Passer: Childhood, escaping Czechoslovakia and conquering Hollywood latimes.com/la-me-col1-mil…

An important and heartbreaking story I worked on with Laura King is the Los Angeles Times centerpiece today. Rest In Peace, Kayla.

Even Her Majesty says so: a 'quite bumpy' 2019 for UK: In Queen Elizabeth's Christmas address, more than a touch of royal angst over tumult-filled year latimes.com/world-nation/s…

Confounding mysteries, continuing pain: A Christmas of grief nearly five years after Arizona woman's death in Islamic State captivity latimes.com/world-nation/s…

Day 45: Brisk walk

This is the type of propaganda video I’m used to seeing from authoritarians and populists in the former Soviet Union. I’ll say it again, more and more the US is resembling countries I’ve covered as a foreign correspondent.

Up close and personal with the Taliban: LA Times' Nabih Bulos on the ground in Kabul