The Trump administration tried to give a parting gift to the gun industry on the president's way out the door, finalizing a rule intended to limit big banks' ability to refuse to do business with so-called "high-risk" customers such as firearms manufacturers.
Good morning, it’s Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2020. Thirty-six years ago today, in a meeting at Camp David, Margaret Thatcher shared her insights with Ronald Reagan about a rising Russian politician. His name was Mikhail Gorbachev. Thatcher’s observations were not idle gossip. They reflected high-level intelligence, gleaned first-hand. And that conversation between a British prime minister and an American president about a Soviet functionary with a bright future would help make the world a safer place.
Gorbachev, Thatcher told her host, is someone with whom the West could “do business.” Gorbachev, set to assume the helm in the Soviet Union, was “an unusual Russian,” Thatcher added, in that he was “much less constrained, more charming, open to discussion and debate, and did not stick to prepared notes.”
Looking for some last minute Christmas stocking stuffers? Check out these books
Books make great last-minute stocking-stuffers. Here are a few suggestions for every type of reader, young, old and everything in between. Hint: You can also use this column for some ideas on how to spend those book store gift certificates that you find in your own stocking this year.
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Some family members won t be there. Others are coming, regardless of whatever s going on in the country. Still others are sending their regards and a box of presents, which is something you might do, too. And here s the good news: books are easy to wrap, easy to box, and easy to ship. Why not try one of these great books for that person who can t make it to your table this holiday season?