Stevenson’s army, August 11

– Ukrainians are putting war news in ads on Russian porn sites.

– China drops promise not to send troops to Taiwan.

– GOP is advocating violence.

– Former FSO says State should develop doctrine for diplomacy.

– Historian David McCullough died over the weekend. Douglas Brinkley remembers him.

McCullough wrote his books on a manual typewriter, even though it was slower than a computer, because he liked to hear the bell at the end of each line.

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