No Deal — GOP offer falls flat.
People were worried about Edward Snowden as far back as 2009.
Alice Munro wins the Nobel for literature.
R.I.P. Scott Carpenter, 88, one of the original Mercury astronauts.
Tropical Update: Still watching Invest 98L, still small.
The Tigers beat the A’s to advance to the LCS.
I haven’t read anything by Alice Munro. Gonna have to remedy that asap. Of course, all the library copies of her books have suddenly been checked out!