by Jonathan Spira

Your humble scrivener had an Uncle Leo growing up. He was an agreeable enough chap, married to my mother’s sister, Beatrice. The word “leo” of course means “lion” in Latin, and, and as our astute readership knows, that in turn derives from the Greek “λέων,” also meaning “lion.”
Come to think of it, your scrivener doesn’t think he ever saw his Uncle Leo roar. He was more of the quiet, unassuming …

George on Monday: Apple Steps Up Succession Planning for CEO Tim Cook, Britain to Curtail Aid to Asylum Seekers, U.S. Lifts Flight Reduction Order, Claude Used for First AI-Executed Cyberattack, ‘Avenue Q’ Revival Planned

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Good morning! Today is Monday, the 17th of November, 2025. In this issue, George looks at reports that Apple is intensifying succession planning for its longtime CEO Tim Cook, who succeeded Apple co-founder Steve Jobs in the role, and Britain’s plans to curtail aid to and make the process more difficult for asylum seekers.
George looks at what led to the decision to lift the flight reduction orders left in place …

George on the Weekend: At Least 2 Dead in Southern California Flooding, Trump Rolls Back Food Tariffs in Affordability Attempt, General Motors’ New Vehicle Network Architecture, Starbucks Barista Shutdown, 24th Anniversary of Harry Potter’s Cinematic Debut, Britain Toughens Asylum Rules

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Good morning! Today is Sunday, the 16th of November, 2025. Welcome to the Weekend Edition of George where, in Austria, it is St.-Leopold-Tag.
In the United States, at least two people are dead and a 5-year-old girl who was swept into the Pacific Ocean by large waves is still missing after an atmospheric river posted itself over Southern California causing heavy rains and massive street and highway flooding..
George looks at …

George on Friday: U.S. Government Ends Shutdown, Key Takeaways from 20,000 Epstein Documents, 30 Years After His Death, Bob Ross of ‘The Joy of Painting’ Rescues Public Broadcasting, FAA Grounds MD-11 Fleet, 14th Century Ship Discovered, 21st Century Russian Robot Wobbles

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Good morning! Today is Friday, the 14th of November, 2025. In this issue, George looks how France is commemorating ffthe November 2015 Terrorist Attacks in Paris and the end of the longest government shutdown in U.S. history
George prepares  key takeaways from a first glance at the Epstein documents, and goes on to learn about Bob Ross, who brought “The Joy of Painting” to countless millions of viewers across the …

George on Wednesday: Trump Claims Victory as End of Shutdown Looms, Pakistan is ‘in a State of War,’ Taiwan Braces for Tropical Storm Fung Wong, Dangerous Snowspouts Formed in Chicago, Covid is Surging, ‘When Government Stops, Hunger Starts’

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Good morning! Today is Wednesday, the 12th of November, 2025. In this issue, George looks at the current state of the partial U.S. government shutdown as a vote in the Senate moves the country closer to seeing the government reopen, and at the air-traffic delays of recent days.
George also presents a look at how the shutdown in the United States has made putting food on the table for tens of …

George on Tuesday: Veterans Day, Deal to End U.S. Shutdown Passes Senate, Syrian Leader Makes Historic White House Visit, U.S. Supreme Court Leaves Gay Marriage Ruling Intact, Former South Korean Leader Indicted, Flight Delays in U.S. Continue Unabated

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Good morning! Today is Tuesday, the 11th of November, 2025. It is Veterans Day in the United States and Armistice Day and Remembrance Day in many other countries.
In this issue, George looks at the U.S. Senate’s vote to end the government shutdown and what happens next, and reports that the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear a case involving gay marriage, leaving its 2015 decision affirming gay marriage as …

George on Monday: Senate Deal Places U.S. Government a Step Closer to Normalcy, Latest Updates on Super Typhoon Fung Wong, Elon Musk’s $1 Trillion Pay Package, Duffy Warns Flights Could Slow to a Trickle by Thanksgiving, Counterfeit Labubus

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 fGood morning! Today is Monday, the tenth of November, 2025. In this issue, George looks at the potential end to the longest partial government shutdown in U.S. history and the damage inflicted by Super Typhoon Fung Wong in the Philippines.
George also looks at the criticism of the British Broadcasting Company over a leaked memo showing that it had placed two parts of a speech by Mr. Trump together to create …

George on the Weekend: Special Edition Commemorating the Ninth of November: Kristallnacht, the Fall of the Berlin Wall, the Northeast Blackout of 1965

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Good morning! Today is Sunday, the 9th of November, 2025.
Welcome to a special issue of the Weekend Edition of George, the newspaper for the Information Age for readers who have short attention spans or who are short on time.
This issue takes a look at major historical events that took place on the 9th of November in past years with an emphasis on two key events, the Kristallnacht of 1938 and …