| Task for Venezuela's new 'president': make it more than a title Posted: 24 Jan 2019 01:57 PM PST ![Task for Venezuela's new 'president': make it more than a title]( "Task for Venezuela's new 'president': make it more than a title") Juan Guaidó, leader of Venezuela's National Assembly and until last week a relative unknown, stood in front of hundreds of thousands of opposition protesters Wednesday to swear in Venezuela's new president: himself. Mr. Guaidó argues that Venezuela's presidential election last year wasn't valid, unrecognized by many nations, so his country is now without a president. It's the job of the National Assembly to appoint an acting president and hold a new vote when that's the case, according to the Constitution.
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| Round 2 with North Korea: What can Trump deliver this time? Posted: 24 Jan 2019 01:51 PM PST ![Round 2 with North Korea: What can Trump deliver this time?]( "Round 2 with North Korea: What can Trump deliver this time?") "Trump, an avid golfer, might claim that first summit as his mulligan," says Bruce Klingner, a longtime CIA Korea analyst who is now a Korea and Japan specialist at the conservative Heritage Foundation in Washington. Recommended: The Trump effect at two: Have views of an unconventional presidency shifted? Few were surprised when the White House announced Friday that Mr. Trump and Mr. Kim will meet again in February, less than a year after the two leaders' groundbreaking Singapore summit last June.
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| A plug for the purpose-driven worker Posted: 24 Jan 2019 12:22 PM PST ![A plug for the purpose-driven worker]( "A plug for the purpose-driven worker") On Feb. 3, Americans will join in one of their favorite national pastimes – judging TV commercials during the Super Bowl. This year, if one ad released early by Gillette is any indicator, the commercials may be more than simply funny. It has stirred similar debate as a Nike ad last year featuring Colin Kaepernick, the kneeling quarterback.
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| Covington clash: Everyone’s got an opinion. Maybe that’s the problem Posted: 24 Jan 2019 12:05 PM PST ![Covington clash: Everyone's got an opinion. Maybe that's the problem]( "Covington clash: Everyone's got an opinion. Maybe that's the problem") Over the weekend, critics rushed to condemn Mr. Sandmann's "smirk" and other actions by his teenage classmates, who had traveled from Kentucky to Washington for an anti-abortion march. President Trump called the Covington students "symbols of Fake News." And in a way (though not in the way he meant), he's right – because the whole episode is symptomatic of a real challenge for both the media and our society at large. "The nation's culture is now enmeshed in a new technology that we don't yet know how to control," writes the New York Times's David Brooks.
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