Linkage

• Robert E. Lee’s Own Church Votes To Take His Name Off It (Talking Points Memo) Ironic, no?
• The Irrationality of Alcoholics Anonymous (The Atlantic) The 12 step program does not stand up to rigorous examination.
• Amazon ‘Reviewing’ Its Website After It Suggested Bomb-Making Items (New York Times) A feature, not a bug of their algorithmic approach.
• Buddy the parrot uses Alexa to shop online (News.com.au) Even avians are getting into the pranks.
• Sheryl Sandberg Leans In To Take Public Beating On Mark Zuckerberg’s Behalf (Dealbreaker) Taking the blame for, "Jew Hater" ads, when the buck stops at the top.
• How Harvard helps its richest and most arrogant students get ahead (Washington Post) Former grad student complains about coddled children of the elite at Harvard.  Coddling elites is Harvard's brand.
• Google search links secret, court-protected names to online coverage (Ottawa Citizen) Long version: Searching for the names of victims in sealed records bring up their court cases.  Short version: Being evil. 
• Distrustful U.S. allies force spy agency to back down in encryption fight (Reuters) For SOME reason, they did not trust the NSA to make honest suggestions regarding encryption tech.

Gordon Ramsay makes a simple and intriguing breakfast: