Shribman: Lost in the circus acts, Putin’s declaration chills
NEARLY LOST in the week’s news — the nomination of an iconoclast to run the nation’s health agency who is at odds with the nation’s health experts, and an account of the former congressman chosen to be the chief law enforcement officer who, according to witnesses, had sex with a 17-year old near a pool — was a small item that has the potential of triggering a nuclear war.