This Week’s Selections
Molly’s Last Ride (link)
Tanks and the War in Ukraine (link)
The Anti-Gun Violence Hustle (link)
The Pope Visits South Sudan (link)
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The Killing of Tyre Nichols and the Issue of Race (link)
Not Every Atrocity Is About White Supremacy (link)
Wokeism and France (link)
Other Items of Note
The thoughts of a spiderweb (link)
Ross Douthat: be open to spiritual experience––and really careful (link)
Douthat on Ukraine (link)
On gender identity and authenticity (link)
Megan McArdle on gender and the role of parents… (link)
…And on parents and the losing game of status competition (link)
The Columbia Journalism Review critiques the Russiagate coverage of the press (link)
Mother Jones critiques the Columbia Journalism Review (link)
Bookforum ceases publication and opens its archives (link)
Humans and wild apes share common language (link)
A celebrity philosopher (link)
On The Caribbean (link)
What if you’re writing for a zeitgeist that (unlike the 90s) doesn’t intuitively grasp the nuances of wearing something ironically? (link)
California cities to lose zoning powers (link)
16 hours with George Santos (link)
How Steph Curry practices (link)
On law student anonymity (link)
What is the most successful Hollywood movie of all time? (link)
New York magazine makes a list of etiquette rules (link)
Josh Barro critiques it (link)
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