Recommended Reading

Sunday, February 5, 2023

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)