This Week’s Selections

What If Our Ancestors Didn’t Feel Anything Like We Do? (link)

America’s Colleges Have an Extra-Time-on-Tests Problem (link)

The Movies Got Small and So Did We (link)

The Military as a Murder Weapon (link)

Liberals Must Persuade or Perish (link)

Other Items of Note

On Pete Hegseth’s role (link)
Jacob Sullum: “While the renewed congressional interest in the legal and moral justification for Trump’s bloodthirsty anti-drug strategy is welcome, that inquiry should not be limited to the question of whether one particular attack violated the law of war.” (link)
Noah Millman: “A view of power that sees it as incompatible with any respect for law and ethics is obviously one that will trash both law and ethics. But if you follow it, you will ultimately destroy the foundation of your power as well.” (link)