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Annie Jacobsen at Time: Nuclear threats have reemerged on the world stage. Frequently, Vladimir Putin warns the West that Russia is ready for nuclear war. “Weapons exits in order to
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Frederick Kaufman at Harper’s Magazine: Jacob Angeli-Chansley, the man the media has dubbed the QAnon Shaman, had been released from federal custody six weeks before when we met for lunch
Today’s Big Question from The Week: America’s longtime military support for Israel is suddenly in doubt. The U.S. has sent tens of thousands of weapons following Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack.
Derek Bok in Harvard Magazine: IN DECEMBER, the presidents of Harvard, Penn, and MIT were summoned to appear before a congressional committee. For five hours, they were subjected to withering interrogation
by J. D. Tuccille at the Rattler, a Reason newsletter: Whether a glass is half full or half empty is a matter of perspective. The same can be said about
Continue readingAmericans Don’t Want a Dictatorship, But They’re Creating One Anyway
By Broken Mystic: So, I’ve been speaking to some of my friends about quantum physics lately (by the way, isn’t the picture above amazing?) and how our thoughts carry vibrations
Can Europeans shore up their collective defense and security by creating an independent, strongly coordinated defense industrial policy in time to adapt to a possible Donald Trump victory this November?
Simon Rosenberg has spent the past two years telling Democrats they need to calm down. His Biden-will-win prediction is his next big test. Adam Nagourney in The New York Times: Simon
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On a June afternoon in 2018, a man named Mickey Barreto checked into the New Yorker Hotel. He was assigned Room 2565, a double-bed accommodation with a view of Midtown
The Ideas Letter: In an infamous profile several years back, Obama national security advisor Ben Rhodes sardonically dubbed the think tank community in Washington, D.C. “the Blob.” The name stuck,
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From Broken Mystic: It started off funny. I was at the mall buying a birthday gift for a friend of mine and, as usual, the store manager was friendly and
A social psychologist and a Professor discuss the end of the play-based childhood and the rise of the phone-based childhood. Jonathan Haidt is a social psychologist and the Thomas Cooley