*** Escalated police stops of Black men are linguistically and psychologically distinct in their earliest moments | PNAS RJ

https://www.youtube.com/live/_bE7jix2ARI?feature=share&t=1869

https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2216162120

NYTimes.com: As the Suburbs Go, So Goes America

As the Suburbs Go, So Goes America

America is undergoing a racial and ethnic upheaval that will profoundly shape election outcomes.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/07/opinion/suburbs-politics-integration.html?smid=em-share

NYTimes.com: It’s Great to Have a President Who Knows When to Shut Up

It’s Great to Have a President Who Knows When to Shut Up

Politics at its best just isn’t necessarily all that entertaining.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/07/opinion/joe-biden-presidency.html?smid=em-share

NYTimes: Republicans Are No Longer Calling This Election Program a ‘Godsend’

Republicans Are No Longer Calling This Election Program a ‘Godsend’ nyti.ms/3IYlh9Q?smid=nytcore-android-share

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NYTimes: There Is One Group the Roberts Court Really Doesn’t Like

There Is One Group the Roberts Court Really Doesn’t Like nyti.ms/3oREva0?smid=nytcore-android-share

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***** [The Washington Post] The greatest threat to democracy isn’t what Republicans or Democrats think. Rj

The greatest threat to democracy isn’t what Republicans or Democrats think

www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/06/04/democracy-autocracy-republican-democrat-study/

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[The Washington Post] Two-thirds of new cars will be EVs in nine years? That will not happen.

Two-thirds of new cars will be EVs in nine years? That will not happen.

www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/06/02/biden-electric-vehicle-policy-george-will/

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**** NYTimes.com: Let’s Smash the College Admissions Process rj

Let’s Smash the College Admissions Process

If affirmative action goes, bigger changes are necessary.

www.nytimes.com/2023/06/01/opinion/college-admissions-affirmative-action.html?smid=em-share

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****** The one best way is a trap. Rj

open.substack.com/pub/theconvivialsociety/p/the-one-best-way?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android

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**** Confronting the Technological Society. Rj

Confronting the Technological Society

On Jacques Ellul’s classic analysis of technique

www.thenewatlantis.com/publications/confronting-the-technological-society

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The Two Great Threats to Truth Moral relativism and fanaticism may seem to have nothing in common, but they lead to the same result.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/08/truth-relativism-civil-discourse/688112/?gift=yGKGqaI9BMfIDuch_TrGYeCOR_N_C0CkSQE7OxWJOZ8 Sent via the Samsung Galaxy S25 FE, an AT&T 5G smartphone Get Outlook for Android
The Far Right Is Distorting Ceuta
Those who want to weaken the Spanish government, boost the European far right, and create turmoil inside the European Union lost little time in promoting images from Ceuta as soon as they arrived, @anneapplebaum writes: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/08/ceuta-spain-far-right/688154/?gift=yGKGqaI9BMfIDuch_TrGYXhd4vWl7t8ScX9CO6yLMi4&utm_source=email&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=social
NYTimes.com: This Is What My Father’s Assassination Taught Me About the War in Iran
This Is What My Father’s Assassination Taught Me About the War in Iran After a lifetime of observing Iran’s revolutionary generation, I know that expecting meekness or diplomatic finesse from them is a dangerous illusion. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/02/opinion/iran-revolution-father-murder-boroujerdi-grimm.html?smid=em-share
NYTimes.com: The War That Could Swallow the World
The War That Could Swallow the World Whatever is happening in Iran, it isn’t working. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/02/opinion/iran-war-russia-ukraine-world-war-threat.html?unlocked_article_code=1.2VA.yBSV.p4rYDLTV7-9Q&smid=em-share
NYTimes.com: Stop Testing A.I. Like an App. Test It Like a Weapon.
Stop Testing A.I. Like an App. Test It Like a Weapon. Responding to the safety risks A.I. pose means coming to terms with an uncomfortable truth: A.I. models are weapons. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/30/opinion/ai-weapon-testing.html?unlocked_article_code=1.11A.dpg2.d70VNl8fKydY&smid=em-share
NYTimes: Gen Z Thinks Religion Got Too Political
Gen Z Thinks Religion Got Too Political https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/30/opinion/gen-z-religion-evangelicals-trump.html?smid=nytcore-android-share Sent via the Samsung Galaxy S25 FE, an AT&T 5G smartphone Get Outlook for Android
John Roberts’s Dream Is Finally Coming True
Chief Justice John Roberts has been working to neuter the Voting Rights Act since the beginning of his career—and he may soon achieve his goal, @davedaley3 argues. www.theatlantic.com/politics/2025/12/justice-roberts-voting-rights-act/685193/?gift=yGKGqaI9BMfIDuch_TrGYYdICBDnY4vkBs6h0EaO4MY&utm_source=email&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=social
The Lines the Court Won’t Cross
The Supreme Court is mostly giving the Trump administration what it wants—with interesting exceptions, Aziz Huq argues: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/07/scotus-birthright-citizenship-trump/687797/?gift=yGKGqaI9BMfIDuch_TrGYRImlAFuqp7WWfMpl2t0Hi4&utm_source=email&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=social
Talking Again With Gabriel Zucman Oligarchy, wealth taxes, and more
open.substack.com/pub/paulkrugman/p/talking-again-with-gabriel-zucman?r=3azmy&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web
Even Trump Can’t Spin This One
President Trump seems unable to spin this conflict, divert sufficient attention away from it with a new controversy, or end it outright, Charlie Warzel writes. https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/2026/07/trump-iran-war-social-media/688065/?gift=yGKGqaI9BMfIDuch_TrGYYUP-GJKW49v-NO6gaskiJI&utm_source=email&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=social