Bibliography – Page 34 – Echo Chamber 2016

****** What If the Political Pendulum Doesn’t Swing Back?

What If the Political Pendulum Doesn’t Swing Back?

The Cycles of American History foresaw American voter dealignment, and an electronic age that would see voters prioritize personality over party—but it didn’t anticipate Trump.

https://newrepublic.com/article/197515/political-pendulum-doesnt-swing-back-cycles-of-american-history-schlesinger

**** NYTimes: Kindness Is MAGA Kryptonite

Kindness Is MAGA Kryptonite https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/17/opinion/superman-adoption-maga-kindness.html

NYTimes: Listen Up. Ketanji Brown Jackson Is Speaking to You.

Listen Up. Ketanji Brown Jackson Is Speaking to You. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/17/opinion/ketanji-brown-jackson-dissent-scotus.html

******* The Road to MechaHitler

;widows: 2;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;text-decoration-thickness: initial;text-decoration-style: initial;text-decoration-color: initial;word-spacing:0px”> Reality still has a well-known liberal bias

Paul Krugman

Jul 17, 2025

https://open.substack.com/pub/paulkrugman/p/the-road-to-mechahitler?r=3azmy&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false

******* [The Washington Post] Neil Postman’s ‘Amusing Ourselves to Death’ at 40: Truer than ever

Neil Postman’s ‘Amusing Ourselves to Death’ at 40: Truer than ever

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/07/17/neil-postman-amusing-ourselves-to-death/

******** NYTimes: When It Comes to Undermining America, We Have a Winner

When It Comes to Undermining America, We Have a Winner https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/15/opinion/trump-authoritarianism-republican-party-democracy.html Oklahoma

******* Inequality, Part VII: Crypto

Inequality, Part VII: Crypto

A perfect merger of predation and corruption

Paul Krugman

Jul 13, 202

https://open.substack.com/pub/paulkrugman/p/inequality-part-vii-crypto?r=3azmy&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false

***** Why Do So Many People Think Trump Is Good?

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/07/trump-administration-supporters-good/683441/?gift=yGKGqaI9BMfIDuch_TrGYYrlHIBJdow81UsKSGGCmLs

******* NYTimes: The Gender Gap That Ate the Democrats

The Gender Gap That Ate the Democrats https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/08/opinion/men-women-voters-democrats-republicans.html

******* How Much Worse Is This Going to Get?

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/07/how-political-violence-ends/683432/?gift=yGKGqaI9BMfIDuch_TrGYQ6rkz5Hs5Hq3bZHGO4TYic

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
Too Scared for Sex
The sex recession, as the therapist Esther Perel sees it, is about more than the physical: It’s a sign of Americans’ fear of uncertainty, and a general shortage of eroticism, @fhill_official writes: https://www.theatlantic.com/family/2026/07/eroticism-esther-perel-the-invite/687872/?gift=yGKGqaI9BMfIDuch_TrGYYJasrAYtpcwKJV5FhjrTjs&utm_source=email&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=social
How the American Office Became Inevitable. — In the 19th century, “artisans of the brain” flooded to office jobs to prove themselves.
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/2026/07/office-white-collar-american-dream/688041/?gift=yGKGqaI9BMfIDuch_TrGYbJyosidul-TMiaj9KzZjqA
The War Is Lost. Now Fix What It Broke. America has to rethink how it moves resources, fights wars, and deters adversaries.
www.theatlantic.com/international/2026/07/iran-defeat-cost-oil-drones/688034/?gift=yGKGqaI9BMfIDuch_TrGYcLPCkZYv0f4Nc4p4EPC-Fo
The War Is Lost. Now Fix What It Broke. America has to rethink how it moves resources, fights wars, and deters adversaries.
https://www.theatlantic.com/international/2026/07/iran-defeat-cost-oil-drones/688034/?gift=yGKGqaI9BMfIDuch_TrGYej8VCnODEbyzogpM_S_FJA Sent via the Samsung Galaxy S25 FE, an AT&T 5G smartphone Get Outlook for Android
NYTimes: This Is What’s Keeping Me Up at Night
This Is What’s Keeping Me Up at Night https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/23/opinion/trump-midterms-fraud-corruption.html?smid=nytcore-android-share Sent via the Samsung Galaxy S25 FE, an AT&T 5G smartphone Get Outlook for Android
How America Lost Control of the Seas
“He who commands the sea has command of everything,” the ancient Athenian general Themistocles said. By that standard, the United States has command of very little. Arnav Rao on how a new era of American maritime greatness can still be possible: www.theatlantic.com/economy/archive/2025/05/american-shipbuilding-decline/682945/?gift=yGKGqaI9BMfIDuch_TrGYUvPxWfGVixbDcd0wuQ1JEI&utm_source=email&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=social