*** NYTimes: Trump Is Fighting the World’s Stupidest Culture War

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*** NYTimes: Trump Is Fighting the World’s Stupidest Culture War
Trump Is Fighting the World’s Stupidest Culture War https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/12/opinion/trump-is-fighting-the-worlds-stupidest-culture-war.html?smid=nytcore-android-share Sent via the Samsung Galaxy S25 FE, an AT&T 5G smartphone Get Outlook for Android
**** The Attention-Span Panic
Americans see a diminished attention span is a sign of personal weakness, or even intellectual debasement—but this might be an outdated way of thinking, Franklin Schneider argues: https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026/05/attention-span-anxiety/686986/?gift=yGKGqaI9BMfIDuch_TrGYV-d8RjCKKMS9wVT3sQMRQw&utm_source=email&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=social
Send the Frigates
European nations “have very good reasons to be furious with the Trump administration”—but assisting the U.S. in the Strait of Hormuz may actually be in their best interest, @EliotACohen argues: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/05/trump-frigates-iran-europe/687130/?gift=yGKGqaI9BMfIDuch_TrGYeLCayiIt5rYrlXFPA-TH9U&utm_source=email&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=social
****** Checkmate in Iran. Washington can’t reverse or control the consequences of losing this war.
https://www.theatlantic.com/international/2026/05/iran-war-trump-losing/687094/?gift=yGKGqaI9BMfIDuch_TrGYXffpxRQghYt-Hns26HwBB4
People Who Don’t Like People Are Making All Our Decisions Robotaxis are the beginning.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/05/waymo-self-driving-cars/687119/?gift=yGKGqaI9BMfIDuch_TrGYdrdYJPIf21lYEuaAS3OUZ8 Sent via the Samsung Galaxy S25 FE, an AT&T 5G smartphone Get Outlook for Android
Gerrymandering Arms Race?
https://open.substack.com/pub/heathercoxrichardson/p/gerrymandering-arms-race?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=3azmy Sent via the Samsung Galaxy S25 FE, an AT&T 5G smartphone Get Outlook for Android
***** NYTimes: A.I. Populism Is Here. And No One Is Ready.
A.I. Populism Is Here. And No One Is Ready. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/08/magazine/ai-populism-backlash-altman.html?smid=nytcore-android-share Sent via the Samsung Galaxy S25 FE, an AT&T 5G smartphone Get Outlook for Android
NYTimes: The Barrage of Trump’s Awful Ideas Is Doing Exactly What It’s Supposed To
The Barrage of Trump’s Awful Ideas Is Doing Exactly What It’s Supposed To https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/15/opinion/trump-autocracy-bad-ideas.html?smid=nytcore-android-share Sent via the Samsung Galaxy S25 FE, an AT&T 5G smartphone Get Outlook for Android
NYTimes: True Believers Blow Trump’s Mind
True Believers Blow Trump’s Mind https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/07/opinion/trump-iran-ukraine-true-believers.html?smid=nytcore-android-share Sent via the Samsung Galaxy S25 FE, an AT&T 5G smartphone Get Outlook for Android
**** The Anti-Social Century
Americans are now spending more time alone than ever, @DKThomp writes. It’s changing our personalities, our politics, and even our relationship to reality. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2025/02/american-loneliness-personality-politics/681091/?gift=yGKGqaI9BMfIDuch_TrGYa_vFgA-fb9XHY7CLv8KNzY&utm_source=email&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=social

*** NYTimes: Trump Is Fighting the World’s Stupidest Culture War
Trump Is Fighting the World’s Stupidest Culture War https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/12/opinion/trump-is-fighting-the-worlds-stupidest-culture-war.html?smid=nytcore-android-share Sent via the Samsung Galaxy S25 FE, an AT&T 5G smartphone Get Outlook for Android
**** The Attention-Span Panic
Americans see a diminished attention span is a sign of personal weakness, or even intellectual debasement—but this might be an outdated way of thinking, Franklin Schneider argues: https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026/05/attention-span-anxiety/686986/?gift=yGKGqaI9BMfIDuch_TrGYV-d8RjCKKMS9wVT3sQMRQw&utm_source=email&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=social
Send the Frigates
European nations “have very good reasons to be furious with the Trump administration”—but assisting the U.S. in the Strait of Hormuz may actually be in their best interest, @EliotACohen argues: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/05/trump-frigates-iran-europe/687130/?gift=yGKGqaI9BMfIDuch_TrGYeLCayiIt5rYrlXFPA-TH9U&utm_source=email&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=social
****** Checkmate in Iran. Washington can’t reverse or control the consequences of losing this war.
https://www.theatlantic.com/international/2026/05/iran-war-trump-losing/687094/?gift=yGKGqaI9BMfIDuch_TrGYXffpxRQghYt-Hns26HwBB4
People Who Don’t Like People Are Making All Our Decisions Robotaxis are the beginning.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/05/waymo-self-driving-cars/687119/?gift=yGKGqaI9BMfIDuch_TrGYdrdYJPIf21lYEuaAS3OUZ8 Sent via the Samsung Galaxy S25 FE, an AT&T 5G smartphone Get Outlook for Android
Gerrymandering Arms Race?
https://open.substack.com/pub/heathercoxrichardson/p/gerrymandering-arms-race?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=3azmy Sent via the Samsung Galaxy S25 FE, an AT&T 5G smartphone Get Outlook for Android
***** NYTimes: A.I. Populism Is Here. And No One Is Ready.
A.I. Populism Is Here. And No One Is Ready. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/08/magazine/ai-populism-backlash-altman.html?smid=nytcore-android-share Sent via the Samsung Galaxy S25 FE, an AT&T 5G smartphone Get Outlook for Android
NYTimes: The Barrage of Trump’s Awful Ideas Is Doing Exactly What It’s Supposed To
The Barrage of Trump’s Awful Ideas Is Doing Exactly What It’s Supposed To https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/15/opinion/trump-autocracy-bad-ideas.html?smid=nytcore-android-share Sent via the Samsung Galaxy S25 FE, an AT&T 5G smartphone Get Outlook for Android
NYTimes: True Believers Blow Trump’s Mind
True Believers Blow Trump’s Mind https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/07/opinion/trump-iran-ukraine-true-believers.html?smid=nytcore-android-share Sent via the Samsung Galaxy S25 FE, an AT&T 5G smartphone Get Outlook for Android
**** The Anti-Social Century
Americans are now spending more time alone than ever, @DKThomp writes. It’s changing our personalities, our politics, and even our relationship to reality. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2025/02/american-loneliness-personality-politics/681091/?gift=yGKGqaI9BMfIDuch_TrGYa_vFgA-fb9XHY7CLv8KNzY&utm_source=email&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=social