Week of 2026-0802

Sunday 2026 August 2

• Mike Bendzela at 3 Quarks Daily: “Not A Bug: Killing Is A Feature“
• Carol A Westbrook at 3 Quarks Daily: “Mrs. Doctor“
• Anthony Conwright at The New York Times: “It Wasn’t a ‘Civil War.’ It Was the Slaveholders’ Rebellion.“

Monday 2026 August 3

• Tim Sommers at 3 Quarks Daily: “Sometimes There is Nothing Wrong with Letting a Child Drown“
• Carlota Figueroa at 3 Quarks Daily: “$5 Says My Skirt is the Same Thing as Your Coffee Mug”
• Paul Krugman: “How China Won the Iran War“
• G. Eliott Morris at Strength in Numbers: “Even Republicans in Congress can see how unpopular Trump’s immigration agenda is“
• G. Elliott Morris at Strength in Numbers: “Democrats strongly favored to take the House, Senate tilts Democratic in our new election forecast (crosspost)“
• Noah Berlatsky at Public Notice: “The right-wing bubble seals in the GOP with Max Miller“

Tuesday 2026 August 4

• Ashutosh Jogalekar at 3 Quarks Daily: “Can AI really think like a scientist?“
• The Associated Press via Oklahoma Watch: “The Nuclear Campus Pitch Came With a Catch: Oklahoma Could Store Spent Fuel From Around the Nation“
• Paul Krugman: “The Oligarchs are Doubling Down on Republicans“

Thursday 2026 August 6

• Robert Farley at 1945: “The US Military Is Running Out of Missiles. Iran Isn’t Running Out of Resolve“

Saturday 226 August 8

• Paul Krugman: “Talking With G. Elliott Morris About the Midterms“
• Doug Mouder at The Weekly Sift: “Going Long“
• Doug Mouder at The Weekly Sift: “Power is more than just votes“
• Joe Patrice at Above the Law: “Trump Issues New Birthright Citizenship Orders In Direct Defiance Of Supreme Court“
• Susan Rinkunas at Balls and Strikes: “Susan Collins Reminds Maine Voters Just How Easily Brett Kavanaugh Duped Her“