Week of 2025-1228

Sunday 2025 December 28

• Priya Malhotra at 3 Quarks Daily: “Why Ghosting Feels More Violent Than Direct Cruelty“
• Jeanne Britton at The Washington Post: “To appreciate new ‘Frankenstein’ creations, read the correct version“
• Becca Rothfeld at The Washington Post: “‘The West Wing’ was more cynical than we remember – and better for it“
• Ken MacVey at 3 Quarks Daily: “Bribes, Pardons, and Presidential Immunity“
• David Schönholzer at Works in Progress: “The entrepreneurial state“
• Tom Ough at Works in Progress: “Watt lies beneath“

Monday 2025 December 29

• Akim Reinhardt at 3 Quarks Daily: “Joy to the World, I Insist“
• Adam Grant at The New York Times: “Why We Fall for Narcissistic Leaders, Starting in Grade School“
• Jesús Rodríguez at The Washington Post: “Trump wants it known as the Gulf of America. How American is the gulf?“
• John McWhorter at The New York Times: “The Essence of Trumpian Language, in One Three-Letter Word“
• Samuel Watling at Works in Progress: “The road from serfdom“

Tuesday 2025 December 30

• Mariyam Cementwala at The Washington Post: “The State Department font change is about respect, not aesthetics“
• Michael Liss at 3 Quarks Daily: “A Painful Paradox: Hoover And The Bonus March“
• Marie Snyder at 3 Quarks Daily: “The Pluribus Utopia“
• Paul Krugman: “The Heritage Foundation Shows How MAGA Will Die“
• Benjamin Mullin at The New York Times: “NPR’s C.E.O. Was a Right-Wing Target. Then the Real Trouble Started.”
• Thomas B. Edsall at The New York Times: “Trump Has No Qualms“
• Nick Cowen at Works in Progress: “How the war on drunk driving was won“
• Justin Germain at Works in Progress: “Doom scrolling“
• Carola Conces Binder at Works in Progress: “Where inflation comes from“
• Josh Marshall at Talking Points Memo: “The Latest Defenses of SCOTUS’s Corruption Only Make the Case Against It“
• Chris Geidner at Law Dork: “Jan Crawford’s attack on SCOTUS “corruption” narrative was its own substance-free narrative“

Wednesday 2025 December 31

• Leanne Ogasawara at 3 Quarks Daily: “The Year of the Whale: Re-Reading Moby Dick“
• Doug Mouder at The Weekly Sift: “Take a Left at the Market“
• Ralph S Weir at Works in Progress: “Machines for living in“
• Jon Grinspan at The New York Times: “There Is a Way Out of This Mess“
• Sam Fortier and Jesse Dougherty at The Washington Post: “LSU, a governor and a $91 million lesson in college football’s power“
• GenXpletives: “Why Oklahoma’s Schools Can’t Survive Without Property Taxes“

Thursday 2026 January 1

• David Kordahl at 3 Quarks Daily: “The UFO Disclosure Trap“
• J.C. Hallman at Oklahoma Watch: “Judge Allows Attorney General to Intervene in State Farm Hail Lawsuit“
• Alyse Jones at koco.com: “ICE operation in southeast Oklahoma City leaves neighborhood in shock“
• Rebecca Solnit at Meditations in an Emergency: “People (Still) Have (Some of) the Power: Looking Forward to 2026“
• Quinn Yeargain at Bolts: “Hawaii Supreme Court Expands Rights of Defendants, and Once Again Rebukes SCOTUS“
• Robert M. Sapolsky at The New York Times: “Here’s What MAGA Gets Wrong About Testosterone“
• Virginia Postrel at Works in Progress: “The World of tomorrow“
• Samuel Watling at Works in Progress: “The failure of the land value tax“
• John Halstead & Phil Thomson at Works in Progress: “The prehistoric psychopath“

Friday 2026 January 2

• G. Elliott Morris at Strength in Numbers: “What your news diet says about your politics“
• Angela Starita at 3 Quarks Daily: “Towers in a Park Revisited“
• Eric Niiler at The New York Times: “NASA’s Largest Library Is Closing Amid Staff and Lab Cuts“
• Kim Phillips-Fein at The New York Times: “Since When Is It Radical to Reclaim New York for New Yorkers?“
• Agree Ahmed at Works in Progress: “The rise and fall of the Hanseatic League“
• Rachel Laudan at Works in Progress: “The daily grind“
• Benedict Springbett at Works in Progress: “The magic of through running“
• Benedict Springbett at Works in Progress: “Turning trains into trams“

Saturday 2026 January 3

• Wes O’Donnell: “China and Russia Love Trump’s New “Battleship” Idea“
• Ryan Kailath at Gothamist: “Unpacking the cultural references at Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s inauguration“
• Rebecca Hiscott at Works in Progress: “Brain-computer interfaces“
• Anya Martin at Works in Progress: “How to redraw a city“
• Samuel Hughes at Works in Progress: “Toronto’s underground labyrinth“
• Samuel Hughes at Works in Progress: “The merits of unified ownership“
• Josh Marshall at Talking Points Memo: “First Thoughts on Trump’s Excellent Venezuela Adventure“
• Kevin Blake at Works in Progress: “The evolution of bacteria“
• Ed Bradon at Works in Progress: “Magical systems thinking“
• Angadh Nanjangud at Works in Progress: “Inflatable space stations“