Week of 2025-0713

Sunday 2025 July 13

• Kyle Munkittrick at 3 Quarks Daily: “The Book of Theseus“
• Daniel Shotkin at 3 Quarks Daily: “The Contradiction at the Heart of All Conflict“
• Jennifer Nicoll Victor at Mischiefs of Faction: “Why do populist governments pass unpopular policies?“

Wednesday 2025 July 16

• Scott Lemieux at Lawyers, Guns, and Money: “A Court without law“

Friday 2025 July 18

• Jennifer Szalai at The New York Times: “How Empathy Became a Threat“
• John McWhorter at The New York Times: “Listen Up. Ketanji Brown Jackson Is Speaking to You.“
• Chris Geidner at LawDork: “District judge presses forward with mass-firings challenge following SCOTUS’s order“
• Charlotte Clymer at Charlotte’s Web Thoughts: “The Inconvenient Faith of Stephen Colbert“
• James Poniewozik at The New York Times: “CBS Says It’s Canceling Colbert Over Money, Not Politics. Is That Truthiness?“
• Joyce Vance at Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance: “Following Orders“
• Josh Marshall at Talking Points Memo: “Trump Is Failing and Flailing—No One’s Ever Seen Anything Like It!“
• Mona Charen at The Bulwark: “Trump Is Caught in His Own Trap“

Saturday 2025 July 19

• Scott Lemieux at Lawyers, Guns, and Money: “Why Trump will checkmate the Court when he fires Powell“
• Erik Loomis at Lawyers, Guns, and Money: “Correct Diagnosis of Higher Ed Problems“
• Paul Krugman: “Talking With Adam Posen“
• George Gene Gustines at The New York Times: “Superman’s Other Secret Weakness? Journalism Ethics.“
• Blake Douglas at NonDoc: “Oklahoma Supreme Court stays new business courts, weighs constitutionality after oral arguments“
• Matt Patterson at NonDoc: “Trying to prevent deaths, Oklahoma County Jail installs radar first designed for outer space“
• Kayla Branch at The Frontier: “Oklahoma rethinks employment options for people with disabilities“
• Nevin Cohen at Vital City: “Guess What? Government Is Already in the Grocery Business.“
• Avi Schick at Vital City: “Does Eric Adams Have a Chance?“
• Charles Komanoff at Vital City: “Safe Only at Certain Speeds“
• Samantha Maldonado at The City: “NYPD Bypassed Facial Recognition Ban to ID Pro-Palestinian Student Protester“
• Yoav Gonen and Greg B. Smith at The City: “Ex-NYPD Commissioner Files Explosive Suit Alleging Mayor Adams Runs NYPD as a Criminal Enterprise“
• Ada Palmer at Ex Urbe: “The Shape of Rome“
• Ada Palmer at Ex Urbe: “On Progress and Historical Change“
• Justin H Wilson at Quantum Matters: “Scientists Discover a New Phase of Game Show!“
• Wes O’Donnell: “AI in Warfare: What You Need to Know in 2025“
• Jess Piper at The View from Rural Missouri: “The Iowa GOP and Stephen King”
• Cornelia Dean at The New York Times: “An Ancient Law Could Shape the Modern Future of America’s Beaches. Here’s How.“
• Brandy Jensen at Defector: “William F. Buckley’s Bill Never Came Due“