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Handpicked feature writing and other items of note.
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Today's Selections

The Long History of Vaccine Skepticism (link)

Anatomy of a Murder Confession (link) –– “Texas Ranger James Holland became famous for cajoling killers into confessing to their crimes. But did some of his methods — from lying to suspects to having witnesses hypnotized — ensnare innocent people, too?”

The Day My Wartime Cat Went Missing (link)

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An Argument For Artificial Wombs (link) –– “In 1978, Louise Joy Brown became the first human being to be created without sex. I hope in my lifetime to see the first human being created without pain.”

An Argument Against Artificial Wombs (link)

FLASHBACK: My Newborn Is Like a Narcotic (link)

STUFF I'VE BEEN WRITING

My most recent articles… (link)

Noteworthy...

Above are the usual selections, focused on feature stories. This section will feature other noteworthy stuff: undercovered news stories about civil liberties and other subjects dear to my heart; worthwhile video content; and other treats intended to increase your pleasure.
  • The crisis of moral legitimacy (link)

  • The death of intimacy (link)

  • Deep thoughts on the word not (link)

  • The forgotten habit of two sleeps (link)

  • How battling Lyme disease changed Ross Douthat’s views on health care policy (link)

  • Education after the pandemic (link)

  • The simplest way to sell more electric cars (link)

  • In praise of the old-school hot water bottle (link)

  • Thoughts on “the right to repair” (link)

  • Georgia’s case against Donald Trump (link)

  • New York’s case against Donald Trump (link)

  • Molly Ball on how the Biden Administration lost its way (link)

  • On Covid variants (link)

  • The Lancet on Omicron (link)

  • Making love in the land of oil rigs (link)

  • Californians struggle against strict housing rules (link)

  • The Washington Post creates a mini-golf game to highlight the absurdities of gerrymandering (link)

  • Islamism’s decline (link)

  • Does Saturn have an underground ocean? (link)

  • A review of Knausgaard (link)

  • Can the planet’s ecosystem be replicated? (link)

  • Who is watching you? (link)

  • What if the size of SCOTUS fluctuated? (link)

  • How would Europe respond to an invasion of Ukraine? (link)

  • Student loan forgiveness is regressive (link)

  • Saliva and child-rearing (link)

  • Gritty skateboarding video (link)

  • A nice little run on a mountain bike (link)

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