Today's Selections

My Gaggle (link)

The Empire of the Golden Triangle (link)

Notes on Humiliation (link)

Wang Huning and the Power of Chinese Culture (link)

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A Visit to a Russian Town in Mourning (link)

War With Russia? Finland Has a Plan for That (link)

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FLASHBACK: Like Butterflies in the Jungle (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 art of screenwriting (link)
Ezra Klein interviews Larry Summers on inflation (link)
How we got inflation (link)
How we got antisocial behavior (link)
How we got cowboys (link)
The Internet’s funniest doctor profiled (link)
Skepticism as a way of life (link)
Bamboo architecture (link)
“I gave birth in chains” (link)
The promise of UVC sanitation (link)
Harlem Toile de Jouy wallpaper (link)
On the spectrum (link)
Against Florida’s vague education law (link)
A dissenter at Disney (link)
Frustrations of a GP in England (link)
How to cook with your microwave (link)
Ukraine and the end of history (link)
Prosecuted for a rude tweet in Scotland (link)
Glenn Greenwald’s worries about the war in Ukraine (link)
Putin is losing in Ukraine but winning in Russia (link)
“Don’t learn to code—learn to automate.” (link)
The resurrection of Bass Reeves (link)
The perfect getaway car is boring (link)
Why kids Covid vaccine results look different (link)