Legitimacy lost
The NYT on the chief justice’s effort to blow up the legitimacy of today’s Supreme Court.
Author: DJB
Hard work is good work
Post-debate thoughts from a wide range of historians, political scientists, and journalists.
Sending love to the cat ladies
Two famous cat ladies . . . not to mention amazing musicians . . . made endorsements this week.
From the bookshelf: August 2024
Each month I have a goal to read five books. Here are the books I read in August 2024.
A voracious curiosity for the built environments of the world
G.E. Kidder Smith’s life work captures a transformational era in world history.
Hot bluegrass as summer cools down
Liam Purcell, Molly Tuttle, and Old Crow Medicine Show: great music to end the summer.
The birth of a new imperial order
A new work on the CIA highlights the often unintended and disastrous effects of unaccountable power.
A party returns to its roots
The policies that make up the care economy tap into a historical sense of community.
Drivel and distortion
The country’s political journalists are unserious and cannot seem to rise to the moment.
Observations from . . . August 2024
A summary of posts included in the MORE TO COME newsletter during August 2024.
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