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Author: Jim
**** NYTimes.com: Can Liberalism Save Itself?
Can Liberalism Save Itself?
The ideology needs to rediscover its potential as an agent of liberation and emancipation.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/26/opinion/liberalism-trump-russia-china-cold-war.html?smid=em-share
A Web of Hidden Wealth
**** NYTimes.com: Can Shrinking Be Good for Japan? A Marxist Best Seller Makes the Case.
Can Shrinking Be Good for Japan? A Marxist Best Seller Makes the Case.
Kohei Saito says the country should seize this moment of demographic and economic challenge to reinvent itself through “degrowth communism.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/23/business/kohei-saito-degrowth-communism.html?smid=em-share
*** NYTimes.com: Trump Voters Can See Right Through DeSantis
Trump Voters Can See Right Through DeSantis
“They are not going to settle for the second-best Trump.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/23/opinion/trump-desantis-republican-party.html?smid=em-share
NYTimes.com: It Is No Longer Possible to Escape What We Have Done to Ourselves
It Is No Longer Possible to Escape What We Have Done to Ourselves
Canada’s wildfires show that extreme weather conditions around the world are interconnected and insidiously accelerating.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/23/opinion/canada-wildfires-climate-change.html?smid=em-share
**** NYTimes.com: America Is Losing Religious Faith rj
America Is Losing Religious Faith
At present rates, only a minority of Americans will identify as Christian by the mid-2030s.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/23/opinion/christianity-america-religion-secular.html?smid=em-share
******* NYTimes.com: The Revealing Case of a Kansas Judge and a Search Warrant rj
The Revealing Case of a Kansas Judge and a Search Warrant
Local news organizations are in crisis, and courts need to protect their constitutional freedom to report the news.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/20/opinion/kansas-press-freedom.html?smid=em-share
A sex educator in Michigan refused to be shamed. Then came the backlash. [The Washington Post]
***** NYTimes.com: Why Does Everyone Feel So Insecure All the Time? rj
Why Does Everyone Feel So Insecure All the Time?
Only by reckoning with how deep manufactured insecurity runs will it become possible to envision something different.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/18/opinion/inequality-insecurity-economic-wealth.html?smid=em-share