The nation’s most popular news source is making it harder for Americans to talk with one another. @megangarber on how Fox News became a language:
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The Narcissism of the Angry Young Men
“The real malady,” writes @RadioFreeTom, “is the deluge of narcissism in the modern world, especially among failed-to-launch young men whose injured grandiosity leads them to blame others for their own shortcomings and insecurities”:
A famus list Saul Alinsky’s 12 Rules for Radicals
Saul Alinsky’s 12 Rules for Radicals This is a better list
https://sliwainsights.com/saul-alinskys-12-rules-for-radicals/
America Needs a Mass Movement—Now
************** America needs a mass social movement—now—to save itself from autocracy, @nytdavidbrooks argues.
****** [The Washington Post] What killed print media — and what died with it
The waning of newsprint is about cultural changes more momentous than digital publishing’s arrival.
https://wapo.st/42Kvoc8
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How Much Worse Is This Going to Get?
Political violence poses an existential threat to our nation and our freedoms—but it’s not too late.h Worse Is This Going to Get?
Political violence poses an existential threat to our nation and our freedoms—but it’s not too late.
***** NYTimes: Silicon Valley Is Investing in the Wrong A.I.
Silicon Valley Is Investing in the Wrong A.I. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/opinion/ai-specialized-potential.html?unlocked_article_code=1.uE8.1dju.gsK3l6kiJpFr
******* NYTimes: The Rise of the Smartphone and the Fall of Western Democracy
The Rise of the Smartphone and the Fall of Western Democracy https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/opinion/social-media-populism-trump-smartphones.html?unlocked_article_code=1.tk8.E86G.hv22OrrGlZMo
********** What the Founders Would Say Now They might be surprised that the republic exists at all. By Fintan O’Toole
***** The Destruction of One of America’s Oldest Traditions America has always had a strong aversion to seeing the military on the country’s streets. That is not stopping the current president.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/10/chicago-portland-national-guard-crime/684477/?gift=yGKGqaI9BMfIDuch_TrGYSERb1PWHBVltL92pYbxB7I
The Destruction of One of America’s Oldest Traditions
America has always had a strong aversion to seeing the military on the country’s streets. That is not stopping the current president.