Why accept a peace proposal when the goal is “permanent war”?
Category: Bibliography
Americans Are Mad About All the Wrong Costs
Don’t complain about the price of a Big Mac. Complain about the price of a house.
NYTimes.com: Freedom’s Just Another Word for Not Paying Taxes
Freedom’s Just Another Word for Not Paying Taxes
Why America’s oligarchs are rallying around Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/10/opinion/trump-biden-billionaires-taxes.html?smid=em-share
***** NYTimes.com: Justice Alito Is Right About One Thing
Justice Alito Is Right About One Thing
There cannot be compromise on the question of American democracy.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/14/opinion/samuel-alito-comments-recording.html?smid=em-share
NYTimes.com: Mississippi Opens the Playbook for Dismantling a Free Press
Mississippi Opens the Playbook for Dismantling a Free Press
A politician’s defamation case against a small Pulitzer Prize-winning news organization is designed to drain its financial resources.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/14/opinion/mississippi-press-freedom-republicans.html?smid=em-share
******* NYTimes.com: What Happens to Gifted Children
What Happens to Gifted Children
Intelligence strongly correlates with positive educational and career outcomes, but it is not everything.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/13/opinion/gifted-children-intelligence.html?smid=em-share
******** NYTimes.com: What J.D. Vance Believes
What J.D. Vance Believes
In a long conversation, the first-term senator from Ohio talks about Trump, populism, the 2020 election, Ukraine and the Republican V.P. slot.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/13/opinion/jd-vance-interview.html?smid=em-share
*** NYTimes.com: Trump Would Be Long Gone if Only We Could …
Trump Would Be Long Gone if Only We Could …
It was never going to be easy to get voters to abandon their hero.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/12/opinion/trump-biden-democrats-strategy.html?smid=em-share
Why Russia Is Happy at War
A centuries-long tradition of authoritarian rule and disregard for individual rights underpins Vladimir Putin’s imperial project.
****** China Has Gotten the Trade War It Deserves
The Biden administration’s steep new tariffs are a rational response to Xi Jinping’s aggressive economic policies. https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2024/05/china-tariffs-electric-vehicles-trade-war/678385/?gift=yGKGqaI9BMfIDuch_TrGYeCl13Gb-XolC2ZUvXD51wk&utm_source=email&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=social