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- In our polarized environment, an explanation of why the GOP should consider a bipartisan Obamacare replacement. -- The GOP May Want to Consider a Bipartisan Obamacare Replacement -- Jun 06
- From Foreign Policy, a reminder that Americans have forgotten that historic tragedies on a global scale are real. -- The End of History is the Birth of Tragedy -- Jun 05
- From the Harvard Business Review, eight good ideas for getting a difficult conversation back on track -- 8 Ways to Get a Difficult Conversation Back on Track -- Jun 05
- Eloquent challenge to the Trump administration's selfish, amoral, & foolish rejection of the very idea of community. -- Donald Trump Poisons the World -- Jun 04
- A surprising and strong argument that artificial intelligence could help us scale up peace building efforts. -- Could artificial intelligence lead to world peace? -- Jun 04
- A window into Defense Secretary Mattis' strategy for defeating ISIS--annihilation and humiliation! -- The US Strategy of Annihilation and Humiliation -- Jun 03
- Documentation of stunning increases in partisan differences about US media credibility--a big part of the problem. -- Americans’ Attitudes About the News Media Deeply Divided Along Partisan Lines -- May 28
- Provocative essay exploring the collapse of the "We are Americans" identity group -- The Collapse of American Identity -- May 28
- Thomas Edsall's analysis of the latest health care bill documenting the GOP's greed & betrayal of its constituents. -- Republicans Don't Feel Your Pain -- May 27
- The Comey firing edition of the Slate series that reports US events as if they'd happened in another country. -- If It Happened There: Political Chaos as Regime Purges Powerful Security Chief -- May 27
- A thoughtful exploration of the complexities of racial identity in light of the debate over the upcoming census. -- The Census and Right-Wing Hysteria -- May 26
- For anyone who identifies with the "resistance," a thoughtful exploration of its successes, promise, and perils. -- The Path of Most Resistance The promise—and perils—of the fight against Trump. -- May 26
- A big-name critique of higher education and a plea for more focus on working with people to solve real problems. -- Why Malcolm Gladwell, Seth Godin, Google, and a Harvard Expert Say Colleges and Universities Are Broken They aren't just complai -- May 25
- The US has made itself vulnerable to "devils" in public office by assuming that it will always be led by "angels." -- All the Infrastructure a Tyrant Would Need, Courtesy of Bush and Obama -- May 25
- Great overview of what everyone ought to know about 21st-century propaganda techniques. -- 21st-century propaganda: A guide to interpreting and confronting the dark arts of persuasion -- May 24
- On the right, an important strategic shift from defending Trump to attacking the left as even worse. -- If Liberals Hate Him, Then Trump Must be Doing Something Right -- May 24
- How Capitalism Created Cool, great exploration of neuromarketing & the complexities of human decision-making. -- How Capitalism Created "Cool" -- May 23
- The 2017 Fragile States Index is out. Surprise, the United States is on the list of deteriorating societies. -- FRAGILE STATES INDEX 2017: FACTIONALIZATION AND GROUP GRIEVANCE FUEL RISE IN INSTABILITY -- May 23
- Review of important new book: "The Limits of the Market, the Pendulum between Government and Market." -- Capitalists are destroying capitalism. They must be stopped -- May 22
- From Foreign Affairs, an excellent review of two books describing how the United States invented cyber war. -- Hack Job: How America Invented Cyberwar -- May 22
- Nifty graphics of major US urban areas showing the geography of middle-class decline & increasing areas of wealth. -- America's geography of wealth: the shrinking urban middle class visualised -- May 21
- Sovereign citizens who hate the US government are a growing threat of right wing terrorism. -- They hate the US government, and they're multiplying: the terrifying rise of 'sovereign citizens' -- May 21
- An interesting profile of the world's super-rich and how they got to be that way. -- Getting to Know the World's Super-Rich -- May 20
- A look at why it is so difficult to persuade Trump supporters (or anyone else) to change political allegiances. -- “I just choose to not listen”: why Trump supporters are tuning out the scandals -- May 20
- Must read Time story on Russia's social media war against the US. Things are a lot more serious than hacked emails. -- Inside Russia's Social Media War on America -- May 19