Jonathan Anomaly (Duke): Trust, Trade, and Moral Progress. Brian Beutler on Hillary Clinton’s grand strategy to beat the GOP: Take bold positions early and often. Jonathan Chait on an explanation of the Republican dilemma regarding the Obamacare lawsuit, rendered in plain English. Alice Goffman’s On the Run: Fugitive Life in an American City, her heralded book on crime, is disputed. The Marshall Islands, site of largest-ever U.S. nuclear weapons test, sues 9 superpowers including USA. What makes a woman? There is a collision course between feminists and transgender activists. Bryce Covert on our problem with powerful women. Lee McIntyre on the attack on truth: We have entered an age of willful ignorance. Josh Marshall on the unexpected good news from Turkey (and more). Toss your budget: Helaine Olen on why a pillar of personal finance isn’t nearly as essential as we think. Bitcoin isn’t the future of money — it’s either a Ponzi scheme or a pyramid scheme. Forget money — Bitcoin 2.0 is about to disrupt everything else; are regulators ready for it? Alex Litel on how Apple Music is another tech company attempt to please investors by trapping customers. The culture of criticism: Jacob Soll reviews The Enlightenment: History of an Idea by Vincenzo Ferrone. Hostage Camp: Mitch Moxley goes inside the strange world of kidnap and ransom survival schools. The Button is dead, one of the most epic Internet pranks of all time.
