A new issue of Ricoeur Studies is out. Luvell Anderson (Memphis): Racist Humor. Stephen Silliman (UMass): A Requiem for Hybridity? The Problem with Frankensteins, Purees, and Mules. Dylann Roof should be tried as a terrorist: Marcy Wheeler on America’s disturbing double-standard on political violence (and why it matters). Gwyneth Kelly on Right-wingers’ solution to movie theater shootings: More guns. “Only a snob would underestimate such a man. And now those snobs have cream pie all over their smug faces”: Donald Trump surges to commanding lead on post-McCain backlash poll (and more). The Dark Heart of the Republican Party: Donald Trump isn’t going off-script — this is who the GOP is (and more and more). Thanks, Donald: Peter Dreierp on how Trump could help the Democrats win (and more and more). Larry Sabato on how Jeb Bush is meaner than he looks. Hillary Clinton wants to take on “quarterly capitalism” — here’s what that means.
