Olivier Jutel (USP): Paranoia and Delusion: Liberalism’s Descent into Cold War Fantasies. World leaders rehearse for a pandemic that will come “sooner than we expect”. The Coast Guard’s “floating Guantanamos”: In an expansion of the war on drugs, the U.S. Coast Guard is targeting low-level smugglers in international waters — shackling them on ships for weeks or even months before arraignment in American courts. James Clapper on Donald Trump, Russia, and the first line of his obituary. The Kochs are inching closer to becoming media moguls. Fox, facing new competitors, clings tighter to Trump. An excerpt from A Table for One: A Critical Reading of Singlehood, Gender and Time by Kinneret Lahad.
Obamacare is off life support for now: Despite Trump’s sabotage, signups are surging and the law is more popular than ever. The fight to stop Obamacare repeal is won — the fight against sabotage will be much harder. Helanie Olen on how choosing a health insurance plan is not “shopping”.
