Darren Dobson (Monash): “A House Divided”: Understanding Southerners’ Dislike for Abraham Lincoln. Is the U.S. behind Fethullah Gulen? Munich shooter considered himself Aryan, admired Hitler and Breivik — no wonder the media has moved on. Bruce Schneier on how the Internet of Things will turn large-scale hacks into real world disasters. Clinton allies put out literal bounty for Donald Trump’s tax returns. Trump rescued by firefighters before blasting Colorado Springs Fire Marshal. Do our stories privilege the upwardly mobile? Phoebe Maltz Bovy on how America needs a new national story. Christopher Ingraham on the most interesting states in America. All this and more, made possible by vast landfills: Amy Crawford on how the American way of life is made possible by the thoughtless generation of large amounts of garbage.
From Daily Nous, philosophers on the DNC leaks. “I didn’t think it could be done in the United States”: An interview with Anne Applebaum on the Russian hack of the DNC and Donald Trump’s flirtation with Vladimir Putin. Donald Trump and Russia: A web that grows more tangled all the time. Does Julian Assange really have an email that will get Hillary Clinton tossed in prison? Jesse Singal investigates. What happened to WikiLeaks? WikiLeaks has hit rock bottom.
