Claire A. Lockard (Elon): Unhappy Confessions: The Temptation of Admitting to White Privilege. When you’re a protester, the color of your skin is all that matters: Charles Pierce on the difference between Oregon and North Dakota. From NYRB, a review essay on books on the Panama Papers. How Neera Tanden works: Emails released by WikiLeaks reveal the maneuverings of a liberal think-tank president and member of Hillary Clinton’s inner circle. The pudgy dad hypothesis and why older men matter: Kate Douglas reviews How Men Age: What Evolution Reveals about Male Health and Mortality by Richard G. Bribiescas. Alan Blinder has a message to the candidates: Hands off the Federal Reserve. The introduction to Neuroexistentialism: Meaning, Morals, and Purpose in the Age of Neuroscience, ed. Gregg D. Caruso and Owen Flanagan.
