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Harder to identify

Kristen Ghodsee (Bowdoin) and Katerina Liskova (Masaryk): Bumbling Idiots or Evil Masterminds? Challenging Cold War Stereotypes about Women, Sexuality and State Socialism. Mikhail Gorbachev: “It all looks as if the world is preparing for war”. Yuksel Sezgin on how a constitutional amendment could end Turkey’s republic. Can Kamala Harris live up to the hype? The new senator is already being floated as a presidential candidate, but that says more about Democrats' desperation than her progressive record. Jared Bernstein interviews Jason Furman, chair of the Council of Economic Advisers, on his biggest triumphs and biggest regrets. For the public, it’s getting harder to identify thinkers of value, so who should we listen to? Bonnie Kristian reviews Public Intellectuals in the Global Arena: Professors or Pundits?, ed. Michael C. Desch.