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Taking a toll

Anton Nijholt (Twente): Designed and Accidental Humor in the Smart Digital Wild. From the Oxford Handbook of Language and Society, ed. Ofelia Garcia, Nelson Flores, and Massimiliano Spotti, here is the entry on Language Ideologies by Jonathan Rosa and Christa Burdick. Susan McWilliams reviews Mere Civility: Disagreement and the Limits of Toleration by Teresa M. Bejan. Eric Posner on why liberals should stop worrying and learn to love cost-benefit analysis. Ordinary Americans carried out inhumane acts for Trump. Early signs suggest Trump's actions are taking a toll on Trump brand. Melania Trump missed out on "once-in-a-lifetime opportunity" to make millions, lawsuit says. Melania Trump doesn't deserve your sympathy.

Betsy DeVos may be hurting her cause of school privatization. The battle against Betsy DeVos isn't over: The Senate confirmed the education secretary nominee, but her opponents are digging in for a longer fight. David Leonhardt on Tom Price, a bigger problem than Betsy DeVos (and more).