Carlo Ginzburg (UCLA): Civilization and Barbarism. Jeff Sessions is a hypocrite on states’ rights — but so is everyone else. Less news is good news: Facebook is stepping back from the news business — thank goodness (and more). The Great Awokening: What happens to culture in an era of identity politics? Hawaii false alarm hints at thin line between mishap and nuclear war. MLK now: Fifty years after the death of Martin Luther King, Jr., canonization has prevented a reckoning with the substance of King’s intellectual, ethical, and political commitments. What’s bad news for coastlines can be good news for surfers. NSA’s top talent is leaving because of low pay, slumping morale and unpopular reorganization.
