Susanna Siegel (Harvard): The Problem of Culturally Normal Belief. Paolo Canofari (LUISS) and Alessandro Piergallini and Giovanni Piersanti (Rome): The Fallacy of Fiscal Discipline. From NYRB, a review essay on Chernobyl by Sophie Pinkham. From “no problem” to no deal: How Brexit supporters embraced the cliff edge. Sam Byers on how Britain is drowning itself in nostalgia. Sady Doyle on the media gaslighting of 2020’s most likable candidate. Nobody knows anything about “electability”: When pundits anoint Biden — or Sanders or O’Rourke — as the likeliest to beat Trump, they’re making lots of dubious assumptions. It’s not just Paul Manafort — this is why white-collar criminals often evade harsh punishment.
From The Intercept, who the Justice Department decides to prosecute as a domestic terrorist has little to do with the harm they’ve inflicted or the threat they pose to human life: A series. What is the Congressional Progressive Caucus for? “Women here are very, very worried”: Afghan women used to be championed by almost everyone — now they’re all but forgotten. Joe Rogan’s podcast is an essential platform for freethinkers who hate the Left. There’s a bigger difference between 0 and 1 than you think: This is a great example of how fragile polling can be. The Electoral College’s real problem: It’s biased toward the big battlegrounds. Hellscape 2021: Why a second loss to Trump could produce an existential crisis for Democrats. Is human life absurd?
