April 2024 – Echo Chamber 2016

**** NYTimes: Cows Are Just an Environmental Disaster

Cows Are Just an Environmental Disaster https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/30/opinion/ezra-klein-podcast-hannah-ritchie.html?smid=nytcore-android-share

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NYTimes.com: The Price We Pay for Having Upper-Class Legislators

The Price We Pay for Having Upper-Class Legislators

What explains the almost total absence of working-class people from elected positions in state government?

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/30/opinion/working-class-wealthy-legislators.html?smid=em-share

What Putin’s No. 2 Believes About the West

A secret-service overlord’s delusional outlook becomes the party line in Russia—with global implications.

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2024/04/patrushev-putin-paranoia-propaganda/678220/?utm_source=email&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=social

We’re All Reading Wrong

To access the full benefits of literature, you have to share it out loud.

https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2024/04/reading-aloud-health-brain/678194/?utm_source=email&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=social

We’re All Reading Wrong

To access the full benefits of literature, you have to share it out loud.

https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2024/04/reading-aloud-health-brain/678194/?utm_source=email&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=social

NYTimes: Colleges Have Gone Off the Deep End. There Is a Way Out.

Colleges Have Gone Off the Deep End. There Is a Way Out. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/28/opinion/protests-college-free-speech.html?unlocked_article_code=1.n00.vsfs.YsnvItBK6hlk

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The Campus-Left Occupation That Broke Higher Education

Elite colleges are now reaping the consequences of promoting a pedagogy that trashed the postwar ideal of the liberal university.

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2024/04/campus-left-university-columbia-1968/678176/?utm_source=email&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=social

*** NYTimes.com: Israel Has a Choice to Make: Rafah or Riyadh

Israel Has a Choice to Make: Rafah or Riyadh

Israel is facing one of the most fateful choices it has ever had to make.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/26/opinion/israel-war-rafah-riyadh.html?smid=em-share

*** NYTimes.com: Conservative Justices Take Argument Over Trump’s Immunity in Unexpected Direction

Conservative Justices Take Argument Over Trump’s Immunity in Unexpected Direction

Thursday’s Supreme Court hearing was memorable for its discussion of coups, assassinations and internments — but very little about the former president’s conduct.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/26/us/politics/supreme-court-trump-immunity-election.html?smid=em-share

**** The Trumpification of the Supreme Court

The conservative justices have shown they are ready to sacrifice any law or principle to save the former president.

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2024/04/trump-presidential-inmunity-supreme-court/678193/?utm_source=email&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=social

********* [The Washington Post] For some Latinos, ‘prosperity gospel’ led them to Trump
For some Latinos, ‘prosperity gospel’ led them to Trump https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/12/24/trump-latino-voters-prosperity-gospel-pennsylvania/ Sent from my U.S.Cellular© Smartphone Get Outlook for Android
******** Philosopher Michael Sandel on What Trump’s Win Says About American Society | Amanpour and Company
https://youtu.be/Um017R5Kr3A?si=nqtbWCADyNsI9L0K To make sense of the election, we must first understand the discontent that gave Donald Trump the victory. This is the theory of Harvard professor and political philosopher Michael Sandel. He joins the show to discuss the polarization that fueled Trump’s campaign, and the failure of the Democrats to present themselves as the party […]
[The Washington Post] This photo on the National Mall captivated the country decades ago. The real story behind it remained a mystery — until now.
In 1974, a group of friends met the unthinkable with a lavish celebration. The real story behind a photo that captured the moment remained a mystery until now. https://wapo.st/3P9Pg0Y
The Crisis Neither Party Is Equipped to Handle
America’s education system is in trouble again, @SykesCharlie writes in The Atlantic Daily. But neither Republicans nor Democrats are up for the challenge of enforcing change. https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2024/12/the-crisis-neither-party-is-equipped-to-handle/680966/?gift=yGKGqaI9BMfIDuch_TrGYeK42cS3cfB3rOAlP9DbSGI&utm_source=email&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=social
**** NYTimes.com: The Great Capitulation
The Great Capitulation Powerful Americans have lost the will to resist Trump. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/16/opinion/trump-tech-leaders-support.html?smid=em-share
NYTimes.com: What if Trump Doesn’t Need to Keep Any of His Promises?
What if Trump Doesn’t Need to Keep Any of His Promises? For the 47th president, illusion is the new accountability. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/19/opinion/donald-trump-promises.html?smid=em-share
NYTimes.com: The Great Capitulation
The Great Capitulation Powerful Americans have lost the will to resist Trump. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/16/opinion/trump-tech-leaders-support.html?unlocked_article_code=1.ik4.wuXx.BKJOQJDXHsD9&smid=em-share
**** How Liberal America Came to Its Senses
“I believe that the illiberal-left movement has not merely declined,” @jonathanchait writes. “It is dead, or at least barely breathing. When was the last time you saw a social-media mob have any effect outside social media?” https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2024/12/cancel-culture-illiberalism-dead/681031/?gift=yGKGqaI9BMfIDuch_TrGYUBta63k4PYnoBSgsC9QTqc&utm_source=email&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=social
******* NYTimes: Paul Krugman: After 25 Years, My Parting Words to Readers
Paul Krugman: After 25 Years, My Parting Words to Readers www.nytimes.com/2024/12/17/opinion/paul-krugman-retirement-column.html?smid=nytcore-android-share
********** How to Navigate the Era of Trump
Many friends, @EliotACohen has found, are despondent over Trump’s victory. “I respect their points of view but have decided to look elsewhere for advice, and so have turned to a different set of friends—those sitting on my bookshelves.” https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2024/12/navigate-trump-era-guide/681020/?gift=yGKGqaI9BMfIDuch_TrGYR6QfO0tV08jWciZW3fL5QM&utm_source=email&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=social For that, something more spiritual is indicated, and I find it in the Library of America […]