David Golumbia (VCU): Bitcoin as Politics: Distributed Right-Wing Extremism. Discarding Simmel: Mark P. Worrell on public property, neoliberalism, and potlatch capitalism. David L. Richards and Jillienne Haglund on how laws around the world do and do not protect women from violence. Kirsten Schofield: “I was sexually assaulted at UVA. I don’t accept the reporter’s apology”. If you’ve ever wondered what it feels like to get unwanted physical attention, Nina Freeman’s game Freshman Year takes you there. Why don't voters penalize politicians for poor economic decisions? Paul Krugman on economics and elections. The liberal legal scholar Laurence H. Tribe, who taught Barack Obama at Harvard, represents the coal company Peabody Energy in its challenge to E.P.A. rules. Satirized for your consumption: Last year, American satire took one of the stranger turns in its long history of mocking, ridiculing, and joking about our target-rich republic. This is what Rand Paul actually wants to do as president. Matt Bruenig on how Rand Paul’s policies would increase inequality. Ian Millhiser on why Rand Paul would be the worst president on civil rights since the 1800s. Make the Confederacy’s defeat a national holiday: 150 years ago this week, Robert E. Lee surrendered to the Union — let's celebrate it every year (and why Southerners shouldn’t take attacks on the Confederacy personally). Livia Gershon on the psychological power of the Confederate flag.
