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Great paradox

From Constructivist Foundations (registration required), Edith K. Ackermann (MIT): Amusement, Delight, and Whimsy: Humor Has Its Reasons that Reason Cannot Ignore (and responses by Vincent Kenny, Theo Hug, and Anna Chronaki and Chronis Kynigos, and a reply by Ackermann). Roy Edroso on conservatives and the dark art of comedy. David Weigel on “cuckservative”, the conservative insult of the month. Carlos Lozada just binge-read eight books by Donald Trump — here’s what he learned. Interview with Trump supporters: his presidency would be “classy”. Rick Perlstein on the new holy grail of GOP primaries. Sahil Kapur on the great paradox of the Democratic presidential race. Are there “Clinton rules” that drive unfair media coverage? College Board caves to conservative pressure, changes AP U.S. History curriculum. Julia Belluz read more than 50 scientific studies about yoga — here’s what she learned. A study of Spain’s “Google Tax” on news shows how much damage it has done.