Irina Mikhalevich (WUSTL): Honor Among (the Beneficiaries of) Thieves. Tom W. Bell (Chapman): Copyright Porn Trolls, Wasting Taxi Medallions, and the Propriety of “Property”. Jack Newsham on what to do about taxi medallions. To the new culture cops, everything is appropriation. The introduction to How Propaganda Works by Jason Stanley. Aviva Shen on why Right-wing bloggers are desperate to prove biracial people aren’t black. This phenomenon destroys the idea that straight white men are the default — when women, POC and our LGBT brothers and sisters are allowed a place on the stage, it will only be a matter of time before they afforded the same authority and gravitas, accepted as funny, as smart, as experts. Treasure hunter Barry Clifford roils the waters as he makes new finds. David Brock, a Clinton enemy from the '90s, is now integral to Hillary’s run. Paul Krugman on Trump in a Box. Kevin Drum on the greatest, classiest entry in any dictionary ever: “Trumpery”.
