James Grimmelmann (Maryland): Copyright for Literate Robots. Phoebe Maltz Bovy on the tyranny of the beauty routine. Race without class: Paul Street on the “bougie” sensibility of Ta-Nehisi Coates. Why precisely is Bernie Sanders against reparations? Ta-Nehisi Coates wonders. Matt Bruenig on the political valence of reparations. Republicans argue over who is greater threat: Conservative intellectuals fear Donald Trump will spell the end of conservatism, while the cadre in Washington fears Ted Cruz will build a new party machine and bypass them (and more). Bernie Sanders wants to be this year’s hope and change candidate. So what would happen if Bernie Sanders won? Paul Krugman on how change happens: Idealism is nice, but it’s not a virtue without tough minded realism. Danielle Paquette on why you should always buy the men’s version of almost anything. The Bundys think they are preserving democracy by occupying Oregon’s Malheur refuge, but they are undermining it.
