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Robert Hanna and Andrew Chapman (Colorado): Kant, Agnosticism, and Anarchism: A Theological-Political Treatise. From the Journal of Economic Perspectives, a symposium on overconfidence in economic contexts. A high-ranking Iranian government official, who is an appointee of reformist President Hassan Rouhani, says that Republicans asked the Iranians to delay last month's prisoner exchange deal until after the Presidential election. Adrienne Lafrance on Facebook and the new colonialism: Today’s empires are born on the web, and exert tremendous power in the material world. The martrydom of LaVoy Finicum: David Neiwert on what the newest “patriot” sainthood means for the rest of us. Gravitational waves exist: Nicola Twilley on the inside story of how scientists finally found them. Amber A’Lee Frost has a new Baffler–branded advice column, “Your Sorry Ass”.