Bob Plant (Aberdeen): On Being (Not Quite) Dead with Derrida. Alfredo Saad-Filho on how the judicial coup against President Dilma Rousseff is the culmination of the deepest political crisis in Brazil for 50 years. 272 slaves were sold to save Georgetown — what does it owe their descendants? Time magazine’s new cover trolls economically literate people with absurd scare tactics (and more and more). Jessica Valenti on insults and rape threats: Writers shouldn’t have to deal with this. “The shame sticks to you like tar”: Nearly 20 years ago, Monica Lewinsky found herself at the heart of a political storm — now she’s turned that dark time into a force for good. From Daily Intelligencer, Ed Kilgore on how national political parties don’t really control their presidential nominating processes; and Donald Trump probably can’t clinch a majority of delegates, but he can make denying him the nomination a living nightmare (and more).
