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Sean Phelan (Massey): Critical Discourse Analysis and Media Studies. Net neutrality protests move online, yet Big Tech is quiet. Constance Grady on the uproar over the New Yorker short story “Cat Person”, explained. This is why evangelicals love Trump’s Israel policy: Hint — it has to do with burning lakes of fire. Why farmers were the first time travelers: Adam Roberts reviews Time Travel: A History by James Gleick; Why Time Flies: A Mostly Scientific Investigation by Alan Burdick; and Of Time and Lamentation: Reflections on Transience by Raymond Tallis. Sucking up to the Saudis: Rafia Zakaria on the Arab Spring in Tom Friedman’s head. Poland’s autocratic counterrevolution draws nearer (and more).

How will Democrats cope if Putin starts playing dirty tricks for Bernie Sanders (again)? If your political identity primarily consists of hating the Democratic Party, nothing Democratic public officials say or do is going to change your mind. Was the Democratic primary rigged? Ezra Klein on how Democrats made a big mistake in the 2016 primary. Sanders-Clinton commission agrees on changes to make the primaries more open. Is the Democratic Party becoming too democratic?