Robert J. Thornton (Lehigh) and Edward J. Timmons (Saint Francis): The De-Licensing of Occupations in the United States. People think that the Copenhagen climate talks failed — Joshua Busby on why they’re so wrong. As a climate deal nears, power players want accountability (just not for themselves). Ian Sinclair on 10 facts the government doesn’t want you to know about Syria — and why they matter when it comes to our airstrikes. Welcome to Canada, where the prime minister meets refugees at the airport. What makes Abigail Fisher think she’s a victim, and how does her rhetoric impact students of color? June Jennings on the psychology of the affirmative-action backlash. From National Review, David French on Barack Obama, America’s most dangerous demagogue. The introduction to Stealing Helen: The Myth of the Abducted Wife in Comparative Perspective by Lowell Edmunds.
From love to hate: Ilan Ben-Meir on how Donald Trump went from gushing over Obama to conspiracy theories. Sarah Palin defends Donald Trump in the least useful, but most hilarious, way possible: He’s saying the same racist things I said in ’09. Members of Donald Trump’s Christian denomination are trying to see if they can kick him out. Hey, Trump: Let’s make a registry of dangerously entitled white men. Anna Merlan on how the media is locked in a disgusting human centipede with Donald Trump. Chris Lehmann on how the media abets Trump’s shock-jock statesmanship.
