Andreas Fischer (Heidelberg): Wisdom: The Answer to all the Questions Really Worth Asking. Will Franklin Graham lead an evangelical exodus from the GOP? Graham announced he was leaving the Republican Party as a result of the inclusion of Planned Parenthood funding in the spending bill that sailed through Congress last week; while he’s the first to formally bail, he might not be the last. Nonstop music is one sign Christmas isn’t fading: Some radio stations that play all-Christmas music begin switching as early as Nov. 2. Out with the old: Why the bottom has dropped out of the antiques market. Behind the iron cage: What can Max Weber tell us about Leo Tolstoy? Think tanks aren’t going extinct — but they have to evolve. From Slate, a calendar of the best things that happened during 2015. America’s lost generation: Matthew Crosston on Russian “expertise” within Generation X.
