William Mazzarella (Chicago): Totalitarian Tears: Does the Crowd Really Mean It? Jeanne Sahadi on how closing the gender gap could grow the economy by $2.1 trillion. Who’s going to be punished for the worst academic scandal anyone can remember? A majority of millennials now reject capitalism, poll shows. Trump rejects new adviser’s push to make him “presidential”. Bring on a military coup backed by business interests. Brendan O'Connor on friendly fire in the American patriot death cult. Who would be the more apt Bard for America today, Shakespeare or Cervantes? Jason Guriel on why critics need to stop getting personal in their essays. These days, it has become almost fashionable for people to telegraph just how aware they have become — and this uneasy performance has increasingly been advertised with one word: “woke”.
What does Bernie’s attitude toward campaign finance mean for Hillary? Amy Davidson on campaign finance, Super PACs, and corruption in politics. How eager should Hillary Clinton be to placate Bernie Sanders? Clinton points to 2008 model as a 2016 template. Why is Bernie Sanders making Right-wing arguments against taxing soda? The Democratic divide isn’t quite what it appears to be. Why Charles Koch says “it’s possible” he could support Hillary Clinton. A moment of truth for divided Republicans: The gap between party rules and popular democracy is widening. A political provocateur: Roger Stone reminisces about his friendship with Donald Trump, which started during Ronald Reagan’s Presidential campaign. When was America greatest? Donald Trump’s campaign slogan is “Make America Great Again” — his supporters, it turns out, disagree on when that was.
