Sacha Golob (King’s College): Was Heidegger a Relativist? The AT&T–Time Warner merger is already what the government feared: It took only a week for the company to prove its critics right. Why America should pay attention to Turkey’s election result. Mattis is out of the loop and Trump doesn’t listen to him, say officials. Trump’s race-baiting has infested the GOP. What’s the yield curve? “A powerful signal of recessions” has Wall Street’s attention. Suppression of minority voting rights is about to get way worse. How Texas Republicans got away with a racially discriminatory electoral map. Saudi Arabia is about to spend millions to troll Qatar by turning it into an island. Ignacio Delcavoli on evaluating increases in think-tank executive compensation.
Martin Longman on the village rules for Sarah Huckabee Sanders. Sarah Sanders and the failure of “civility”: A little impoliteness could be what America really needs. The irony of Washington’s “civility” debate: Trump already proved that incivility works. Shame is a potent weapon, and it’s little surprise that, even under Trump, people invested in the status quo want those who can wield it to unilaterally disarm. We have a crisis of democracy, not manners. My fascism-enabling friends, this is only the beginning.
