Some of my favorite blogs have regular “linkfest” posts featuring notable pieces from around the web, often with brief commentary. I’ve wanted to do that myself for years, so here’s a post along these lines. More will follow if I can find the time and energy. For now, I’ll just admit that I get a lot of my news from Slate and the New York Times, so these sources will be overrepresented in listings like those below.
NEW YORK TIMES
- Frank Bruni
- Death in the age of narcissism (Aug. 27). How much of ourselves should we inject into remembrances of the departed?
- What I learned in secretarial school (Aug. 11). In praise of endless, mind-numbing practice.
- Bret Stephens
- The outrage over Sarah Jeong (Aug. 9). Should somebody be fired over bad tweets? Not necessarily.
- Trump will have blood on his hands (Aug. 3). Words matter. Trump’s rants about the news media are dangerous.
SLATE
- Dahlia Lithwick
- No more Mr. Nice Justice (Aug. 6). Includes a small but sincere tip of the cap to Clarence Thomas.
- Lili Loofbourow
- Some things aren’t complicated (Aug. 30). An incisive look at the harassment case of NYU’s Avital Ronell.
- We are in a linguistic emergency when it comes to Trump (June 14). Just brilliant.
- Will Saletan
- The triumph in John McCain’s losses (Sept. 1). McCain, unlike our current president, saw life as more than a wins/losses scorecard.
- Roe block (July 3). A counterargument to the argument (made frequently in Slate and elsewhere) that the confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh will lead to the evisceration of Roe v. Wade.
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