–John Cohn at The New Republic on the end of “compassionate conservatism.”
–Should life be more like a game?
— The rise of white identity politics in DC?
–From Book Forum, a collection of links on how we treat animals. (I guess that makes this a meta-link?)
–How Pearl Jam went from being the biggest rock band in the world to a niche act.
–The Thomas Paine-John Adams debate about economic equality in the early American republic.
–I’m not sure the Ramones were the best candidate for an AV Club “Gateways to Geekery” feature. What band could be easier to get into? Just start listening with the first album–it pretty much establishes the template for everything else.
–Joe Klein is shrill.
–More on the flap over Elizabeth Johnson’s book from Daniel Horan, OFM, here and here.
A Thinking Reed 