Must Read
- Andrew Bacevich, The National Security Void
Should Read
- Steve Eder and Alicia Parlapiano (NYT), Donald Trump’s Ventures Began With a Lot of Hype. Here’s How They Turned Out.
- Steve Almond, Donald Trump’s Greatest Con
- Amy Chozick, Nicholas Confessore, Michael Barbaro (NYT), Leaked Speech Excerpts Show a Hillary Clinton at Ease With Wall Street
- Gin and Tacos, Hot Takes for a Dying Planet
- Paul Waldman, No president can unify our hopelessly divided country
- Eli Rabett, Chart of the Year
Worth Reading
- The Hill, Maher on Trump: Republicans handcuffed to ‘dead hooker’
- driftglass, Republican Conversion Therapy Is A Myth
- Balloon Juice, Mike Pence, STILL Just As Deplorable
- Ian Buruma, Trump’s Deplorables
- Corey Robin, Donald Trump’s one strength: He understands that we are a nation of conmen (and women)
- Chris Scott, I was really struck by this moment in NASA’s big
#Europa announcement today - Paul Krugman (NYT), What About the Planet?
- Cole Stangler, Obama’s Environmental Policies Don’t Deserve Paul Krugman’s Praise
- Dave Roberts, No country on Earth is taking the 2 degree climate target seriously
- New York Times, The Dizzying Grandeur of 21st Century Agriculture
- War, Numbers, and Human Losses
- Christopher MacDonald, The Ik and the Old Way
Ending on a Positive Note
- Lee Drutman, Maine could become the first state in the nation to have ranked-choice voting
- NY Times, October Baseball: Our Writers Make Their Picks (and a Few Jokes)
- James Gorman (NYT), Six Scientists, 1,000 Miles, One Prize: The Arctic Bumblebee
- Fryeburg Fair [Ed.: First week of October in 2017.]