NotableVivek Ramaswamy does not have it easy. “Unable and perhaps unwilling to make a clean break from Trump, he seems determined to fuse his techno-optimist politics with the dark, atavistic vision of the man who rules his party. In Ohio, I saw how hard that might be.” — Lydia Polgreen, an Opinion columnist Todd Blanche is not even a good lawyer. “The gratuitous pandemonium around Mr. Blanche’s nomination, so easily avoided if he had been willing to assent in writing to two simple requests, will not encourage good lawyers to join the Justice Department or judges to give federal attorneys their trust.” — Ankush Khardori, a lawyer and legal analyst Modi’s aura of invincibility is gone. “The extraordinary events in India this summer have revealed how deeply the democratic habits promoted by the nation’s founders have percolated. Young Indians have handed the world’s largest democracy another chance at survival.” — Kapil Komireddi, an Indian journalist Spotlight
The Trap of the Digital Double.Staring at ourselves on screens, on video and on social media is taking us to a dark place. ICYMIOur modern way of speaking comes with extra dressing. “Instead of just saying, ‘It was insane,’ someone will say, ‘It was actually insane,’ or, to the dismay of many, ‘It was literally insane.’ Why can’t we just tamp it down and relax?” — John McWhorter, an Opinion writer Listen (or Watch)More in Opinion
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