Your Mid-Week Experiment
I learned the coolest thing about Churchill this week.
Welcome to all the new subscribers, which includes some new friends as well as old ones. (Hey, N.W.!) Loved the feedback from last weekend’s essay about what Gen Z thinks of as normal and what that means for our future. This edition, however, strives not for thoughtfulness but for entertainment. In the mid-weeker, we have fun things to read, listen to, and watch. Sometimes there are recipes.
Anyway, let’s get to it:
“A certain romanticization of protest culture, though, has led to the idea that mass mobilization in the streets is somehow more authentically democratic than a functioning political system.” (Slow Boring)
“Three forces have really shaped where we are as a country: 9/11, Covid, and Donald Trump. Take that any way you want.” (Esquire)
I would be fired if I accepted a gift from someone with business before the school district. Justice Alito, on the other hand… (ProPublica)
I’m proud as heck of my friend Shawn Van Diver for leading the fight to get all our allies out of Afghanistan. (Military.com)
How did defending Confederate symbols become part of the brand of the party of Lincoln? (Military.com)
Did you know that Churchill wrote his speeches in poetry? For real. (Bill Murphy Jr.)
This guy has flown more miles than anyone ever. Here are his travel secrets. (Rick Reilly)
This is great, from Maya Shankar: “What a musician turned cognitive scientist wants you to know about life.”
Did not expect this season to go in this direction.
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