Interesting Reading in the Interweb Tubez
- Afghanistan Will Be What It Always Was (“But our greatest failure [in Afghanistan] was not understanding and challenging ourselves.”)
Headline of the Week
Least Shocking Blog Headline of the Week
Just One Part of the Most Quotable Court Decision of the Year
- “Sanctions are required to deter the filing of future frivolous lawsuits designed primarily to spread the narrative that our election processes are rigged and our democratic institutions cannot be trusted. Notably, many people have latched on to this narrative, citing as proof counsel’s submissions in this case. The narrative may have originated or been repeated by Former President Trump and it may be one that ‘many Americans’ share; however, that neither renders it true nor justifies counsel’s
exploitation of the courts to further spread it.” King v. Whitmer (E.D. Mich) (Aug. 25, 2021)
Nonbookish Linkage
- What a concept — disciplining doctors who spread COVID misinformation
- Are conspiracy theories a social problem rather than a cognitive one?
- Harvard’s new chief chaplain is an atheist
- The geology of Hell
I nodded and made a notation on my legal pad. It read “Got you, motherfucker.”
Michael Connelly, The Gods of Guilt
