A selection of three essential articles read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist. This week, Britain in crisis: how not to run a country. Also, how to make sense of China’s president (10:00), and why becoming a father shrinks your cerebrum (18:05).
Tag Archives: Opinion
Previews: The Economist Magazine – October 1, 2022
How not to run a country
Liz Truss’s new government may already be dead in the water
Hurricane Ian pummels Florida
The Sunshine State has seen 40% of America’s hurricanes and a huge population boom
Opinion: A New Look Gulf, Putin’s Desperate Draft & The Google-Meta Duopoly
A selection of three essential articles read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist. This week, a new-look Gulf, Vladimir Putin’s partial mobilization (10:45), and the Google-Meta advertising duopoly (15:00).
Opinion: Why Monarchy In Britain Matters, Putin War Failures, China Land Crisis
A selection of three essential articles read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist. This week, why the British monarchy matters, Vladimir Putin’s war is failing (10:31), and China’s property crisis hasn’t gone away (17:59).
Cover Previews: Harper’s Magazine – October 2022
Courting Disaster – Why liberals should give up on the judiciary
The Right to Not Be Pregnant – Asserting an essential freedom
Preview: The New Yorker Magazine – Sept 26, 2022
Victoria Tentler-Krylov’s “#fallstyle”
The artist discusses Charlotte Gainsbourg, Uggs, and finding inspiration on Instagram.
Was Rudy Giuliani Always So Awful?
A lively new biography explores how the man once celebrated as “America’s mayor” fell into disgrace.
By Louis Menand
From Boy to Bono
I was born with melodies in my head, and I was looking for a way to hear them in the world.
By Bono
Views: The Sunday Times Magazine – Sept 18, 2022
Covers: The New Criterion Magazine – October 2022
The New Criterion
October 2022
Affirmative action & the law a symposium
The American affirmative-action regime by Frank Resartus
An agenda for Congress by Gail Heriot
The Voting Rights Act after six decades by James Piereson
Facially neutral, racially biased by Wen Fa & John Yoo
Democracy & the Supreme Court by Glenn Harlan Reynolds
New poems by William Logan, Jessica Hornik & Peter Vertacnik
Previews: The Economist Magazine – Sept 17, 2022
Why the monarchy matters
The monarchy is an anachronism, yet it thrived under Elizabeth II. That holds lessons for her successor and for democracies elsewhere
Previews: The Guardian Weekly – Sept 16, 2022
After Elizabeth: Inside the 16 September Guardian Weekly
Reflections on the end of a royal era, and the ascent of King Charles III
Regardless of whether one identifies as royalist or republican, it’s virtually impossible to dispute the global significance of Queen Elizabeth II, who died last week aged 96
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