#Opinion

Matt Zwolinski

Mattzwolinski

Hot take: Bentham is seriously underrated by libertarians. Part of the problem is that economists don’t read history, and philosophers who do know Bentham mainly by his terrible efforts at

Criminal Profiler

Bazingaa_SC

Plaghanov, a Russian Marxist, who translated "Das Capital" in Russian opined that Russia was not fit for Socialism as Capitalism hadn't reached its mature phase. He held the view that

Jonathan Bernstein

jbview

I want to hit on this a bit. The problem with Trump's self-interest isn't that he has it. What "narrow" really means here is....https://twitter.com/mattyglesias/status/1345146475500724225 Trump usually acts on what I'v

Pam Resists

ResisterForever

So, we’ve learned that the riot provocateurs and leaders in the looting in both Minneapolis and Richmond were White Supremacists. I have a serious question for you. Please share your

Carla Peck, PhD 🌈 #ally

cpeck3

Once again, Minister ⁦@AdrianaLaGrange⁩ is trying to pull a fast one on Albertans. Shameful. #abed #ableg “Alberta government rapidly appointing new teacher groups to review curriculum”https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/governm

Frank Kuhn

_FrankKuhn

New op-ed in @nytimes on the extension of #NewSTART and US/RUS #StrategicStability talks. James H. Anderson, Acting Under Secretary of Defense for Policy:https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/29/opinion/russia-china-nuclear-weapons.html "Inc

Chris Arnade 🐢

Chris_arnade

“You know, it really does go to the issue of dignity, how you treat people, I think they just feel forgotten. I think we forgot them.”Good answer on rural voters,

Jill Filipovic

JillFilipovic

The "journalism is better without gatekeepers" claim reminds me of when right-wing bloggers like Michelle Malkin claimed to be "citizen journalists." Can columnists, polemicists, and opinion writers work alone and

Chaos

chaosprime

thinking about an example i saw last night of someone stating one of their opinions and then straightforwardly that this opinion is badand just how bizarrely healthy that feels what

Nova Carol Nathan

discarddungeon

So the reason I only *occasionally* give hot takes on the newest big movie or whatever is that my opinions about things very often change over time. So soon after

Nicholas Kristof

NickKristof

I've spent the last few months reporting this piece about Pornhub. What most people don't realize is that it's infested with rape videos. I talked to child trafficking survivors whose

emptywheel

emptywheel

OMIGAWD Eli Lake has achieved new levels of hilarity!!!!https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2020-08-18/senate-report-on-russia-implicates-more-than-the-trump-campaign"Sure, Konstantin Kilimnik was a Russian spy, but not the kind

The Election Wizard

Wizard_Predicts

In the two rulings, what Wisconsin Supreme Court is saying is this:Trump's challenge regarding the status of "indefinitely confined" fails because Trump sought to toss *all* votes cast under that

Lyz Lenz

lyzl

I got actual threats when I reported about the shadiness of this company and one of my former bosses told me there would be blood on my hands of I

Reema Omer

reema_omer

1. I support greater transparency in senate elections and moving towards an open ballotBut the Govt has made a complete mess of an otherwise laudable objective through its hasty, desperate,

Man w/o a Plan

MidWestMet

After 1,000 comments, most of them critical, the Times shuts off the comments. Turns out - people do like suburbs (which does not automatically mean they hate cities, surprise).https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/17/opinion/coronavirus-cities-s

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