Monday Medley

What we read during Kimye’s wedding…

• A powerful case for reparations from Ta-Nehisi Coates.

• In a review of Glenn Greenwald’s new book No Place to Hide, Michael Kinsley essentially endorsed prior restraint, saying that the government ought to decide what newspapers get to publish. That opinion, of course, flies in the face of Supreme Court precedent and most beliefs about what journalism entails.

• Where do most immigrants come from?

• On Bob Dylan fans.

• A hilarious Netflix glitch mashed up movie plot summaries.

• The comic influences of Anthony Jesenik.

• Ralph Nader on the legacy of 1930s conservatism.

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Monday Medley

What we read while offering Jill Abramson a job…

• Glenn Greenwald’s new book on the Edward Snowden revelations is generating a lot of attention, once again shedding light on the gross abuses by the NSA, the US surveillance state, and the lies told by the government. It’s also bringing more attention to Greenwald himself, gadfly of the American press.

• The fate of school reform in Newark.

• Jill Abramson, the first female executive editor of The New York Times, was fired last week. There was some controversy about the move.

• How many deaths is the World Cup worth?

• Tim Geithner has a new book about his role in the financial crisis.

• This week in oral histories: Behind the scenes of The West Wing.

• The origins of Donkey Kong.

 

Monday Medley

What we read while giving our Moms a day off (with no pay)…

• It was a dark day for TV fans last week when NBC cancelled Community. The low-rated show was a critical darling and one of the smartest, funniest, and best written shows on TV. It will be missed.

• In other TV news, it’s been ten years since the Friends finale. In honor of the show, here’s a look at which of the friends were the closest, and how the series depicted New York City.

• Cecily McMillan, the Occupy Wall Street protester who was arrested and allegedly abused by the NYPD, was convicted of assaulting a police officer and now faces up to seven years in prison. Even the jury that convicted her thinks that’s crazy. McMillan responded to the verdict and plans to appeal, and now has the support of Pussy Riot.

• On the behemoth that is the Department of Homeland Security.

• Defending that Princeton kid who won’t check his privilege.

• Here’s what net neutrality is.

• An historic NFL Draft. And not just because of Johnny Manziel sipping water.

• This week in oral histories: The 2002 Western Conference Finals.

Monday Medley

What we read while not getting on Adam Silver’s bad side…

• Adam Silver (Duke alum!) brought the hammer down on Donald Sterling in a press conference last week, banning him from the NBA for life, to the approval of many. The NBA will now likely try to force a sale of the team.

• Michael Hayden, Glenn Greenwald, Alan Dershowitz, and Alexis Ohanian debate the value of NSA surveillance.

• A horrifying botched execution in Oklahoma is renewing debates about the practice.

• A tweet by Louis C.K. triggered a debate about the Common Core throughout the Internet and the education community.

• Christopher Evan Welch, who passed away last year, had his last episode on Silicon Valley aired last night.

• Joe Posnanski on A Few Good Men.