Inside the GOP Clown Car | Rolling Stone

“In a perverse way, Trump has restored a more pure democracy to this process. He’s taken the Beltway thinkfluencers out of the game and turned the presidency into a pure high-school-style popularity contest conducted entirely in the media. Everything we do is a consumer choice now, from picking our shoes to an online streaming platform to a presidential nominee.”

http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/inside-the-gop-clown-car-20150812

The Coddling of the American Mind

In the name of emotional well-being, college students are increasingly demanding protection from words and ideas they don’t like. Here’s why that’s disastrous for education—and mental health.

http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2015/09/the-coddling-of-the-american-mind/399356/