Retroactive is the ICYMI listing of all the great reading from the week that was.
This Week:
Teaching and the Art of the Possible
You can’t live up to standards that you can’t reach.
By Michele Kerr
SCOTUS: Warrant Needed for Cell-site RecordsThe Supreme Court of the United States this week ruled in favor of privacy in Carpenter v. United States, a case out of the sixth circuit involving the warrantless search of a defendant’s cell phone location records.
By Em Carpenter
The GOAT Wars: A Statistical AnalysisA deep dive into the great basketball question of our era.
By AdotSad
Will Americans Prioritize the Unsustainable Cost of Living Over Political Pageantry This Election Season?The crushing cost of living in America is on the rise — both in reality and in the minds of disenchanted voters.
By Kate Harveston
The Cadaver King, the Country Dentist and a Problematic JudiciaryWhy on Earth do we elect judges? Why, in a system designed to resist the passions of the mob, do we bring it back in at the point of maximum leverage?
By Michael Siegel
Writing the Book on Corruption in West VirginiaA West Virginia Supreme Court Justice is federally indicted on 22 counts, including various fraud counts, false statements, and witness tampering. The man who wrote the book on corruption now stands accused of bilking the taxpayers who put him in office.
By Em Carpenter
The Lost John Coltrane Album, and Ponderings on JazzIn a genre as fiercely independent minded as Jazz can be, one of the few universally held truths is the greatness of John Coltrane. While his “A Love Supreme” is often discussed as the greatest of Jazz Albums, newly released material by Coltrane and his band from earlier in his career has emerged.
By Andrew Donaldson
Immigration Gambit
In my last post I was tough on the Democrats. Some readers pegged me as a closet Trump supporter with American flag pajamas. In this post I will lay that misconception (that I sleep in pajamas) to rest. 7 days ago Trump & Kim Jung Un shook hands. Today the universe is talking about one thing – children and border enforcement. Here’s my short summary.
By Mark Kruger
Heavenly!
Gone for a while, but now Bach at it.
By Mike Schilling
Duty To Protect (Update)
Lawyers for Scot Peterson (one of the Deputies on-site during the Parkland shooting) are arguing that Scot Peterson had no Duty to stop the school shooting
By Jaybird
An American Town Fueled by Amazon and Canadians
So if you are a small town in Washington state, how do you increase your population by 36% and your tax revenue two to five times that of other comparable sized municipalities? Economic magic? Nope; just be located close to the border and be thankful for Canadian Amazon shoppers flooding in for parcel pickup.
By Andrew Donaldson
Weekend!, Saturday!, and Sunday! posts from Jaybird
Stephen Miller and the Theater of Outrage
Using outrage to draw an overreaction from opponents then becomes self-fulfilling prophecy of “See, those people really do hate us”; for Stephen Miller, immigration checks many boxes for engagement by enragement politics.
By Andrew Donaldson
Retroactive reviews All the Ten Second News Headlines:
Burgers For The Buns In The Oven
Starbucks to Close Stores Amid Competition, Controversy
President Trump Signs Executive Order on Border Separations
Video: An Animated Guide To Dystopian Fiction
Bugs on the Eastern Front Terrorize World Cup
Whither Small Talk
Humans Weren’t Meant To Live In Cities
Manafort Ordered to Jail
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