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Top Highlight Resignation Letter — Bari Weiss bariweiss.com Instead, a new consensus has emerged in the press, but perhaps especially at this paper: that truth isnt a process of collective discovery, but an orthodoxy already known to an enlightened few whose job is to inform everyone else. Save Most Popular Thursday Jul 16, 2020 The true story of the heartthrob prince of Qatar and his time at USC latimes.com Los Angeles has long enjoyed a reputation as a playground for the rich, but the handsome teenage prince who arrived nine years ago operated on a different level. He came from the Persian Gulf nation o Save Wednesday Jul 15, 2020 Orthodox Privilege paulgraham.com July 2020 There has been a lot of talk about privilege lately. Although theconcept is overused, there is something to it, and in particularto the idea that privilege makes you blind — that you can't s Save Tuesday Jul 14, 2020 Resignation Letter — Bari Weiss bariweiss.com Dear A.G., It is with sadness that I write to tell you that I am resigning from The New York Times. I joined the paper with gratitude and optimism three years ago. I was hired with the goal of bringin Save Monday Jul 13, 2020 'He Is and Always Will Be a Terrified Little Boy' politico.com Magazine Mary Trump has not indicted her uncle. She has indicted the whole family. And that could give it a "seismic imprint." Mary Trump and her book. 07/13/2020 04:30 AM EDT Michael Kruse is a senio Save Sunday Jul 12, 2020 The Role of Cognitive Dissonance in the Pandemic theatlantic.com Sean Gardner / Getty Members of Heaven's Gate, a religious cult, believed that as the Hale-Bopp comet passed by Earth in 1997, a spaceship would be traveling in its wake—ready to take true believers a Save Saturday Jul 11, 2020 Portland Place couple who confronted protesters have a long history of not backing down stltoday.com Subscribe for $3 for 3 months Homeowners Mark and Patricia McCloskey stand in front their house on Portland Place as they confront protesters marching to St. Louis Mayor Lyda Krewson's house on June 2 Save Friday Jul 10, 2020 Opinion | It's 2022. What Does Life Look Like? nytimes.com It's 2022. What Does Life Look Like? The pandemic could shape the world, much as World War II and the Great Depression did. Mr. Leonhardt writes The Morning newsletter. It's 2022, and the coronavirus Save instapaper.com  ·  @instapaper  ·  unsubscribe © 2020 Instapaper, All rights reserved. P.O. Box 22717 · Oakland, CA 94609