Our big ol dunk on living under the dead hand of originalism. Slate magazine launch is today. slate.com/news-and-polit…

Maybe you listened to The Daily and thought, there's no 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 that is 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 anymore. But this month on Selects, we are featuring a whole collection of Good Things made by the incomparable Amy Pearl. Check them out here to binge or just nibble: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/goo…

New in PN: Hunter Biden's revenge

Smear campaigns have consequences.
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Hannah Dreier The New York Times Sarah Stillman The New Yorker Sarah Conway City Bureau Invisible Institute Reuters The Washington Post Katie Engelhart NYT Magazine Vladimir Kara-Murza Justin Chang Los Angeles Times David E. Hoffman The Associated Press Congratulations to Invisible Institute, USG Audio and Yohance Lacour. #Pulitzer

A deep dive into the often overlooked details and disclosures in political memoirs: bit.ly/3TQgZDY

Oh, Lord, Washington Post, It's not 'political baggage.' It is an attack from the racist right, resulting in a retreat from equity and progress, a retreat made possible by credulous media coverage such as this. Call racism by its name.

Imagining, and examining, the minds of political figures in fiction. w/ Curtis Sittenfeld bit.ly/3TQgZDY

.Vinson Cunningham explains how his experience working on Obama’s 2008 campaign inspired his latest novel, Great Expectations, which is about the process of forging an identity. bit.ly/3TQgZDY

Incredibly proud of Columbia University student leaders who wrote the single best analysis of recent events available anywhere. Shame on The New York Times The Wall Street Journal and other media for failing to accurately report their views. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Great segment:

Our Originalism Eats its Own Face Off series, many months in the making, launched today with an Amicus show dedicated to the proposition.
Enjoy

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.Curtis Sittenfeld explains the questions that led her to write her novels American Wife and Rodham. bit.ly/3TQgZDY

Brooke speaks to Vinson Cunningham about how truth, fact, and fiction intersect in his new novel Great Expectations. bit.ly/3TQgZDY

The Columbia Daily Spectator staff wrote and photographed an entire cover package for New York Magazine, I am so ridiculously proud of them!!! columbiaspectator.com/news/2024/05/0…

“No matter how carefully they sanitize their life stories and their records, no matter how diligently they present themselves in the most favorable and electable light–they always reveal themselves.” w/ Carlos Lozada bit.ly/3TQgZDY

.Curtis Sittenfeld on why she’s drawn to writing about political figures in her novels. bit.ly/3TQgZDY

.Vinson Cunningham on why he was drawn to the autobiographical novel. bit.ly/3TQgZDY

Many people eye political memoirs as useless propaganda or dull doorstops. But Carlos Lozada says there’s much more. bit.ly/3TQgZDY

Show’s up! Insight from Carlos Lozada, Vinson Cunningham, & Curtis Sittenfeld:
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