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"Bible Belt" oversimplifies the South

Beneath commonalities, religious life was divided by both race and class

Salon

A journalist coined ‘the Bible Belt’ 100 years ago – it’s been oversimplifying the South ever since

“Look No Further!” a billboard on the side of the highway beckons, drawing my gaze toward the red cover of a Bible. “You Are Worthy of Redemption!”

The Conversation

Terrible poll ratings would bother some politicians. Donald Trump isn’t one of them

A low approval rating will not cause the US president to hang his head in shame. He’s more likely to dig in, writes Arwa Mahdawi

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History's monster, not its hero

Is Donald Trump the kind of world-historical figure imagined by Hegel? In an upside-down way, yes

Salon

‘What should be taught in schools?’: the infamous ‘Scopes monkey trial’ turns 100

In 1925, a Tennessee battle over teaching evolution in schools gripped the US and, as festivities commemorate the chaos, the case remains grimly relevant

The Guardian - US

No time for "nerd prom." Ditch the WHCD

If the press can't stand in solidarity for global reporting rights, then there is no need to gather

Salon

Team Trump eats the press

White House press corps is now mostly "content creators" delighted to be there, who prefer gossip to news

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Review: Charles Fort's Underrated Influence

The eccentric writer cast a long shadow, leaving a mark not only on the world of Bigfoot hunters and UFO buffs but in literature and radical politics.

Reason

It’s all the media’s fault

We’re a consolidated lazy miasma of ignorance – and the government is to blame for that

Salon

Among the Trolls by Marianna Spring review – into the cesspit of online hatred

An unflinching exploration of conspiracy theories and their knock-on effects also makes heroic attempts to understand the people behind them

The Guardian - UK

Will Navalny's death break MAGA spell?

The Russian dissident's apparent murder may yet lead a handful of the Trump faithful back to sanity

Salon

The curious case of the missing column

Many thanks to readers who expressed concern about the non-appearance of PostScript last Sunday. Some feared Crutch might have been under the weather or had even departed for the Great Typewriter in the Sky. Others thought I had fled the scene in a bid to escape Songkran, which in retrospect…

Bangkok Post

After the midterms, get ready for the antics

If Republicans take over the House of Representatives — as normally happens during off-year contests — all they’re really going to do over the next couple of years is put on a show. A Fox News-themed extravaganza.

Chicago Sun-Times

50 years ago, an artist convincingly exhibited a fake Iron Age civilization – with invented maps, music and artifacts

Invented civilizations are usually thought of as the stuff of sci-fi novels and video games, not museums.

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Can Democrats seize the momentum?

Headlines of the last two months should give Democrats a fighting chance in the midterms. Do they know how to win?

The Conversation

Let's spare a few words for 'Silent Cal' Coolidge on July 4, his 150th birthday

A woman sitting next to President Calvin Coolidge at a dinner party once told him she had made a bet that she could get him to say more than two words.

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