NYU – On Liberty Watch

Biden Warns of Nuclear ‘Armageddon’ October 7, 2022
‘I don’t think there is any such a thing as the ability to easily use a tactical nuclear weapon and not end up with Armageddon.’
Kanye West to Tucker: Clintons Tried to Use Kim Kardashian to Manipulate Me October 7, 2022
‘Every single person in Hollywood . . . told me like if I said that I like Trump that my career will be over, that my life would be over.’
Ben Sasse Explains His Decision to Leave Senate to Serve as University of Florida President October 6, 2022
The Nebraska Republican talks to NR about his plan to depart Congress for academia, with four years left in his current term.
Biden to Pardon Federal Crimes of Marijuana Possession October 6, 2022
Biden also asked the government to consider whether marijuana should still be deemed a dangerous drug.
How Navy Prosecutors Tried to Scapegoat a Junior Sailor for a Billion-Dollar Fire October 6, 2022
Throwing a sailor into prison for something it’s unlikely he did will not resurrect a destroyed ship.

Svante Pääbo and the Human Story October 6, 2022
Not so long ago, he taught us, there were at least three distinct hominin lineages roaming large parts of the planet.
The Quillette Editorial Board
Infidelity Reconsidered October 6, 2022
As a society, we should not presume to judge the relationships of others based on our own moral code.
Limor Gottlieb
Two Hundred Years of Stendhal October 5, 2022
2022 marks the bicentennial of the pseudonym’s transformation from literary dabbler into one of the greatest novelists of the modern age.
Robert Zaretsky