The Week’s Best Longreads
The Gonzo Option Marin Cogan, National Journal Brian Schweitzer is a one-man challenge to the scripted nature of modern politics. But just how much can you run your mouth while running for president?
The Disruption Machine Jill Lepore, The New Yorker What the gospel of innovation gets wrong.
READ MORE The Nile: Where Ancient and Modern Meet
Leading Fire Investigation Into the 21st Century Brantley Hargrove, Texas Monthly After a series of high-profile debacles, Texas is changing what we know about arson science.
The Unelectable Whiteness of Scott Walker Alec McGillis, The New Republic The controversial Wisconsin governor is being singled out as a leading Republican contender for president in 2016. But he’s been shape—and sheltered—by the toxic racism of his state’s political environment.
READ MORE Freedom Summer’s Bloody Progress
The Left-Right Political Spectrum is Bogus Crispin Sartwell, The Atlantic It might be a division between social identities based on class or region or race or gender, but it is certainly not a clash between different ideas.
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