Today: @MeghanGurdon defends Michelle Obama; @SpencerKlavan hopes Emily Wilson isn’t just out for a cash grab; and @sladesr explains the plight of the vitalist. Plus, @MattHennessey refuses to deadname Lake America.
Maybe Michelle Obama is the icy narcissist that her detractors believe, but to me she’s merely expressing a normal paradox of motherhood, writes @MeghanGurdon
Let us not become so set in our ways that we refuse to accept the inevitability of change. Go with the flow. Get with the times. Don’t “deadname” Lake America, writes @MattHennessey
I don’t know what caused the glacier to collapse or why so many people died as a result of the flash flooding. Given Beijing’s aversion to letting real reporters see what’s going on in Tibet, facts are hard to come by, writes @MattHennessey
Put simply, Huey Long-style populism doesn’t build a competitive economy. It takes money from families and job creators and wastes it, writes @rightwave