• Aidan Moher, “Why We Still Read The Lord of the Rings

• Malcolm Jones, “Was Thoreau Just a Slacker and a Hypocrite?” (Also, an excerpt from the book.)

• Jonathan Chait, “How ‘Neoliberalism’ Became the Left’s Favorite Insult of Liberals

• My favorite blog went dormant a couple years ago, so now I content myself with going back and reading bits of the archives. Here’s one I really liked: “Everyone Is Doing It

• Michael J. Lewis, “Paradise Possible

• I joined Blendle (more information from the founder here). What I particularly love so far is that I can browse the Wall St. Journal’s “Books” section, pay around 49 cents per article, and even get my money back if I don’t like it. I never wanted to subscribe to the paper at $300/year just for that access, so this is a fantastic alternative. In general, I hope this will allow me to find much more interesting stuff to read online than the usual detritus that floats to the top of social media.