Top 5 articles: Merkel talks borders

Plus the David French-Sohrab Ahmari spat

Top 5 articles for your week:

1. Angela Merkel’s Harvard Commencement speech (video)

   Because one of the world’s most powerful democratic leaders gave the commencement address at Harvard that covers much of her life behind the Berlin Wall, and her speech speaks of hope, the future and takes implicit aim at the Trump Administration. (Apologies for deviating from the typical article, but this speech is a reminder of states(wo)manship, amongst other things.)

2. “The Reason Why You Hate Online Ads”

   Because Big Brother, i.e. the marketing world, is busy predicting your behavior.

3. “Want millennials to get married and have babies? Change the policies that stop us”

   Because this is a very basic manifesto from Liz Bruenig on one of the many complaints about the millennial gen.

4. “Power Is Everywhere, but Love Is Supreme”

   Because Cornel West talks about the “weak” and “feeble” forms of power and how they are positive and possibly the most influential types of power.

5. Sensible Conservative Squabble 2019

   Because this is a series of articles focused on a debate between conservatives Sohrab Ahmari and David French. This week, Sohrab took on what he calls “David Frenchism” and David French has responded here and here. Michael Brendan Dougherty has also defended French. In the end, if David French is conservativism’s biggest problem right now, then we must be very confused. Matthew Lee Anderson’s thoughts seem on point.

Image is of a very adorable South African lion cub in Hungary, image credit: Tibor Rosta/MTI via AP.