Top 5 articles: Victim anger and culture wars

Plus, a debate on the nuclear family

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Your top 5 articles for the week:

1. “The Nuclear Family Was a Mistake” (The Atlantic)

   Because David Brooks argues, “nuclear family has been crumbling in slow motion for decades.”

2. “The Nuclear Family Is Still Indispensable” (The Atlantic)

   Because W. Bradford Wilcox and Hal Boyd give a response to Brooks’ article above, stating, “First, there’s evidence indicating that the nuclear family is, in fact, recovering. Second, a nuclear family headed by two loving married parents remains the most stable and safest environment for raising children.”

3. “Yuval Noah Harari’s History of Everyone, Ever” (The New Yorker)

   Because this is a profile of the young historian who wrote a hugely popular book, Sapiens and his ideas on humanity’s biggest threats and his general view on the world is influencing thinkers and leaders.

4. “The Weakness of the Furies” (Boston Review)

   Because Martha Nussbaum writes on victim anger: “Aeschylus’s moral is that a political community must abandon the obsessive pursuit of revenge and adopt an idea of justice that is both law-governed and welfare-oriented, focusing not on hunting one’s prey but on deterring bad behavior and producing prosperity.”

5. “What The Culture War Is Really About” (The American Interest)

   Because Tara Isabella Burton is really on to something when looking at the fight between atavists and activists, i.e. nature vs. nurture, in any and all culture wars. It’s a great chaser to the Nussbaum article above.