Top 5 reads: Zoom Zoom Zoom

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1. “The end of the age of imitation” (New Statesman)

   Because “liberalism will still remain ‘the political idea most at home in the 21st century’.”

2. “We Live in Zoom Now” (NYT)

   Because partying like it’s 1999 looks a bit different these days.

3. “Coronavirus and Our Sacred Duty to Senior Citizens” (French Press)

   Because David French has been on fire this week, incisively identifying some of the more callous attitudes of our current corona rhetoric and conversations.

4. “The President Is Winning His War on American Institutions” (The Atlantic)

   Because this is a long and painstaking account of what’s happened in the ranks of many government institutions since January 20, 2017.

5. “The New Spheres of Influence” (Foreign Policy)

   Because the coronavirus may accelerate the trend identified in the thesis of this article: power is redistributing across the world.

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