Best of the Web, August 13 2017

Quillette

13 Aug 2017 · 1 min read

Politics / Foreign Policy
The Alt-Right’s Chickens Come Home to Roost David French, National Review

The Liberal Crack Up Mark Lilla, The Wall Street Journal

Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un Face Off Raising Possibility of Accidental War John Kehoe, Australian Financial Review

Why Are the Media Sympathetic to the Women of ISIS? Mitchell Blatt and Sumantra Maitra, National Review

Science
The Google Memo: What Does the Research Say About Gender Differences? Sean Stevens and Jonathan Haidt, The Heterodox Academy

Culture
Why Google Was Wrong Peter Singer, NY Daily News

From College Indoctrination to Corporate Intolerance Jonathan Anomaly, The James G Martin Center for Academic Renewal

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