10/08/2023 Assorted Links

Assorted links from today’s online reading

1. Reducing Political Polarization by Respecting Human Dignity (Discourse)

2. The Nobel prize in literature is prestigious, lucrative and bonkers (Economist)

3. Biden administration waives 26 federal laws to build more border wall in South Texas (Texas Public Radio)

4. America Has Always Been Fusionist (National Review Online)

5. America’s Bad Math Scores Are a Problem, Experts Say (Undark)

6. The Monthly Cost of Buying vs. Renting a House in America (Visual Capitalist)

7. How many animals are factory-farmed? (Our World in Data)

8. Costco Clothing Is Cheap. WSJ Readers Love It. But Is It Actually Good Value? (Wall Street Journal)

9. Half of Waking Hours Are Now Devoted to Entertainment (Honest Broker)

10. They Studies Dishonesty. Was their work a lie? (New Yorker)