Roberto Abraham Scaruffi

Sunday, 14 February 2016


 
Sunday reading: From the Review, psychologists and torture, and Justice Scalia in theory and practice; on the NYR Daily, the state of the presidential primaries, Poland’s authoritarian turn, and the Coen brothers’ new film.
 

Justice for Scalia
Robert Post

A review of the late justice’s A Matter of Interpretation: Federal Courts and the Law (1998)
 
 

The Meaning of New Hampshire
Charles Simic

We are a polarized country, angry and more than a little crazy
 

The Collapsing Center
Elizabeth Drew

Hillary Clinton keeps trying on a role that doesn’t quite fit
 

The Problem with Poland
Jan-Werner Müller

It is hard to avoid the feeling that Central Europe is living 1989 in reverse
 

The Passion of the Coens
Francine Prose

Hail, Caesar! brings a grotesque and hilarious touch to faith and ethics
 
 

The Psychologists Take Power
Tamsin Shaw

How psychologists colluded with the Department of Defense and the CIA to support torture