Roberto Abraham Scaruffi

 

Sunday reading on nybooks.com: David Shulman on the campaign against the Israeli left, Martha Howell on the most important merchant banker of the 16th century, an exchange on moral psychology and torture, Elizabeth Drew on the campaign, and James Guida on skateboarding.

 

In the current issue

 

Israel: The Broken Silence David Shulman Israeli human rights activists are facing violent arrest, interrogation, smear campaigns, even death threats

 

The Amazing Career of a Pioneer Capitalist Martha Howell After years of relative neglect, the history of capitalism is once again of high interest to scholars

 

Moral Psychology: An Exchange Jonathan Haidt, Steven Pinker, and Tamsin Shaw Two psychologists respond to a philosopher’s critique of their field

 

Also: David Bromwich on Laura Poitras, Alison Lurie on Thomas Hardy, Deborah Eisenberg on Magda Szabó, Andrew Delbanco on Frederick Douglass, and more

 

NYR Daily

 

2016: What We Now Know Elizabeth Drew The outcomes of the mid-March contests underscored the serious splits within both parties

 

The View from the Street James Guida Skateboarding’s forward and unpredictable advance is a bit like the act of riding itself