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Fueling Terror: How Extremists Are Made The psychology of group dynamics goes a long way toward explaining what drives ordinary people toward radicalism Great article. A couple of selections:

http://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2016/3/17/11254506/republican--democratic-parties-garland Good stuff from Klein. He's not going out on a limb, merely summarizing, but it's worth the read. The salient point is that it isn't merely the Trump phenomenon, it isn't merely the Tea Party. It's...

The Atlantic: President Obama's Foreign Policy Doctrine This is the really long retrospective from President Obama's perspective. (Video interview w/ the author; highlights for those not inclined to read!) Good read. And a couple of response pieces, also from The Atlantic: The Atlantic: Obama...

The rise of American authoritarianism I'm pretty sure I've posted (or meant to) the op-ed from a University of Massachusetts political science PhD candidate before, but this is a longer summary that cites both that author, and other researchers working along the same lines. It's a fascinating...

So, reading more of SCOTUSblog recently has been fascinating. A pair of 6-2 decisions came down today. One of the cases, described jovially here as 'technical', appears to have amounted to a titanic grammarian battle...

Vox: a review of violence against Muslims The headline piece is about the execution-style murders of three men yesterday. I don't agree that it's appropriate to jump to conclusions, but there's a summary of sporadic violence directed at Muslisms by non-Muslisms later in the piece. I'm...

Watched bits and pieces of the House of Commons discussing Brexit. In summary, Prime Minister David Cameron has brought back a deal he's recently hammered out in advance of a public referendum on whether or not they should stay in European Union. For example, starting at the 1:33:10 mark (how...

John Oliver has become one of the best voices on late night. He is as far as I can tell the best true heir to Jon Stewart's legacy. If anything, his show is even less about the laughs; comedy is merely his vehicle for advocacy. I'm grateful for his good work and love the degree of creative...

Thomas Piketty on the rise of Bernie Sanders: the US enters a new political era An interesting UK perspective, musing on the current improbable rise of a disruptive candidate in the Democratic party. Vox: Top Democratic economists don't think much of Bernienomics. He doesn't care. Matthew...

Slate: Michael Dukakis interview Covers the Bushes, Hilary, Trump, Scalia, Obama. A focus on foreign policy; he has some interesting things to say there.

A fascinating, charged, and nuanced article: Jezebel: What should we say about David Bowie and Lori Maddox? A passage towards the end that I found particularly engaging: A really well-written and thoughtful piece. It had me going through more of what the author (Jia Tolentino)'s work. A lot of...

http://m.nydailynews.com/news/national/king-peyton-manning-squeaky-clean-image-built-lies-article-1.2530395 What the actual f. Even though I've always had rooting interest against his team's I'd always (well, mostly*) considered him both one of the best ever, and a great face for the NFL. Wtaf.

Very peripheral to Nebraska football, but I'll start this off here. In summary, UNL must release the names of four finalists for an open president or chancellor position. A new proposal -- supported by among others, Regent Tim Clare and UNL President Hank Bounds -- reduces the requirement to...

Good story from Sam, nuggets from the presser and a big-picture outlook for one of the focuses of Mike Riley's Nebraska recruiting approach. I like the video discussion included in the article with Sam and Jon Nyatawa. I agree with Sam -- I think we're seeing some new urgency here, some new...

This is probably already posted somewhere in the giant POB thread, but I thought it was a great read from Sipple, who interviewed OC Danny Langsdorf about the QB he got so excited for last spring. O'Brien is now a true freshman early enrollee who will participate this spring, the first of a...

http://www.omaha.com/huskers/blogs/q-a-husker-quarterback-tanner-lee/article_7ea2e9ac-caa0-11e5-ac15-ab198ae4368b.html Definitely saying all the right things!

The Business Man. Read this article, written by Panthers DT Kyle Love about his NFL journey that began with the Patriots. It's great.

Recruiting: Mark Banker on placing the final pieces of the roster puzzle A good article from Sam McKewon laying out the state of the defense at every group, and some of the challenges that lay ahead. Yes, it covers recruiting, but it's also about what needs to happen with what's on hand. One...

17 votes so far -- 59% 2015, 24% 2014, 17% toss-up. Go vote! I'm curious to see the results. The poll is anonymous. I believe it closes after a day, so there's about 23 more hours.

Mckewon: Monday Rewind, UCLA ed. I still can hardly believe what happened! And I still need to check out highlights/a replay. This is a 6-7 team that lost 5 of those 7 games in close, soul-crushing fashion, with all but the injury-and-suspension-wracked Purdue debacle being one score contests...