Three interesting articles this week on Islam and ISIS (best read in order):
- Faulted for Avoiding ‘Islamic’ Labels to Describe Terrorism, White House Cites a Strategic Logic – NYTimes.com.
What ISIS Really Wants – The Atlantic.- ISIS isn’t medieval: Its revisionist history only claims to be rooted in early Arab conquests.
Two stories about socialism:
- In South Africa: Forget the SONA embarrassment. This is how we change our future. | Johan Fourie’s blog.
- Everywhere: The End of Socialism.
To paraphrase our previous president, This article really resignates with me: Wait, What, I’m a Millennial? – NYTimes.com.