Things to read

We have to read news and commentary quite selectively these days. In both, reliability is essential. But we also need to avoid overwhelming ourselves. Here are three items I recommend. (Publication links go to archived web pages. No paywalls.)

“Pam Bondi’s road from Four Seasons Total Landscaping to AG pick should alarm America” by Will Bunch

‘“I have to be honest, this week was awe-inspiring, being at orientation, despite all of the noise," McBride said. "Because as you were there, you realize you are in the body that Abraham Lincoln served in. We walked onto the House floor, and you're in the space where they passed the 13th Amendment and the 14th Amendment, where women got the right to vote. You're sitting in the chairs in the job where people passed the Voting Rights Act and the Civil Rights Act. And you feel that responsibility, but also you feel that you are part of a tradition, because every single one of your predecessors served in incredibly tumultuous, challenging times, and enough of them fulfilled their responsibilities to be stewards of our democracy and that is our calling in this moment, and I feel it very deeply.”’ From a brief article about Sarah McBride’s admirable reaction to her entry to Congress.

How one archeologist is thinking about the skills her profession has that will be especially useful in dealing with the Trump regime.