Mike's Blog Round Up
"Under the Lamp" (Alfed Sisley and his eventual wife) by Marie Bracquemond. Credit: Wikimedia Commons
August 1, 2025

Crooked Timber: Unitary executive theory and workplace authoritarianism.

Hullabaloo: No one likes the Dems, but so what?

Lawfare: The Trump administration's embrace of ideological exclusion and deportation.

Lithub: Where is my antisemitism money?

This Modern World: The master detective.

This installment by Batocchio. E-mail tips to mbru AT crooksandliars DOT com.

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