Paleo Retiree writes:

• Get to know AOC’s chief of staff.
• Does identity politics create right-wing populism?
• Why has the respectable press been so reluctant to question Jussie Smollett’s unlikely “beaten by guys in MAGA hats” story?
• Steve Sailer contributes some hunches.
• In England today, if you express the belief that there are only two sexes, you’re likely to be visited by the cops.
• Nothing ominous about this either.
• College-educated youngsters today are far more likely than kids without college degrees to think that violence is an acceptable way to achieve political ends.
• Would it really be such a bad thing to be a little more careful about who we let in?
• What kind of country allows this to happen to itself?
• Jeff Bezos sez: Privacy for me but not for thee.
• How feminists solve a problem.
• There’s plenty that isn’t great in this documentary about bodybuilding legend Ronnie Coleman but I enjoyed watching it anyway. Coleman’s a very touching character, the glimpses of the bodybuilding world are fascinating, and the other champs who comment are smart and charismatic guys. It’s currently watchable on Netflix.
• Thumb’s up to this newish Roger Scruton book, a guide to the history of post-Enlightenment conservative thought. Scruton is in helpful-professor mode here, setting aside his own thoughts and convictions in order to provide the most vivid and useful quick introduction possible. How I wish I’d had teachers like him.
• For a more personal and moving recent Scruton reading experience, I recommend this beautiful book.