| | | | | | | | Monday, August 14th, 2017 | | | | | | “The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy."
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
To sign up for this newsletter click here. "The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy."
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
To sign up for this newsletter click here. | | | | | | | | | |  | | | |  | | In the wake of events in Charlottesville over the weekend that seem too overwhelming to tackle in this humble newsletter but downright irresponsible to ignore, a selection of responses from across the web:
Jelani Cobb in The New Yorker, “The Battle of Charlottesville”: “The point here is that this weekend in Charlottesville was not the first time this country has witnessed the mass mobilization of Nazis. But it is the first time we’ve seen such a feeble response to those gatherings in the upper echelons of American power.”
Michael Eric Dyson in The New York Times, “Charlottesville and the Bigotocracy”: “They fancy themselves the victims of the so-called politically correct assault on American democracy, a false narrative that helped propel Mr. Trump to victory. Each feeds on the same demented lies about race and justice that corrupt true democracy and erode real liberty.”
The Editors of conservative journal National Review, “Condemn the White Supremacists, Mr. President”: “The rally in question was advertised as a project to ‘Unite the Right.’ We flatter ourselves that we have a little something to say about that, and our answer is: No. We do not wish to be united with Jew-haters, bigots, racists, and the morally and intellectually defective specimens on such sad display in Charlottesville, waving their Nazi banners and Confederate flags.”
Ashley Feinberg in Wired, “The Alt-Right Can’t Disown Charlottesville”: ”Try as the alt-right might, it can't dissociate itself from the death of Heather Heyer, nor any other violence that might follow. The rhetoric it has wielded, and the ideas it has espoused, all contributed to Saturday's tragedy.”
Christine Emba in The Washington Post, “There are only two sides to Charlottesville”: “Things that have many sides: a Rubik’s cube, a baseball diamond, a complex personality. Things that don’t: the racism and hate seen in Charlottesville this weekend.”
| | | | | In lighter news, the biggest movie in America right now is, oh, hmm, a horror prequel about the origin of an evil creepy doll. Yes, Annabelle: Creation, the fourth movie in a horror franchise kicked off by The Conjuring, owned the box office this weekend with a take of $35 million (which, was more than this summer’s other big horror movie cinematic universe offering i.e. The Mummy). Dunkirk continues to have strong staying power by holding on second place, while new release The Nut Job 2: Nutty By Nature came in third with just under $9 million, which seems about right, but, then again, who knows in a world where The Emoji Movie did decent numbers. As for this weekend’s other wide release-the Brie Larson-starring The Glass Castle-it had to settle for 9th with an opening weekend below $5 million. | | | | | In this weekend’s least consequential news story, Justin Bieber, now fully back to his Instagram ways after a noted months-long break, reportedly DM'ed an account belonging to a random gym in Savannah, Georgia to ask about the identity of a blonde girl in one of their photos. It happened to be a gym employee who manages the account, and she responded by putting him on blast and telling the world that she already has a boyfriend. In this crazy world, at least Justin Bieber’s thirst remains a constant. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Is there a reason you’re not already following Solange? | | | | | | | | | | Mila Kunis, 34 (The Other Swan)
Halle Berry, 51 (Boundary Breaker)
Magic Johnson, 58 (Basketball King)
Steve Martin, 72 (A Wild and Crazy Guy) | | | | | | | |
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