Crypto shenanigans, Special Forces drug-running, Paddington the Bear and the unlikely revival of the bald ibis in this week’s reading recommendations.

Activists on the Left have more to worry about than just police infiltration and surveillance campaigns.

Where Trump and Epstein are concerned, the dog that didn’t bark won’t shut the fuck up.

Atlanta author Murray Browne takes us into the occluded world of jury duty, where right and wrong and big consequences depend on people seeing things the same way.

You’re a Marxist rap-metal band and you’re doing a cover of Springsteen’s “Ghost of Tom Joad”? WTF is even happening?

Ari Aster’s new film reminds us that there’s something actually worse than the present.

The siege of Los Angeles will have come by force, but the administration gambled its moral authority. And lost. With all Los Angeles as witness.

It is hard to make sense of this world, especially in a time of devils, but here are some articles.