08/27/18 Overnight Links

The American Conservative: The Pentagon is building up its troop presence…in Norway

FEE: Seven things I’d do if I wanted to keep poor people poor

MAJ. DANNY SJURSEN: Dying for what?: A tour of fruitless American killing and sacrifice

GRACY OLMSTEAD: Our civic institutions are self-destructing

Truthdig: The contradictions of John McCain

PETER VAN BUREN: See ya, John

KEVIN WILLIAMSON: The exquisite sensibilities of the outrage industry

Scientific American: The paradox of Karl Popper Ed: Despite the tone of the article, it sounds like Popper was an exceedingly charming genius of a man.

Author: S. Smith