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Things change: Hillary Clinton’s rhetorical approach to racial issues in the 2016 election is markedly different from her husband’s in 1992. “Clinton can talk openly about white racism because she doesn’t need the old Democratic electorate,” Jamelle Bouie argues.
Every which way: Donald Trump and his surrogates have advanced a number of arguments explaining away this weekend’s revelations about his tax record. Each one is more disingenuous and nihilistic than the last, Will Saletan writes.
System down: Looking back at the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster (memorialized in a new movie), James B. Meigs argues that the rig’s failure stemmed from a habit of deferred maintenance, rather than one big mistake.
Hell house: McMansions are great candidates for hauntings, Colin Dickey writes. It’s all in the creepily asymmetrical proportions.
Who’s this clown: Speaking of hauntings: Matthew Dessem knows a weirdly large amount about the long history of creepy clown sightings in the United States since 1981, and he’s not afraid to share. (This year’s run may be nothing new, but still; all Ohio clowns better stay away from my back patio.)
For fun: We’ve launched a new blog: Normal. First up: Do you eat your cereal like a normal person?
We’ll be the judge of that,
Rebecca
