Weekend Readings

Alison Gopnik – David Hume, the Buddha, and a search for the Eastern roots of the Western Enlightenment

http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2015/10/how-david-hume-helped-me-solve-my-midlife-crisis/403195/

The Dangerous Election by Michael Tomasky

http://www.nybooks.com/articles/2016/03/24/the-dangerous-election/

Trump Has a Point About American Decline by Noah Smith

http://bloombergview.com/articles/2016-03-03/donald-trump-has-a-point-about-american-decline