The Age of Apoplexy. Passionate disagreement isn’t sufficient; bad faith must be imputed to one’s opponents: skepticism of affirmative action equals racism, antiwar sentiment equals anti-Americanism (or terrorist sympathy), criticism of Israel is by definition anti-Semitic, and so on. More and more people think they’re entitled to the right not just to ignore or disapprove, but to veto and banish.

Crime and Punishment. A collection of early 20th century crime-related photos, including some occasionally frightening, occasionally depressing, but always fascinating mugshots. [via ectomo.]

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