Washington Monthly - September/October 2020 - 10

Departments
Editor's Note: Biden Needs Bigger
(Smarter) Ideas 12
by Paul Glastris

TEN MILES SQUARE
Will Regional Universities Pass or Fail? 14
The schools most at risk from the pandemic
are the best able to spur America's recovery.
by Anne Kim

Zoom University 16
Nine students share how the pandemic
has affected their studies-and their futures.
by Nicole Girten, Giulia Heyward, and Ellie Vance

On Political Books
Ecology of the Indoors 109
Interior spaces deserve as much scientific
inquiry as the wilderness.
by Christina Larson

Stanley Kubrick's Calculated Rebellion 111
In his life and in his work, the filmmaker showed that
insurgents only win when they sweat the small stuff.
by Eric Cortellessa

Repeal-Proofing the Biden Administration 114
As Democrats design their policy agenda,
they must think about not just how to get new
laws passed, but how to make them durable.
by Eric Patashnik

The Politics of Pretention 117
How the meritocracy bred smugness-
and drove voters to Donald Trump.
by Richard D. Kahlenberg

Pedophiles and Marauding Bears 120
When libertarians took control of a small New
Hampshire town, the results were no joke.
by Elizabeth Austin
10 September/October 2020

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