{"id":666517,"date":"2022-05-22T14:11:17","date_gmt":"2022-05-22T14:11:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/the.ink\/p\/reads-for-the-weekend"},"modified":"2022-05-22T14:11:17","modified_gmt":"2022-05-22T14:11:17","slug":"reads-for-the-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2022\/05\/22\/reads-for-the-weekend\/","title":{"rendered":"Reads for the weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"captioned-image-container\"><figure><a class=\"image-link image2\"  rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fddae8f89-e54a-438b-9eff-d3fadf342ccf_500x250.gif\"><picture><source type=\"image\/webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fddae8f89-e54a-438b-9eff-d3fadf342ccf_500x250.gif 424w, https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fddae8f89-e54a-438b-9eff-d3fadf342ccf_500x250.gif 848w, https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fddae8f89-e54a-438b-9eff-d3fadf342ccf_500x250.gif 1272w, https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fddae8f89-e54a-438b-9eff-d3fadf342ccf_500x250.gif 1456w\" sizes=\"100vw\"><img src=\"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fddae8f89-e54a-438b-9eff-d3fadf342ccf_500x250.gif\" width=\"500\" height=\"250\" data-attrs=\"{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/bucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/images\/ddae8f89-e54a-438b-9eff-d3fadf342ccf_500x250.gif&quot;,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:250,&quot;width&quot;:500,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:1105141,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image\/gif&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null}\" class=\"sizing-normal\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fddae8f89-e54a-438b-9eff-d3fadf342ccf_500x250.gif 424w, https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fddae8f89-e54a-438b-9eff-d3fadf342ccf_500x250.gif 848w, https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fddae8f89-e54a-438b-9eff-d3fadf342ccf_500x250.gif 1272w, https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fddae8f89-e54a-438b-9eff-d3fadf342ccf_500x250.gif 1456w\" sizes=\"100vw\"><\/picture><\/a><\/figure><\/div><p>It&#8217;s been an interesting week for democracy. <\/p><p>I wanted to share links to some pieces of writing that may help you unpack this moment.<\/p><p>This post is for supporting subscribers. If you haven&#8217;t yet become one and want to make it official with us, today is the day!<\/p><p class=\"button-wrapper\" data-attrs=\"{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/the.ink\/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe now&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}\"><a class=\"button primary\" href=\"https:\/\/the.ink\/subscribe?\"><span>Subscribe now<\/span><\/a><\/p><ul><li><p>&#8220;One thing is certain, though &#8212; Pennsylvania&#8217;s fall election is now a referendum on whether voters want to continue on the flawed but hopeful democratic path launched from Philadelphia in 1776, or whether they want a ruling philosophy based on Christian domination for the fifth most-populous state in the country.&#8221; [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.inquirer.com\/opinion\/doug-mastriano-governor-pennsylvania-democracy-20220519.html\">The Philadelphia Inquirer<\/a>]<\/p><\/li><\/ul>\n      <p>\n          <a href=\"https:\/\/the.ink\/p\/reads-for-the-weekend\">\n              Read more\n          <\/a>\n      <\/p>\n   \n<p class=\"syndicated-attribution\">This post was originally published on <a href=\"https:\/\/the.ink\/p\/reads-for-the-weekend\">The.Ink<\/a>. <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s been an interesting week for democracy. 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