Yet again, I’ve run out of things to say.
I have been writing and thinking all week — in addition to watching and engaging with the Republican National Convention — and have, at this point, run out of stuff to say. Please check out the links and recipes for this week, and I’ll be back next Friday with something more substantive to send your way. |
On Tuesday, I argued that the lack of a platform doesn’t mean that the Republican Party has no plan. |
It’s easy, observing all of this, to say that the Republican Party has fallen fully into a cult of personality around Trump and his family, a shocking number of whom have featured speaking roles at the convention. It’s also easy to say the party has no ideas or plans for the future. But that would be a mistake. For the Republican Party, the situation now isn’t too different from what it was in 2016. Trump lacked a serious agenda then just as he lacks one now. Rather than bring a new program to bear on the party, he has made the equivalent of a trade: total support for his personal and political concerns in exchange for almost total pursuit of conservative ideological interests. |
And on Friday, I wrote about the shooting in Kenosha and what it tells us about conservative media and the conservative movement. |
We should be appalled. But it appears only some of us are. Others are prepared to elevate Rittenhouse as a symbol of self-defense. It’s an ominous reaction, not the least because it might inspire other Rittenhouses to do the same, to travel to protests ready for the use of lethal force against protesters. Put differently, the extent to which Carlson and Coulter and Turning Point are representative of conservative thought on violence against protesters is the extent to which we may have to prepare for further Kenoshas. |
I also participated in the New York Times Opinion section’s “scorecard” of the R.N.C. You can read my thoughts on the final night here. |
Alex Pareene on the attempted police coup in Portsmouth, Va., in The New Republic. |
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 | | The Ragged Mountain Natural Area in Charlottesville, Va.Jamelle Bouie |
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We go on lots of hikes (Charlottesville has lots of trails) and this photo is from a recent hike near the reservoir, on an afternoon when the best thing that could happen for all of us was to just get out of the house. |
Now Eating: Olive Oil Zucchini Bread |
I made this bread with zucchini from my wife’s garden and enjoyed a few slices before my toddler decided it belonged to him. Oh well. This is a great recipe for zucchini bread and as always, if you’re baking with olive oil, be sure to use a good-quality oil with a strong flavor. You want to taste it! The recipe comes from the New York Times Cooking section. |
- Butter, for the pan
- 1½ cups grated zucchini
- ⅔ cup light brown sugar
- ⅓ cup olive oil (or other oil such as safflower or canola)
- ⅓ cup plain Greek yogurt
- 2 large eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1½ cups all-purpose flour
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- 1½ teaspoons ground cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1 teaspoon finely grated lemon zest
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Heat oven to 350 degrees. Butter an 8-inch loaf pan. In a large bowl, use a rubber spatula to mix together the grated zucchini, sugar, olive oil, yogurt, eggs and vanilla extract. |
Whisk together the flour, salt, baking soda, baking powder, lemon zest and spices in a separate bowl. Fold the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients. Pour the batter into the prepared loaf pan and bake for 40 to 55 minutes, rotating the pan halfway through baking. The bread will be done when a toothpick inserted into the middle comes out clean. |
Leave in the pan to cool on a wire rack for 10 minutes. Then remove the bread from the pan and cool on the rack completely before cutting and serving. |
A Live Conversation About Making Cities More Equitable |
Join Julián Castro, Raj Chetty and Sonja Trauss as they discuss how where we live shapes our prospects in life, with the Times columnist Farhad Manjoo. R.S.V.P. for the live event on Tuesday, Sept. 1, at 5 p.m. E.T. |
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