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January 4, 2021

A roundup of the 10 most engaging TNR articles of 2020.

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1. What Happened to Jordan Peterson?

A philosopher, a medical crisis, and a mystery

By Lindsay Beyerstein

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	2. The Town That Went Feral When a group of libertarians set about scrapping their local government, chaos descended. And then the bears moved in.By Patrick Blanchfield

	3. The Willful Blindness of Reactionary Liberalism The critics of progressive identity politics have got it all wrong: They’re the illiberal ones.By Osita Nwanevu

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	4. He Is Even Dumber Than We Thought Four years in office have only convinced more Americans that the Trump might not be a stable genius. By Bruce Bartlett

	5. Is 5G Going to Kill Us All? A new generation of superfast wireless internet is coming soon. But no one can say for sure if it’s safe. By Christopher Ketcham

	6. The Vampire Ship How the seizure of Europe's largest heroin shipment created bloody fallout throughout the world—and sparked still-raging political corruption scandals in Turkey, Greece, and the Middle East By Alexander Clapp

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	7. The Silicon Valley Economy Is Here. And It’s a Nightmare. Low pay, soaring rents, and cities littered with e-scooters. Welcome to the future. By Lia Russell

	8. A Legacy of Incoherence The Lakers' all-star tribute tried to tell a definitive story about the life of Kobe Bryant, but the cracks showed anyway. By Amira Rose Davis

	9. Against Productivity in a Pandemic Why are we being told—by bosses, by fitness apps, by ourselves—to optimize this “new” time to get things done? By Nick Martin

	10. The Republican Party Is Dead. It’s the Trump Cult Now. The president may well be a liability for Republicans, but the GOP belongs to him now, and no one can change that. By Jonathan V. Last

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