From Joshua

• ‘Chinese century’ scepticism.
• English liberty began with standing up to King John. Where Americans’ old, correct mistrust of government came from. I remember reading somewhere that the rights promised in the Magna Carta have since been abolished. Like the freedoms in the Constitution and the promise that Social Security numbers wouldn’t be used as ID (remember that?).
• Giving Bush credit for not doing two things: as if he sort of remembered his campaign speeches in 2000, he didn’t go to war in Georgia and Iran. BTW thanks to Saturday’s and yesterday’s I-95-corridor snowstorms (I heard thunder a couple of times yesterday) the federal government has been closed for four consecutive days so far. The sky hasn’t fallen. Carry on!
• 11 little-known grammatical errors. His LRC pick. Unsurprisingly I am ‘that guy’ but of course quietly: it’s a big part of my job. I sneak into stories and pages and make them sound better.
• How to fall 35,000 feet and raise your chance of surviving.