This Week - Jan 08, 2016

There is literally zero chance that anyone will misconstrue this, and the great news is that if someone actually does, the Supreme Court will set them straight.

— The Second Amendment: Original Intent - (John Quaintance for The New Yorker)

Given everything, really, what our delight at their downfall truly reveals, more than anything, is how we as a consumer culture lie to ourselves about being consumers of culture.

— What the Mast Brothers Scandal Tells Us About Ourselves (Helen Rosner for Eater)

Empathy has a downside when it makes you ashamed of what matters to you, or when it distracts you from other important emotions of your own.

— Got First-World Problems? Don’t Feel Guilty. (Joseph Burgo for The New York Times)