Friday Links!
Leading off this week, an express trip to Crazytown in a story that will leave you speechless: One Man’s Quest for the End of the World Started on a Ranch in Texas.
An incredible story: Power without a throne: how Khalifa Haftar controls Libya.
"Erected all over the South"--what is wrong with us: Poisonous Objects: Two exhibitions in Los Angeles respond to the racist monuments to Confederate soldiers that have been erected all over the United States.
An incredible story of indifference and malfeasance: We covered a now-discredited medical examiner for two decades. These are the botched cases that still haunt us.
This is exceptional: Vigilantes at Dawn A forgotten deportation, a family archive, and the cost of belonging.
From D.G.F., and it's both a historical and present look: Living Under a Concentration Camp Regime — and Fighting Back.
From Wally, and it's a terrific read: How long do civilizations last? A look at Marines in WWI, including cats, rats, and aardvarks: Devil Dogs: 4th Marine Brigade. Timothy is a cat: Timothy reviews Moby Dick. A deep rabbit hole: On Gremlins: A brief history of sky goblins.

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