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The best of the week’s news by Lindsay Beyerstein

Sidney’s Picks: Secret Arms Deals; C.J. Chivers; and Slavery

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The Best of the Week’s News

  • Would you buy a used missile from this company, known as Purple Shovel?
     
  • Constitutionally, slavery was a national institution.
     
  • C.J. Chivers retires from war reporting after fourteen storied years. 
     
  • 6 hours for work, 8 hours for sleep, 10 hours for what we will: Sweden experiments with shorter work days at full pay.