Yesterday I had what, at the end of the evening, I thought was my most successful day so far of the semester; but then, my wife and I were awake for half of the night dealing with a mysteriously sick child.  So it feels like we're back to square one this morning.  Oh well!  Here are some links for you.  

“There is a big conversation to have about what to do about Turkey,” a senior European diplomat said. “But it’s not for now.”  After Trump leaves office do you have to walk in front of number of foreign policy problems that have only grown worse worse in past years. Turkey is definitely among them.

Reports of an “insect apocalypse” may be a bit exaggerated.  

The NYTimes reviews UVA’s "Memorial to Enslaved Laborers".  A good review, though it notes, “power is not its language.” I agree, as I’ve said before.  That has good sides, and potentially bad ones, too. 

Provocative new book on the International Criminal Court and how African governments use it to advance their interests, but not the interests of victims.  

Three words I never imagined I’d see together: “TikTok Holocaust meme”.  But this is actually an interesting post, and makes this good point:  “These criticisms do not mean that the young creators of these videos deserve to be shamed or vilified. It does mean that we need to ensure that alongside teaching the historical facts of the Holocaust (which remains crucial), we need to educate young people about the ethics of commemoration.”

Cool interview with Arthur Goldhammer, translator of many books from the French, most famously Thomas Piketty’s Capital in the Twenty-First Century, but for me always before that translator of Tocqueville; it’s nice to hear here that he is most proud of his translations of Tocqueville (and Jean Starobinski, but I care less about him).  Interesting thoughts on translation, too.  

Hmm, tension between parents and non-parent workers at tech firms.  

Daniel Drezner on the international relations impact of the pandemic.  Short answer: not very much.  Worth a read.