What Happened to Diamond Crystal Kosher Salt? by Marnie Hanel

When specific recommendations to use Diamond Crystal kosher salt started showing up in recipes from publications favored by our household, we were perplexed by how difficult it was to track down the named product. Marnie Hanel explains why that was the case in this engaging news piece about the venerable brand’s new incursion into broader consumer markets. I’m a little irritated with the unnecessary price bump, but I’m glad it’ll be easier for our household to keep the pantry stocked with it. The Diamond Crystal salt really is better. This article is published by The New York Times.

The Most Important Trump Indictment Yet by Alex Shephard

I don’t actually believe that enlightenment is pending for the delusional fan base of the former U.S. president who just received his third major indictment for crimes he perpetrated around the time of his unearned occupation of the White House. Similarly, the embarrassingly sycophantic Republican Party isn’t likely to finally discover their collective spine when it comes to the lifelong criminal to whom they’ve ceded their flimsy morality. Even so, this latest prosecutorial act is uniquely satisfying due to the aptness and severity of the charges. In this piece for The New Republic, Alex Shephard does a fine job detailing why that’s the case.

Jack Smith’s Indictment of the Entire Legal Profession by Dahlia Lithwick and Mark Joseph Stern

Writing for Slate, Dahlia Lithwick and Mark Joseph Stern explain why it’s especially appalling that so many of the most recent indictment’s co-conspirators (unnamed, but reasonably easy to identify) are attorneys acting in a professional capacity. Truly, I will never understand why there is a stream of people who are downright eager to debase themselves and destroy their life’s work for this grotesque, proudly disloyal human being.