If you read only one thing this week, make it Adam Gopnik’s guest article in the Globe and Mail about antisemitism on right and the left.

Speaking of the Globe and Mail, let’s hope that Andrew Coyne’s recent column about the potential fault line in national unity following the forthcoming federal election remains merely a comprehensive exercise in applied anxiety.

I was distressed to learn that even students fortunate enough to be admitted to elite colleges, as Rose Horowitch reports in the latest edition of the Atlantic, not only typically have no formal reading practice, but struggle to complete even a single volume. Remember, it’s not what you read (or how) so much as keeping at it.

Speaking of the Atlantic, Ross Andersen’s report about a little corner of Wikipedia confirms that not all catastrophizing need be defeatist and boring.

“In adapting to changing technology,” writes Fraser Nelson in his retrospective on fifteen years at the editorial helm of the Spectator, “a 196-year-old magazine, developed the culture of a start-up. With the introduction of blogs, podcasts, videos, newsletters, events and all else, we were able to bring The Spectator to people not in the habit of reading magazines.” In so doing, he grew the value of the magazine by £80 million. That’s not only one hell of a run, it’s also proof that news of the death of the media business model (and product audience) has been greatly exaggerated. Congradulations, Mr. Nelson.

I’ve been enjoying Alan Alda’s podcast, Clear and Vivid, for some time. The recent Steven Martin episode is a great place to pick it up.

Farewell to both Maggie Smith and John Amos.