The Sunday — March 9

This is the Tangle Sunday Edition, a brief roundup of our independent politics coverage plus some extra features for your Sunday morning reading. 

What the right is doodling.

What the left is doodling.

Reader essay.

Six years ago, Lauren Katzenberg published an opinion piece in The New York Times arguing for compulsory national service. Today, Tangle reader — and retired civil servant — Jerry Phillips is advancing his own version of the argument. In his essay, Jerry argues that two years of mandatory government service (military or other fields) would provide mutual benefits to our country, government, and youth. To hear Jerry’s argument, read the full piece here.

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Reader review.

In this section, we like to highlight reader comments that respond to our coverage from different angles. On Isaac’s piece reflecting on his first six weeks of fatherhood, several readers responded with touching and personal parenting advice.