Ten random things: April 8

Ten recent articles from The New Republic Online:

1. "Distant Relations" by Tim Luckhurst
2. "Nota Bene" by Spencer Ackerman
3. "Brooks Shield" by Noam Scheiber
4. "The Surrogates" by Reihan Salam
5. "Same Motown Song" by David Kusnet
6. "All Bark, No Bite"
7. "Departmentalism" by Spencer Ackerman
8. "All Talk" by Jason Zengerle
9. "Unionize" by Robert Lane Greene
10. "Red All Over" by Jonathan Cohn