The Discourse Report: August 31, 2021

Who lost Afghanistan?, digging into the data on hate crimes, on the passing of a rock & roll legend, and more

Welcome to DiscRep, your guide to the public discourse. I’m Berny Belvedere (@bernybelvedere), editor in chief of Arc Digital.

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1. Three Questions About What Comes After Afghanistan by Jonathan V. Last in The Bulwark on 8/31/21

The desire to withdraw from Afghanistan was a rare piece of bipartisan overlap where both old-school Democrats and nationalist R…