The Discourse Report: August 18, 2021

A linguist looks at "woke," absurd equivalences between Big Tech and the Taliban, Haiti's unrelenting nightmare, and more

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

Reads

1. Every Option in Afghanistan Was Bad by Nicholas Grossman in Arc Digital on 8/18/21

For the United States, leaving has upsides — not spending money or risking American lives, refocusing on larger strategic interests, such as g…