Gone fishing mailbag

Ernest Gellner, the political crisis in Israel, and airline deregulation's impact on the midwest

D.C. Public Schools takes the week of Presidents’ Day off, so the Slow Boring family is headed to Jamaica this weekend. Never fear, we have a full roster of content next week, but expect stories that are a bit off-the-news.

Beyond vacation, some other bits of good news I saw this week: malaria deaths are falling, we’re getting a new Bill Watterson book,…