Five Best Ideas of the Day: December 21, 2016 - The Aspen Institute

Let Kurdistan leave Iraq.

Masrour Barzani in the Washington Post
Think you know where your water comes from? Here’s how one city gets every drop.

Emily S. Rueb and Josh Cochran in the New York Times
Can carbon farming slow climate change?

Vera Liang Chang in Civil Eats
The 4-4 Supreme Court is changing our legal landscape.

Dahlia Lithwick in Slate
Your Facebook friends might be bad for your health.

Jordan Rosenfeld in Quartz