This week marks the two year anniversary of the first society-wide shutdown in response to Covid-19. Emile, Helen, Micah, and Sohrab reflect on two years of mistakes, give credit to those who got it right early on, and apply lessons as yet another subvariant emerges in Europe. Plus, Ukrainian President Zelensky makes an emotional appeal for support to the U.S. Congress, and monogamy goes radical.   Join us in Washington on 3/31 for Up From Chaos: Conserving American Security   Picks of the week: Emile: Orders of Political Operations, Micah Meadowcroft Helen: In Praise of Religious Populism, Matthew Schmitz Sohrab: We Poked the Bear, Doug Bandow Micah: Pizza and Jeers at the Kavanaughs', John Hirschauer