What I read today Dec 26

• The Case for Creative Play in a Digital Age, NY Times

• Montessori or Non-tessori?, The Slate

• Pittsburgh council balks over six-figure branding proposal, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

• City needs more facts about branding, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

• The Relentlessness of Modern Parenting, The NY Times

• To Fight Gentrification, a Brooklyn Pastor Plans to Build 2,100 Apartments, NY Times

• The Dakota Sioux Execution Was The Largest In U.S. History — But America Has Forgotten It, Bustle

• Anne Brigman, a Pioneering Photographer of Nude Self-Portraits, Artsy