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Article snippet: The political news cycle is fast, and keeping up can be overwhelming. Trying to find differing perspectives worth your time is even harder. That’s why we have scoured the internet for political writing from the right and left that you might not have seen. Has this series exposed you to new ideas? Tell us how. Email us at ourpicks@nytimes.com. For an archive of all the Partisan Writing Roundups, check out Our Picks. Scott Jennings in Louisville’s The Courier Journal: Mr. Jennings, a former adviser to President George W. Bush and Senator Mitch McConnell, the Republican leader, has a novel idea for how President Trump should respond to allegations against Roy S. Moore. The president should encourage the Alabama Republican party to withdraw Mr. Moore’s name from the slot, and urge voters to write in Attorney General Jeff Sessions for the position he left behind. It’ll be “zigging when everyone thinks he’s going to zag,” Mr. Jennings argues. Read more » _____ David Harsanyi in The Federalist: Mr. Harsanyi has a healthy dose of skepticism about the mainstream media, writing that “the establishment media gave former presidents and senators who were likely sexual predators virtual free passes for decades.” But that doesn’t dissuade him from considering The Washington Post’s article chronicling Mr. Moore’s alleged relationships with teenagers to be a “credible” and “solid piece of journalism.” It is fair, argues Mr. Harsanyi, to support Mr. Moore based on policy — like h... Link to the full article to read more