Bryan Camp (Texas Tech): Jesus and the Anti-Injunction Act. From New Humanist, the medieval Devon town of Totnes is the capital city of pseudoscience, but local rationalists are mounting a fightback — James Gray goes through the wardrobe; and what lies behind the tenacious myth of the Pharaohs’ revenge? Roger Luckhurst lifts the lid. George Scialabba reviews The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion by Jonathan Haidt and Together: The Rituals, Pleasures, and Politics of Cooperation by Richard Sennett. Ted McCagg on what Americans depend on. Trying to see through: Sister Y on a unified theory of nerddom. Can Romney get a majority? Andrew Hacker reviews Trends in American Values: 1987–2012: Partisan Polarization Surges in Bush, Obama Years by the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press and The Oxford Handbook of American Elections and Political Behavior. David Graham on why Romney's 47% gaffe might not matter in 1 chart. A rare look at why the government won't fight Wall Street: Matt Taibbi reviews The Payoff: Why Wall Street Always Wins by Jeff Connaughton. Does our knowledge have to be true?
