Elena Gadjanova (Graduate Institute): Taking Ethnic Group Construction Seriously: Towards a Better Understanding of Identity Appeals in Political Campaigns. From New York, are you on it? If so, you're in good company — from Asperger’s to “Asperger’s,” how the spectrum became quite so all-inclusive. Simon Baron-Cohen, the head of the Autism Research Centre at Cambridge University, tells us about myths surrounding autism and Asperger's, and what inspired his own research into the subject. It's no wonder Andrew Breitbart's inheritors disagree about how to carry on his legacy — his charisma masked many inconsistencies. Proust wasn’t a neuroscientist — neither was Jonah Lehrer: The disgraced journalist’s biggest sin had nothing to do with self-plagiarism, or fabricating Bob Dylan quotes. Paul Brighton reviews 101 Ways to Win an Election by Mark Pack and Edward Maxfield. Trademarklawpocalypse: With academics, attorneys, and the public distracted by the raging debate about the use and abuse of copyrights and patents, the quietest sibling of the intellectual property family, trademark law, has been up to no good.
