From ResetDOC, Claus Offe (Hertie): Political Liberalism, Identity Politics, and the Role of Fear; Rajeev Bhargava (CSDS): The Difficulty of Reconciliation; and Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na’im (Emory): The Constant Mediation of Resentment and Retaliation. Ron Fournier on how Obama scandals threaten to kill “good government”: Emerging narrative supports claims that Washington is intrusive, incompetent, untrustworthy and heartless. Sir Martin Rees on how post-humans could colonise other worlds. The people have taken over American politics, and they hate it: The more Americans participate in their political system, the angrier and more disillusioned they become. Michael Walzer looks back on his decades at Dissent. Marty Klein on ten things humanists need to know about sex. Marcus Wohlsen on how our lust for stuff is making the whole world your mall.
