Sounman Hong (Yonsei): Who Benefits from Twitter? Social Media and Political Competition in the U.S. House of Representatives. Czech Prime Minister Petr Necas announces that he will resign over a spy and bribery scandal involving his government. The authors of the JPMorgan report are arguing for governments to adopt dictatorial-type powers to complete the process of social counterrevolution that is already well underway across Europe. The introduction to The Metamorphoses of Fat: A History of Obesity by Georges Vigarello. Benghazi, immigration, Syria: Rightbloggers smear NSA (and Obama) on everything. Julia Ioffe on President Rand Paul: Watch out, he's becoming a better politician every day (and Jonathan Chait on why Rand Paul distrusts democracy). Can you correct a 300-year-old error? Julian Champkin on Jacob Bernoulli and the foundations of statistics. How do you know when a neighborhood has truly arrived? Look for the telltale signs in three NYC neighborhoods — TriBeCa, Harlem, and Williamsburg.
