Patrick Testa and Walter E. Block (Loyola): Libertarianism and Circumcision. Lauro Carnicelli (AUB): Should Voting Be Mandatory? David Kirk (Texas): Dispersing the Crowd: A Natural Experiment of the Effects of the Deconcentration of the Urban Underclass. Martin D. Smith (Duke): Geoengineering Coastlines? From Accidental to Intentional. Carl Zimmer on the new science of evolutionary forecasting: Newly discovered patterns in evolution may help scientists make accurate short-term predictions. The first chapter from The National Origins of Policy Ideas: Knowledge Regimes in the United States, France, Germany, and Denmark by John L. Campbell and Ove K. Pedersen. Pablo Stafforini interviews Ben Kuhn on the effective altruist movement. Darwin in Arabia: Robert Irwin reviews Reading Darwin in Arabic, 1860-1950 by Marwa Elshakry. Thanks for the spycraft, World War I: Melanie King on the fight that launched an explosion of espionage innovation. Why do two white Americans get the Ebola serum while hundreds of Africans die? Arthur L. Caplan on the ethics of drug distribution (and more). Jason Stanley on when protesting Israel becomes hating Jews. Roger Blench on the Austronesians: An agricultural revolution that failed. John Kincaid on Elinor and Vincent Ostrom: Federalists for all seasons. We are living in a material world: Bill Gates on how cement, iron and other stuff makes modern life possible. Multiple lovers, without jealousy: Polyamorous people still face plenty of stigmas, but some studies suggest they handle certain relationship challenges better than monogamous people do.
